Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, February 19, 2012
Ash Wednesday, February 22,2012
Ash Wednesday Masses: 6:30, 8:30a.m., 12:15, 5:30, 7:00 (bilingual) p.m.
Confession: 9:00 a.m.
Even now, says the LORD,
return to me with your whole heart,
with fasting, and weeping, and mourning;
Rend your hearts, not your garments,
and return to the LORD, your God.
For gracious and merciful is he,
slow to anger, rich in kindness,
and relenting in punishment.
Perhaps he will again relent
and leave behind him a blessing,
Offerings and libations
for the LORD, your God.
Today’s Gospel makes explicit what has been implied in preceding weeks. Namely, that in healing the sick and casting out demons, Jesus is manifesting God’s forgiveness of His people’s sins.
They had wearied of God, refused to call on His name, we hear in today’s First Reading. Despite that, God promised to remember their sins no more.
Sin is often equated with sickness in Scripture (see Psalm 103:39). And today’s Psalm reads like a foretelling of the Gospel scene - the man is helped on his sickbed, healed of his sins, and made able to stand before the Lord forever.
http://www.salvationhistory.com
40 Days for Life begins February 22 - April 1
40 Days for Life Campaign, Thank You Abby Johnson, Advocate , Speaker and Writer of the book Unplanned, for this weekend filled with life,love and hope in strengthening us in our commitment to the gift of life.
Prayer and Fasting, Constant Vigil and Community outreach
The mission of the campaign is to bring together the body of Christ in a spirit of unity during a focused 40 day campaign of prayer, fasting, and peaceful activism, with the purpose of repentance, to seek God’s favor to turn hearts and minds from a culture of death to a culture of life, thus bringing an end to abortion in America.
Visit www.40daysforlife.com/lakehavasucity
February 2012
General Intention: Access to Water.
That all peoples may have access to water and other resources needed for daily life.
Missionary Intention: Health Workers.
That the Lord may sustain the efforts of health workers assisting the sick and elderly in the world's poorest regions.
