FIRST FRIDAY OF LENT
FIRST FRIDAY OF LENT
ISAIAH (58; 1-9)
MATTHEW (9; 14-15)
DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WE ARE ALREADY ENTERED INTO THE SEASON OF LENT FEW DAYS BACK AND WE ARE REALLLY AND WITH FULL CONCIOUS HEART AND MIND HAVE TAKEN OUR OWN RESOLLUTIONS FOR THIS SPECIAL PERIOD OF LENTEN SEASON, WHICH IS SO PRECIOUS AND DEAR TO US IN ORDER THAT IF YOU WANT MAKE YOUR SELF MORE AND MORE DEAR AND CLOSER TO THE LORD OUR SAVIOUR.
THE READINGS OF THE DAY SUGGESTS TO EACH ONE OF US THE PRIMARY DUTIES OF US TO BE FULLFILLED IN THIS TIME OF LENT, WHICH MEANS THAT WE ARE AS CHRISTIANS HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO KEEP OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD, THROUGH OUR CONCERN AND LOVE FOR HIM AND FOR THE POOR WE HAVE IN AND AROUND US. THE GOSPEL OF THE DAY REMINDS ONCE AGAIN HOW WE OUGHT TO MAKE OUR LENTEN SEASON MORE FRUIT FULL BY FOLLOWING THE RESOLLUTIONS OF OURS INDIVIDUALLY AND AT THE SAME TIME WITH OUR ACTS OF OBSINANCE AND FASTING, REMEMBERING THE PASSION AND DEATH OF THE LORD FOR THE EXPIATION OF ALL OUR SINS.
GOSPEL READING IS VERY APT FOR THIS SEASON OF LENT WHICH CAN MAKE OUR LIVES FROM MAR STATE OF LIFE. OUR LORD ANSWERS IN THE GOSPEL TODAY TO THE PHARASIES QUESTION WHY DON’T YOUR DISCIPLES DO NOT FAST WHILE WE AND THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN DO FAST? THE TIME WILL COME WHEN THE BRIDEGROOM IS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM THEN THEY WILL FAST (MATTHEW: 9:15).AND NOW WE ARE AT THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE WHILE JESUS IS GOING TO BE AWAY FROM US, AND THIS IS THE TIME OF WHICH JESUS IS SPEAKING IN THE GOSPEL AND WE HAVE TO FAST MATERIALLY, PHISICALLY, MORE AND MORE SPIRITUALLY.
HENCE DEAREST LOVED ONES LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER AND FAST FOR THE LOVE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE LORD, SHARE OUR PAINS, SUFFERINGS AND BARRIERS WITH THE LORD AND LET US ALSO BE MIND FULL OF OUR WORDS AND ACTIONS OF THIS SEASON NOT JUST MERE FAST OF FOOD BUT THE OVER ALL FAST FOR OUR SINS AND LET US BE UNITED WITH OUR LORD DURING THIS WHOLE SEASON OF LENT AND GET ABOUNDANT GRACES FROM THE LORD.
THEREFORE LET US THEN WITH GENUINITY OF THOUGHT, SINCERITY OF HEART AND TOGETHER WITH CONVINCED ACTIVITY OF OURSELVES MARCH FORWARD TOWARDS THE LORD WITH FASTING, PRAYING AND TOGETHER WITH THE GOOD DISPOSITION OF OUR HEART TAKE PART IN THE SUFFERINGS OF THE LORD TODAY IN THE WAY OF THE CROSS WE TAKE PART.
THE READINGS OF THE DAY SUGGESTS TO EACH ONE OF US THE PRIMARY DUTIES OF US TO BE FULLFILLED IN THIS TIME OF LENT, WHICH MEANS THAT WE ARE AS CHRISTIANS HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO KEEP OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD, THROUGH OUR CONCERN AND LOVE FOR HIM AND FOR THE POOR WE HAVE IN AND AROUND US. THE GOSPEL OF THE DAY REMINDS ONCE AGAIN HOW WE OUGHT TO MAKE OUR LENTEN SEASON MORE FRUIT FULL BY FOLLOWING THE RESOLLUTIONS OF OURS INDIVIDUALLY AND AT THE SAME TIME WITH OUR ACTS OF OBSINANCE AND FASTING, REMEMBERING THE PASSION AND DEATH OF THE LORD FOR THE EXPIATION OF ALL OUR SINS.
GOSPEL READING IS VERY APT FOR THIS SEASON OF LENT WHICH CAN MAKE OUR LIVES FROM MAR STATE OF LIFE. OUR LORD ANSWERS IN THE GOSPEL TODAY TO THE PHARASIES QUESTION WHY DON’T YOUR DISCIPLES DO NOT FAST WHILE WE AND THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN DO FAST? THE TIME WILL COME WHEN THE BRIDEGROOM IS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM THEN THEY WILL FAST (MATTHEW: 9:15).AND NOW WE ARE AT THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE WHILE JESUS IS GOING TO BE AWAY FROM US, AND THIS IS THE TIME OF WHICH JESUS IS SPEAKING IN THE GOSPEL AND WE HAVE TO FAST MATERIALLY, PHISICALLY, MORE AND MORE SPIRITUALLY.
HENCE DEAREST LOVED ONES LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER AND FAST FOR THE LOVE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE LORD, SHARE OUR PAINS, SUFFERINGS AND BARRIERS WITH THE LORD AND LET US ALSO BE MIND FULL OF OUR WORDS AND ACTIONS OF THIS SEASON NOT JUST MERE FAST OF FOOD BUT THE OVER ALL FAST FOR OUR SINS AND LET US BE UNITED WITH OUR LORD DURING THIS WHOLE SEASON OF LENT AND GET ABOUNDANT GRACES FROM THE LORD.
THEREFORE LET US THEN WITH GENUINITY OF THOUGHT, SINCERITY OF HEART AND TOGETHER WITH CONVINCED ACTIVITY OF OURSELVES MARCH FORWARD TOWARDS THE LORD WITH FASTING, PRAYING AND TOGETHER WITH THE GOOD DISPOSITION OF OUR HEART TAKE PART IN THE SUFFERINGS OF THE LORD TODAY IN THE WAY OF THE CROSS WE TAKE PART.
SHARED BY
BRO.SUNDER RAJ MALLAVARAPU SCJ.
FIRST YEAR THEOLOGY STUDENT
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