Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff.
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for this 3rd Sunday in Lent and in the Novus Ordo 3rd Sunday of Lent?
Tell us about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass.
Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?
A taste of what I offered at 1 Peter 5 this week:
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That line of thought bears directly on Christian life after Baptism. The danger is not only relapse into former habits. There is also the morbidity of memory. Past sins, once forgiven, may remain vividly remembered. The devil is capable of using memories as a lever toward fresh ruin. He cannot recreate forgiven sin. He can tempt a man to brood over it, to doubt divine mercy, to suspect that absolution was nominal, to settle into a black and sterile discouragement. In that way one falls, not through honest contrition, which is healthy and salvific, but through a despairing self-fixation that ceases to look toward God. Faith may flicker on in some minimal sense, yet hope drains away and charity chills. A person in that state is vulnerable. He has his house in apparent order, yet he inhabits it without joy, gratitude, humility, or watchfulness.
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Our local Parish Priest gave us something very direct and pointed on the need to go to confession, but also to trust the mercy of The Lord:
“A lot of Christians today live with guilt and the shame of their past sins, not seeking the mercy of God and the Sacrament of Reconciliation. They rather give in to despair and denial, so their hearts grow cold and they even hate themselves, finding false solace in drug abuse, unhealthy relationships, and carnal sins which eventually consume them like a cancer …”
“The Church invites us to ask: what are we thirsty for? Are we afraid to let Jesus see the truth of our lives? This Gospel assures us that he already knows. When we open our hearts to him in humility and allow him access to our true selves, we discover that his knowing gaze is one of love. Like the Samaritan woman, we no longer need our little water jars of self- consolation that can never quench our deepest thirst, because he has opened within us a wellspring of living water that truly satisfies. This week we are invited to stop hiding, to come and sit with Jesus at the well of his forgiving grace and to trust his mercy”.