2017 Busy Catholic’s
Online Lenten Retreat
Living Lent With Love
Day Three
Wednesday,
March 22
Today’s Scripture
(Deuteronomy
4:1, 5-9)
Now therefore, Israel, hear the statutes and ordinances I
am teaching you to observe, that you may live.… See, I am teaching
you the statutes and ordinances as the LORD, my God, has commanded me, that you
may observe them in the land you are entering to possess.
Observe them carefully, for this is your wisdom and discernment in the sight of
the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “This great nation is
truly a wise and discerning people.” For what great nation is there that
has gods so close to it as the LORD, our God, is to us whenever we call upon
him? Or what great nation has statutes and ordinances that are
as just as this whole law which I am setting before you today? However, be on your guard and be very careful not to forget the
things your own eyes have seen, nor let them slip from your heart as long as
you live, but make them known to your children and to your children’s
children….
Pope Francis’s
Comment
You
can’t have a family without dreams. Once a family loses the ability to dream,
children do not grow, love does not grow, life shrivels up and dies. So I ask
you each evening, when you make your examination of conscience, to also ask
yourselves this question: Today did I dream about my children’s future? Today
did I dream about the love of my husband, my wife? Did I dream about my parents
and grandparents who have gone before me?
(Meeting with Families, Manila, January 16,
2015)
Let us Pray
Loving
God, I had no say over choosing the family into which I was born. But I do have
something to say about the family in which I live at this moment. I know how we
can be flawed, broken and discouraged by our human limitations. I also believe
that, with your grace, my family can come together, work, pray and play
together to reflect your relationship of enduring love and forgiveness. May I
always remember that you are at the center of who we are as family. Amen.
Material in this
year’s online retreat is excerpted with permission from Living Lent with Love.
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