Second Sunday of Lent Do you have faith in God? Gn 15:5-12, 17-18 Are you an enemy of the cross of Christ? Who is your God? Is your mind occupied with earthly things? Phil 3:17—4:1 Do you listen to Jesus? Lk 9:28b-36 Questions from St. Leo (From Office of Readings, Second Reading for the Second […]
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Saturday of the First Week of Lent Mass Readings from the USCCB Do you observe God’s commandments with all your heart? Have you made an agreement with God? Do you love your enemies? Do you pray for them? Are you a child of your Heavenly Father? Do you only love those who love you? How
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Friday of the First Week of Lent Mass Readings from the USCCB Do you rejoice when others turn away from evil? Are your ways unfair? Do you think with the mind of God? Does your righteousness surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees? Are you angry with someone? Do you come before the altar of
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Thursday of the First Week in Lent Do you pray without ceasing? Do you pray from the heart? Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25 Do you pray with persistence? Do you believe in the goodness of God? Do you do to others what you want them to do to you? Mt 7:7-12 Questions from St. Asterius of
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Wednesday of the First Week in Lent Mass Readings from the USCCB Have you turned away from your sins?Do you believe God’s messengers? Jon 3:1-10 Are you seeking a sign from Jesus?Do you recognize that Jesus is the sign? Lk 11:29-32 Image Credit: Christ Preaching, ca. 1657, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, The Morgen/PD Questions from
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Tuesday of the First Week of Lent Mass Readings from the USCCB Do you make God’s word void in your life? Is your life fruitful? What is God’s will? Is 55:10-11 Do you babble when you pray? Have you made the intentions in the Our Father your own? Do you forgive? Do you value the
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Monday of the First Week of Lent Mass Readings from the USCCB What does it mean to be holy?How is God holy?Do you steal?Do you lie?Do you swear falsely?Do you defraud your neighbor?Who is your neighbor?Do you oppress anyone?Are you honest?Do you spread slander?Do you protect the weak?Do you have hatred in your heart?Do you
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Meet the Neighbors: Colorado Soldier Beetle For the introduction to this series, see here. Soldier beetles are colorful beetles that can be found on flower heads in late summer and fall. There are many species wildly distributed across the US. Many of them have beautiful orange, yellow, or red coloration. They are called soldier beetles
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Meet the Neighbors: Fox Squirrel For the introduction to this series, see here. This is the backyard squirrel in Colorado. If you live in the eastern half of the country, you will probably have gray squirrels living near you as well as fox squirrels. In other parts of the US, there are other species of
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Meet the Neighbors: Apache Jumping Spider For the introduction to this series, see here. Here is a bright-colored jumping spider. These spiders are very beautiful and fascinating to watch but you have to creep up on them because they are very wary and agile and will disappear around the leaf or plant stem if they
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