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  I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living. Best Lent Ever Reflection from Dynamic Catholic TRANSFORMATION Readings from USCCB.org Verse Before the Gospel Cf. Mt 17:5 From the shining cloud the Father’s voice is heard: This is my beloved Son, listen to him. Gospel Mk 9:2-10 Jesus took Peter, James, and John  and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them,  and his clothes became dazzling white,  such as no fuller on earth could bleach them. Then Elijah appeared to them along with Moses,  and they were conversing with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus in reply,  “Rabbi, it is good that we are here! Let us make three tents:  one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” He hardly knew what to say, they were so terrified. Then a cloud came, casting a shadow over them;  from the cloud came a voice,  “This is my beloved Son.  Listen to him.” Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw ...

  Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord! Best Lent Ever Reflection from Dynamic Catholic TRANSFORMATION Readings from USCCB.org Verse before the Gospel 2 Cor 6:2b Behold, now is a very acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. Gospel Mt 5:43-48 Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your brothers and sisters only, what is unusual about that? Do not the pagans do the same? So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

  If you, O Lord, mark iniquities, who can stand? Best Lent Ever Reflection from Dynamic Catholic Let God Love You Readings from USCCB.org Verse before the Gospel Ez 18:31 Cast away from you all the crimes you have committed, says the LORD, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Gospel Mt 5:20-26 Jesus said to his disciples:  “I tell you,  unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven. “You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, You shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable to judgment. But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment, and whoever says to his brother,  Raqa ,  will be answerable to the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ will be liable to fiery Gehenna. Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be ...

  Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me. Best Lent Ever Reflection from Dynamic Catholic Ten Minutes A Day Readings from USCCB.org Verse before the Gospel Ps 51:12a, 14a A clean heart create for me, O God; give me back the joy of your salvation. Gospel Mt 7:7-12 Jesus said to his disciples: “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.  Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asked for a loaf of bread, or a snake when he asked for a fish? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him. “Do to others whatever you would have them do to you.  This is the law and the prophets.”

  A heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn. Best Lent Ever Reflection from Dynamic Catholic Habit and Potential Readings from USCCB.org Verse before the Gospel Jl 2:12-13 Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole heart for I am gracious and merciful. Gospel Lk 11:29-32 While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah.  Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. At the judgment  the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation  and she will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and there is something greater than Solomon here.  At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because at the preaching of Jonah they repented, and there is something greater than Jo...

  From all their distress God rescues the just. Best Lent Ever Reflection from Dynamic Catholic FINDING YOUR REASON Readings from USCCB.org Verse before the Gospel Mt 4:4b One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. Gospel Mt 6:7-15 Jesus said to his disciples: “In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “This is how you are to pray:     Our Father who art in heaven,         hallowed be thy name,         thy Kingdom come,     thy will be done,         on earth as it is in heaven.     Give us this day our daily bread;     and forgive us our trespasses,         as we forgive those who trespass against us;     an...

  The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. Best Lent Ever Reflection from Dynamic Catholic The Habit Readings from USCCB.org Verse before the Gospel Mt 16:18 You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church; the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.   Gospel Mt 16:13-19 When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter said in reply,  “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of...

  Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant. Best Lent Ever Reflection from Dynamic Catholic Forty Days Readings from USCCB.org Verse Before the Gospel Mt 4:4b One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. Gospel Mk 1:12-15 The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert,  and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him. After John had been arrested,  Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”

  Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth. Best Lent Ever Reflection from Dynamic Catholic It's Who You Become Readings from USCCB.org Verse before the Gospel Ez 33:11 I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked man, says the Lord, but rather in his conversion, that he may live. Gospel Lk 5:27-32 Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him. Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were at table with them. The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” Jesus said to them in reply, “Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do. I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners.”

  A heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn. Best Lent Ever Reflection from Dynamic Catholic Unconditional Love Readings from USCCB.org Verse before the Gospel See Am 5:14 Seek good and not evil so that you may live, and the Lord will be with you. Gospel Mt 9:14-15 The disciples of John approached Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?” Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.”

Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. Best Lent Ever Reflection from Dynamic Catholic The Missing Piece Readings from USCCB.org Verse before the Gospel Mt 4:17 Repent, says the Lord; the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. Gospel Lk 9:22-25 Jesus said to his disciples: “The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.” Then he said to all,  “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. What profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself?”