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BLE & BAE Discussion Saturday 3rd Week of Lent

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mazing possibilities await us we need only open ourselves to God. Prayer Fasting and Almsgiving. This is the center of our Lenten preparation.

From Dynamic Catholic
Gospel Reflection: Awareness

Verse Before The GospelPS 95:8

If today you hear his voice,
harden not your hearts.

Gospel LK 18:9-14

Jesus addressed this parable
to those who were convinced of their own righteousness
and despised everyone else.
“Two people went up to the temple area to pray;
one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector.
The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself,
‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity —
greedy, dishonest, adulterous — or even like this tax collector.
I fast twice a week,
and I pay tithes on my whole income.’
But the tax collector stood off at a distance
and would not even raise his eyes to heaven
but beat his breast and prayed,
‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’
I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former;
for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,
and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Blessing to all who read and share. Make it a great day in Our Lord Jesus

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