Second Sunday of Lent

My Companions pray with me: Lord, we praise You with our words and our actions; let us know that Your glory shows when we live fully. Forgive all our sins, especially the petty words or acts that keep us from becoming one with You and/or our sisters and brothers. Thank you for all Your blessings. We humbly ask for all we need, especially shelter and food for the poor and freedom for all who are enslaved intellectually, emotionally, spiritually, and/or physically. Please shine Your perpetual light upon all who have gone before us, particularly: Betty, Dorothy, Cara Lou, and Dwight.

Companion Events: Bithdays: Michele (McOmar) (2/23), Mitch Ross (2/23), Tom Leininger (2/24), Tom Duggan (2/26). In memoriam: Cara Lou Ross  (2/21/2015), Dwight Doyle(2/22/2015).

Keeping In-touch: My heart is filled with gratitude for all who participated both at home and at the retreat center to make our Retreat for Men a life-giving, community-building experience. We have been richly blessed. Even the snow and threats of snow could not keep the Holy Spirit from moving the minds and hearts of wonderful men and their support systems.

Decision Point: Decision Point: - How to use the Bible

The Readings: Second Sunday of Lent

Some Commentary: Fr. John Foley, S. J.

My comments and an invitation for your comments: 

How could God ask Abraham to sacrifice his son? This bothers many people because they do not see the critique against child sacrifice included in the personal call of total dedication to our life-giving God. On the surface this is a most terrible request of God to Abraham. But the ironic truth is that God will always give His glorious life to those who seek Him first and are not distracted by the incomplete, feeble efforts of women and men living in broken cultures.

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