They may abuse you, threaten you, try to break you and hate you – but someone has to break the negative cycle, and it might as well be you. You don’t…
Treat others as you wish someone had treated you, when you needed it the most
As we celebrate the 3rd Sunday of Lent, we find Our Lord Jesus cleansing the Temple of Jerusalem. ( John 2:13:25) The market place has become part of the Holy Place; there is no room for both. The Market Place replaced the Divine One. The Temple cannot be a House of Prayer for all People and be cheating innocent worshipers.
Jesus is the true Temple! For those who follow Him, us, we become temples too!
In this time of Lent, Jesus will shake us up too! Jesus will remove from us the Market Place that we have let into ourselves. He is able and will do the cleansing if we give our whole self to Him!
Have a blessed Sunday! We, the Caritas Community, are with you in prayer.
Pax.
From a dear Friend:
Embrace your miraculous journey. As you conduct daily reflections remove all that stands in your way of abiding in Christ. Create the “room to breathe” so you can fully receive all that God has for you on a daily basis. Learn from yesterday and let go of it. Enter today with gratitude that you were blessed with another opportunity to go forth and be all you can be. Your journey was created for you and no one else. Embrace it and let your light shine bright. Be kind to yourself and take time to REST – it is necessary. Everything begins with YOU – You matter and you are loved. Blessings. 💙
On this Second Sunday of Lent we meditate on the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Gospel of St. Mark.
We join the three future leaders of the Followers of Jesus: Peter, the first Pope; James, the Head of the Church of Jerusalem, who was died as a martyrs; John, the Beloved Disciple, the author of St. John’s Gospel, Revelation and the Epistles that carry his name. And we experience the Law and the Prophets meet together in Jesus. We know that all aspects of our lives are brought together in Jesus and we hear the Father:
This is my beloved Son, listen to Him! Mark 9:7
We need Transfiguration Moments! May this Sunday and every Sunday be Transfiguration Moments for us so that during the week we can hold on to hope!
Pax.
The Spirit immediately drove Jesus into the desert. Mark 1:12
We begin the First Sunday of Lent by following Jesus in the desert. We walk with Jesus, fasting with Him and preparing ourselves to be more like Him. Jesus is the way in which we become Jesus in the World.
Tremendous evil is ever present. The evil one is ever tempting us to leave the Jesus’ approach to life. But our Rabbi, the Lord Jesus gives us the way of victory over evil; Jesus is the way!
The Kingdom of God is present when Jesus lives in us!
Have a blessed Lent! The Mount Caritas Community is praying for you!
Pax.
Being a leper was a terrible thing. You would be like the living dead. All of the usual things of life would be denied you and for good reason. You presence in society would be dangerous because the disease that you have was not curable and was contagious. You were dead to your family!
Jesus brings resurrection when He encounters us!
This poor leper went to Jesus and he became alive again; the incurable was cured! We may not be lepers but we do need Jesus! His love can bring us back to life. All we need to do is follow the former leper’s example: come to Jesus!
Jesus is our Valentine! True love cures! Let us love one another. Let us be a people of love!
Happy St. Valentine’s Day!
Pax.
And He came and took her by hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her; she got up and served them. Mark 1:31
The healing of the Mother-In-Law of Peter reminds us of a key part of our lives with Jesus. First, she was sick with a fever. Second, her Son-In-Law, his brother and his friends brought Jesus to her. Third, Jesus heals her and finally she gets to work doing what God wanted her to do: hospitality!
We are called to be ministers of healing and ministers of hospitality among many other obligations of our relationship with Jesus.
We can and must bring Jesus to people! Jesus is still in the healing business! And once we are physically able, we are called to serve one another.
We are part of a community of healing and service! In Jesus we change the world!
Pax
St Edith Stein:
“For the Christian, there is no such thing as a ‘stranger’. There is only the neighbour – the person who happens to be next to us, the person most in need of our help….Christ’s love knows no boundaries.”
A Bit of Christmas in February!
Today we celebrate the Great Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple”!
“Dear brothers and sisters,
Forty days have passed since we celebrated the joyful Feast of the Nativity of the Lord.
Today is the blessed day when Jesus was presented in the the Temple by Mary and Joseph…”
The Roman Missal
Please join the Holy Family as they live faithfully the Jewish Law and experience the Christmas joy again.
You and your families are with us in prayer!
Pax
Jesus still heals!
We are a world that is hurting. The Pandemic of 2020 has left a terrible mark on our people. There is so much death, there is so much poverty and hunger, there is so much despair, yet Jesus speaks to us through our hurts and pain.
In the Gospel reading for today, Mark 1:21-28, St. Mark only records for us a brief statement of Jesus for us to meditate on.
“Be silent and come out of him!” Mark 1:25
In this early part of Jesus’ Ministry, the hearers in the Synagogue were impressed by His words but the demon knew Him and knew His purpose.
“I know who you are, the Holy One of God” Mark 1:24
It might seem strange but let us use these words of the demon and call on Jesus more earnestly now than ever. He will cast out any demon that we are struggling with. Jesus will bring order in our chaotic time. Total Trust in the Lord!
Pax.
Hermitage of Peace 