“I say to you, something greater than the temple is here. If you knew what this meant ‘ I desire mercy not sacrifice’ you would not have condemned these innocent men” Matthew 12: 6-7Jesus is defending the actions of his hungry disciples in this passage after they have violated a rule of Sabbath by picking…
And they said to him, ” The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink” . Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? But the day will come when the bridegroom is…
” ‘This people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines human precepts’ ” Matt 15: 8-9As I prepare for Lent, I think I need to bear this in mind. We Catholics have a lot of outward ways of expressing our faith…
Well, it has been awhile indeed! When I was in college in the Newman Center we were encouraged to start a “Lenten prayer” session. It was our dear Fr. Looney’s best attempt to make us settle down and focus on the point of Newman Club and thus was born “Lent Thing”. We enjoyed it so…