3rd Sunday in Lent, 2012
Fr. Anthony Brankin
Gospel: John 2:13-25 Jesus drove out the money-changers
(Full text of sermon. Editor’s note: This is a great review of the Ten Commandments to prepare for Confession)
Lent is a time when we want to spend time contemplating our own sins. Jesus didn’t die for us because we are good, but because we are bad. We must acknowledge our sins humbly and ask for forgiveness.
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See the joy of those in the various stages of becoming a sister: aspirancy, postulancy, novitiate, and profession.
Often when a priest suggests confession to someone—they say something like: “Oh, Father, It has been so long since my last confession—that if I were to go to confession, it would take hours—we’d never get finished!” Continue Reading…
