SUNDAY HOMILIES

February 25, 2024

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February 25, 2024

KEY INSIGHTS w/ Timestamps

00:00 📖 Abraham is willing to sacrifice his son because he trusts in God's promise.
01:02 📖 Jesus takes his disciples to a high mountain where he is changed before them and invites them into a vision.
01:36 🔊 We are all called to hear and open our hearts to the voice of God, sharing in the life, love, and joy of the Lord.
02:23 🌟 God promised Abraham numerous descendants, but today's descendants are caught in a war due to differing beliefs and desires.
03:33 🌍 Lent is about changing our hearts, thoughts, and attitudes towards others, seeing them as sisters and brothers, and breaking down the "them vs. us" mentality.
04:54 🌱 Lent is a time to reflect on our lives, make a difference for ourselves and others, and bring kindness and gentleness into the picture.
05:35 🔍 Change is achieved by addressing imperfections and making adjustments.
05:41 🙏 Change internally during Lent, be touched by the readings, and show others through actions.

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Jesus revealed his glory to his disciples to help them embrace the challenges of the gospel and we can catch glimpses of God's unimaginable glory in our spiritual reality.

00:00 💫 Jesus revealed his glory to Peter, James, and John to help them embrace the challenges of the gospel.
01:23 💫 The Lord's presence was evident before the transfiguration.
01:27 💫 Jesus revealed a taste of his unimaginable glory to his disciples after teaching them about his suffering and death.
01:41 💫 God's glory is unimaginable, but we can catch glimpses of it in our spiritual reality.
02:34 💫 Jesus will reveal himself to us through prayer, and we should remind ourselves of his glory and strength when facing difficulties in life.

February 25, 2024

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We are called to trust and follow the will of God, even when it doesn't make sense, and to recognize that everything in our lives is a gift from God that we are called to steward and give back to Him.

00:00 📖 The sacrifice of Isaac is one of the most devastating passages in all of scripture, challenging the promise of God to Abraham.
00:46 📖 Abraham's obedience to God's will, even when it seems to go against human nature, is a powerful example of faith.
01:00 📖 Having the courage to follow the will of God, even when it doesn't make sense, is a common theme in the Bible.
01:35 📖 Pope John Paul spoke of the gift of self: "Your being increases in the measure that you give it away."
02:16 📖 Everything in our life is a gift from God, and we are called to be stewards of these gifts.
02:46 📖 Everything is a gift, including our own lives, so we should learn to give it all back to God for His purposes.

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February 18, 2024

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Lent is a time to reflect on our attachments and priorities, and to cultivate interior freedom in order to freely respond to God's call for transformation.

00:00 🙏 Abraham's response to God's call may seem simple, but his internal struggle and grief are evident in his faith.
00:41 🙏 God asks Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, showing the depth of Abraham's faith and trust in God.
01:10 🙏 Abraham is called to give back the gift of Isaac, showing his interior freedom and trust in God's faithfulness.
02:33 🙏 Abraham's faith allows him to respond to God's call with freedom and trust, despite his attachment to God's promise.
03:03 🙏 Lent is a time to reflect on our habits and priorities, and to embrace detachment and allow God to work through us.
03:38 🙏 God transforms our interior lives through holy indifference, even when it feels like a sacrifice to let go and answer the call to detachment.
04:16 🙏 Surrendering attachments allows us to hear God's call and live our discipleship freely.
04:53 🙏 Cultivate interior freedom, let go of attachments, and freely respond to God's call for transformation in Lent.

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Introduction

OPTION A

On the Mountain... For a Moment

We continue our journey through Lent. Where will the road lead us? For Jesus it led to Jerusalem, to the cross. With Jesus we have to take up our cross, but with Jesus we also know that the end will be not death but life, not suffering but resurrection. This consolation may look meager at times, but for a Christian it is real. We don't have to ask for suffering; but when it comes we take it, like Jesus, for God, for the sake of others. That is why, again like Jesus, we see an encouraging vision on the mountain. God is with us, he sees us, he loves us. We trust him.

Penitential Act
General Intercessions

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OPTION B

Growing in Faith this Lent

Growing in faith and understanding is a life-long process. It is reflected in each of our personal lives, just as it was reflected within Judaism and Christianity. God’s covenant with Israel was expressed in many dramatic ways to increase their understanding; and the disciples and those who followed them learned slowly who Jesus is. Lent is an opportunity to focus on who Jesus is for each of us.

Penitential Act
Prayer of the Faithful

SOURCE: National Catholic Reporter: Cycle B Sunday Resources feature series. View the full series.

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CELEBRATION Archive (2018) — Scroll to Read This Week’s Notes

The elect, who are in final preparation for the Easter sacraments, will celebrate scrutinies on the next three Sundays. Many parishes may also have candidates for full communion with the Catholic church. If some of them will be received into the church on Easter or throughout the 50-day season, you may celebrate a special penitential rite with them today.

This Sunday might be a good time to announce all the opportunities to celebrate that sacrament this Lent. Let people know when your parish will celebrate a penance service, as well as opportunities for individual celebration of the sacrament. When lisiting penance services and opportunities for confession within your own parish schedule include those of neighboring parishes, too. Some deaneries post such opportunities in the area online for anyone to consult.

If you have such catechumens in your faith community, this First Sunday of Lent is the day to celebrate the Rite of Sending of the Catechumens for Election…The rubrics and texts for the Rite of Sending are found in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, beginning at #106…

Planners might review the readings and prayers that are part of the scrutinies and the penitential rite for candidates to see if they might also be used in creating the parish penance service. If your service is scheduled during the third, fourth or fifth week of Lent, the scrutiny Gospels could provide a theme, (though you would want to use the shorter form of the Gospel for a penance service). If you gather issues of concern from the community to create local adaptations of the intercessions in the scrutinies, those same concerns could shape an examination of conscience or a series of petitions during the penance service.

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SOURCE: NCR: Cycle B series.

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2nd Sunday of Lent B

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Second Sunday in Lent B (2024) – Fr David Goodill, O.P. finds parallels between the Transfiguration and the sacraments of the Church.

“Christ is the reality made present through the sacraments. He is the source of all true ritual. When Christ manifests his glory in the Transfiguration, he is doing more than just showing us who he is; he is making himself present to each one of us.”

ST PAUL CENTER FOR BIBLICAL THEOLOGY – Each week Scott Hahn gives a short reflection on the Sunday Readings. Go deeper in the Word of the Lord video series, a weekly conversation between John Bergsma and Scott Hahn.

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