tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91107419065534926982024-03-18T07:00:36.012-04:00Ignatian Spirituality: Set the World AblazeJohn Predmore, S.J., is a USA East Province Jesuit and was the pastor of Jordan's English language parish. He teaches art and directs BC High's adult spiritual formation programs. Formerly a retreat director in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Ignatian Spirituality is given through guided meditations, weekend-, 8-day, and 30-day Retreats based on The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatian Spirituality serves the contemporary world as people strive to develop a friendship with God.John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.comBlogger7081125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-25997542065150461122024-03-18T06:59:00.003-04:002024-03-18T06:59:57.710-04:00Photo: Irish Wolfhounds<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih4yeLamCmPh2mdcjiJXry4BydtdDaQ49tuuLheYkjH3llyHwaC88Z7rwpIzzP46wa07IDVWxnxyDuyYZgaPDl5GES_s2PCP7EFbqSgJ-Qa0WOMEkFNUD_BdZ5awOEKhu8_IMWZLfbVQdNoRvIK8FnNRcqx0OYbbrnic548sVOmL_meS28IhQtDqzX3YE/s4032/IMG_3522.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih4yeLamCmPh2mdcjiJXry4BydtdDaQ49tuuLheYkjH3llyHwaC88Z7rwpIzzP46wa07IDVWxnxyDuyYZgaPDl5GES_s2PCP7EFbqSgJ-Qa0WOMEkFNUD_BdZ5awOEKhu8_IMWZLfbVQdNoRvIK8FnNRcqx0OYbbrnic548sVOmL_meS28IhQtDqzX3YE/w400-h300/IMG_3522.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-43393645579693560782024-03-18T00:30:00.001-04:002024-03-18T00:30:00.126-04:00Prayer: Celtic PrayerMay God grant you always… <div>A sunbeam to warm you, </div><div>A moonbeam to charm you, </div><div>A sheltering angel, </div><div>so nothing can harm you.
</div>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-15354056987045819852024-03-17T05:26:00.001-04:002024-03-17T05:26:05.213-04:00Photo: Our Lady on Montserrat<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxB9rIPvYKUeBA65g9FTTPcBPIkerUo2KFexTiokTZJTa1rUgWy7MknQb0mHXcejckxb1Gi0qxdgsvYvTJymjLH49eYJ2mzC-tO4tn8C_q9TTri6pKGQyeNLkKT8zip21jCB6tIt3lmgW5Vas6XowicBxPR5xnG2lqax4OqxJCcfH9RtMWa6l_ABT9ps/s1600/f05e997d-dd66-4b5e-941b-b1f86eaa1b22.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxB9rIPvYKUeBA65g9FTTPcBPIkerUo2KFexTiokTZJTa1rUgWy7MknQb0mHXcejckxb1Gi0qxdgsvYvTJymjLH49eYJ2mzC-tO4tn8C_q9TTri6pKGQyeNLkKT8zip21jCB6tIt3lmgW5Vas6XowicBxPR5xnG2lqax4OqxJCcfH9RtMWa6l_ABT9ps/w300-h400/f05e997d-dd66-4b5e-941b-b1f86eaa1b22.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-21055641201726739072024-03-17T00:30:00.001-04:002024-03-17T00:30:00.134-04:00Prayer: Reinhold NiebhurO God, give us grace to walk humbly and save us from pretension and every arrogant folly. You have made us and not we ourselves. Help us to remember the limits of our power and our wisdom, but help us also to do our duty within the limits of our power and our wisdom.John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-37913289536139372332024-03-16T13:05:00.005-04:002024-03-16T13:05:53.854-04:00Prayer: From the Iona Community, off the coast of ScotlandDeep peace of the running wave to you <div>Deep peace of the flowing air to you </div><div>Deep peace of the quiet earth to you </div><div>Deep peace of the shining stars to you </div><div>Deep peace of the Son of peace to you
</div>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-55827512325959913672024-03-15T12:39:00.004-04:002024-03-15T12:39:52.394-04:00Photo: Montserrat, Spain<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV2j_ccvQ2wOWCUCJC8jvavvBY7r_y-E-8FrjxfRhJHV8yE5bVrHk9vN2AvXE6POu6DbNcjJIdo5jBAUuSNOpTtK81Yw00uHTjoT9x6at7RF7U8ROVlkaZT5pVlmcPTg7AcJJ18kln-KW7mu1XFYIs8EbkkmKLtlLFy9x9SHK0LB16e6f3D2QoLopW1tQ/s1600/14282269-dfae-4f72-a939-09647934b5d2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV2j_ccvQ2wOWCUCJC8jvavvBY7r_y-E-8FrjxfRhJHV8yE5bVrHk9vN2AvXE6POu6DbNcjJIdo5jBAUuSNOpTtK81Yw00uHTjoT9x6at7RF7U8ROVlkaZT5pVlmcPTg7AcJJ18kln-KW7mu1XFYIs8EbkkmKLtlLFy9x9SHK0LB16e6f3D2QoLopW1tQ/w300-h400/14282269-dfae-4f72-a939-09647934b5d2.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-77868821433616686162024-03-15T12:38:00.007-04:002024-03-15T12:38:39.482-04:00Poem: D.H. Lawrence from The Hands of GodIt is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. <div>But it is a much more fearful thing to fall out of them … </div><div>Save me, O God, from falling into the ungodly knowledge of myself as I am without God. </div><div>Let me never know, O God
let me never know what I am or should be
when I have fallen out of your hands,
the hands of the living God … </div><div>Save me from that, O God!</div><div> Let me never know myself apart from the living God!
</div>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-73269712997497490242024-03-14T01:00:00.001-04:002024-03-14T01:00:00.132-04:00Photo: Spanish Streets<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgur86Qc_8kDVPI1LdVag6Da1-n2SV60BtFzy_d2GzLUkEXfKMwJxYj1stYqonDP2m47f8Ux1C7ORX35SIeSe95jpKw8jp7utXM50kwN4PLfigleubNaVCUx8I9z1Z3gQGAlk12dhqfMr3dKFn0iWhwfzomxz-Di3eZaTbohBy_tuE_P9x06zNP-KNsE/s4032/IMG_3339.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgur86Qc_8kDVPI1LdVag6Da1-n2SV60BtFzy_d2GzLUkEXfKMwJxYj1stYqonDP2m47f8Ux1C7ORX35SIeSe95jpKw8jp7utXM50kwN4PLfigleubNaVCUx8I9z1Z3gQGAlk12dhqfMr3dKFn0iWhwfzomxz-Di3eZaTbohBy_tuE_P9x06zNP-KNsE/w300-h400/IMG_3339.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-28604434091431108062024-03-14T00:30:00.001-04:002024-03-14T00:30:00.135-04:00Spirituality: “The Cross as a Symbol of Christian Faith” by Pope Francis<p> <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif;">Those who die with Jesus shall rise again with Jesus. The cross is the door to resurrection. Whoever struggles alongside him will triumph with him. This is the message of hope contained in Jesus’ cross, urging us to be strong …. The Christian cross … is a call to the love with which Jesus sacrificed himself to save humanity from evil and sin.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In this Lenten season, we contemplate with devotion the image of the crucifix, Jesus on the cross; this is the symbol od Christian faith, the emblem of Jesus, who died and rose for us. Let us ensure that the cross marks the stages of our Lenten journey in order to understand ever better the seriousness of sin and the value of the sacrifice by which the Savior has saved us all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Blessed Virgin was able to contemplate the glory of Jesus hidden in his humanness. May she help us stay with him in silent prayer, to allow ourselves to be enlightened by his presence, so as to bring a reflection of his glory to our hearts through the darkest nights.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Source: Angelus, 12 March 2017</span></p>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-26424167954629797232024-03-13T00:30:00.001-04:002024-03-13T00:30:00.131-04:00 Telling Others what we See: The Fifth Sunday of Lent, 2024 <p> <b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #053c50; font-size: 14pt;">Telling Others what we See:</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #053c50; font-size: 14pt;">The Fifth Sunday of Lent, 2024<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #053c50; font-size: 14pt;">March 17, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Aptos; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><a contenteditable="false" href="http://www.johnpredmoresj.com" style="color: #345b65;" title="http://www.johnpredmoresj.com/"><b><span style="color: #053c50; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">www.johnpredmoresj.com</span></b></a><b><span style="color: #053c50; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>| predmore.blogspot.com<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Aptos; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><a contenteditable="false" href="mailto:predmoresj@yahoo.com" style="color: #345b65;" title="mailto:predmoresj@yahoo.com"><b><span style="color: #053c50; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">predmoresj@yahoo.com</span></b></a><b><span style="color: #053c50; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>| 617.510.9673<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #053c50; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px;">Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51; Hebrews 5:7-9; John 12:20-33<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #4fff9e; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">The Fourth Gospel inaugurates the moment that the Hour of Jesus has finally arrived. It is the moment when the Greeks come to Jerusalem to see Jesus, who they know to be the Beloved One of God. Up until this moment, all the passages said, “The Hour has not yet come.” The significance of the Greeks is to acknowledge that the whole world has come to worship the Jewish God. The faith of the Israelites extends beyond the Jews.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">The moment is met by thunder from heaven acknowledging the time of the Passion has come. Jesus, realizing the moment has arrived, explains that he will have to undergo suffering that he does not welcome, but that he has no choice. He was destined to accept this Cross from the beginning of his ministry. He knows that his obedience would glory God because God’s plan was larger than the people could understand.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">The Greeks say, “We would like to see Jesus.” It reminds me of the statement people make within spiritual conversations. They want to know Jesus better. In fact, I’m not sure I’ve ever had anyone come into spiritual direction and say, “I’m satisfied with my prayer life. I speak well with Jesus.” Truthfully, I don’t know anyone who is ever satisfied with prayer. There is always room for improvement. It raises the question, “What do we want to know?”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Lent is about improving one’s closeness to Jesus, and we do it through increased prayer, abstinence, and almsgiving. We try to pattern our life after Jesus so we can empathize with his self-offering. Perhaps, we ought to just trust that Jesus is near and that he is aware of our good efforts. He has already offered his sacrifice and won his victory on our behalf. Perhaps we cannot be like him in his trials and ordeals, but we can do something quite different.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">We can tell our stories about the presence of Jesus in our lives. Perhaps our Lent, our mission, is to simply tell others what God has done for them. In Scripture, someone obviously had to tell the Greeks about Jesus, and they wanted to see him. Are we telling others about what Jesus has done for us? Sometimes, I think he keep matters too private and individualized, but that is not our faith. We see that the Apostles were impelled to tell their stories. That was how the faith was transmitted.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">It requires a shift in thinking, W cannot be Jesus and we are not called to do what he did, but he does ask us to tell his story. As we approach Holy Week and Easter, what story do we have to tell. What has he does for us this Lent that we can share with others? Reflect upon his presence in your life. Will your story be the one that leads others to Christ?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><b>Scripture for Daily Mass<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Monday: (Daniel 13) Daniel’s sharp advocacy skills spare the life of Susannah who has been unjustly accused of immoral sexual relationships.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Tuesday: (Numbers 21) As the wandering Israelites passed through the desert near the Red Sea, many are bitten by seraph serpents, but Moses erected a bronze serpent that he lifted up for those bitten to gaze upon the image and be cured.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Wednesday: (Isaiah 7) Annunciation: Ahaz is tempted by the Lord to ask for a sign but he will not. The Lord gives it anyways: the virgin shall conceive and bear a son named Emmanuel.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Thursday: (Genesis 17) The Lord said to Abraham: You are to become the father of a host of nations. You will become fertile; kings will stem from you. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Friday: (Jeremiah 20) Terror on every side. Let us denounce him. The Lord is with me like a mighty champion.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Saturday: (Ezekiel 37) My dwelling shall be with my people. I will be their God and they shall be my people. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><i>Gospel: </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Monday: (John 8) A woman caught in adultery is brought to Jesus for a verdict, but he does not answer as he calls upon those who are without sin to cast the first stone.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Tuesday: (John 8) Jesus tells the Pharisees that they will lift up the Son of Man and will then realized that I AM.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Wednesday: (Luke 1) Gabriel was sent to Mary of Nazareth to inform her that she has been chosen by the Lord to bear a son who will be called holy, the Son of God.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Thursday: (John 8) Whoever keeps my words will never see death. Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Friday: (John 10) The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus, but he wanted to know for which of the works he was condemned. He went back across the Jordan and remained there.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Saturday: (John 11) Many came to believe in Jesus. Caiaphas asked, “do you consider that it is better for you that one man should die instead of the people?”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Saints of the Week<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">March 17:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Patrick, bishop (389-461),<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>is the revered Apostle of Ireland and patron saint of many U.S. dioceses. He<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is credited for bringing the faith to all of Ireland. He was abducted and enslaved at age 16 by pirates and taken to Ireland where he worked as a cattle herded and shepherd in the mountains. He escaped after six years and eventually returned to his native Britain where he became a priest. Pope Celestine sent Patrick as a missionary to Ireland to evangelize them. Though he was under constant risk from hostile pagans, he converted many of them and developed a native clergy by the time of his death.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">March 19:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Joseph, husband of Mary</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is honored today for his support of Mary in their marriage. He is portrayed as a righteous man who obeys the will of God. Therefore, his ancestry is upheld as a virtuous stock through which God’s promises come true. We seldom contemplate his marital relationship to Mary and his responsibility to love and raise Jesus as his son. He was a descendent of King David and a carpenter or builder by trade. In Matthew's dream sequence, Joseph was embarrassed by Mary's pregnancy before their marriage, but went through with the wedding because he was a righteous man. He considered dissolving their marriage because of Mosaic Law, but is told in a dream to take Mary as his wife and to raise Jesus as his own. He is honored as the earthly father of Jesus.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">March 23:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Toribio of Mogrovejo, bishop (1538-1606)</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>was a Spanish law professor in Salamanca who became the president of the Inquisition in Granada. As a layman, he was made the Archbishop of Lima, Peru and became quickly disturbed at the treatment of the native populations by the European conquerors. He condemned abuses and founded schools to educate the oppressed natives. He built hospitals and churches and opened the first seminary in Latin America.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">This Week in Jesuit History<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </span></strong></p><ul style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Aptos; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">March 17, 1964. The death of Joseph O’Callaghan. He was awarded the US Medal of Honor for heroism as chaplain on the USS Franklin, off Japan on March 19, 1945.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">March 18, 1541. Two letters arrived from Lisbon from Francis Xavier. One was addressed to Ignatius, the other to Frs. LeJay and Laynez. They were written just before his departure to India.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">March 19, 1836. By imperial decree, the Society was allowed to re-enter the Austrian dominions.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">March 20, 1602. The first "<i>Disputatio de Auxiliis</i>" was held before Clement VIII. The disputants were Fr. Gregory de Valentia SJ and Fr. Diego Alvarez OP.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">March 21, 1768. In Spain, at a special meeting of the Council of State in the presence of King Charles III, the Suppression of the Society was urged on the pretense that it was independent of the bishops, that it plotted against the State, and that it was lax in its teaching.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">March 22, 1585:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">In Rome, Fr. General received the three Japanese ambassadors with great solemnity in the Society's Church of the Gesu.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">March 23, 1772:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">At Rome, Cardinal Marefoschi held a visitation of the Irish College and accused the Jesuits of mismanagement. He removed them from directing that establishment.</span></li></ul>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-72760329545947129132024-03-13T00:00:00.001-04:002024-03-13T00:00:00.241-04:00 Decirle a los demás lo que vemos: El quinto domingo de Cuaresma, 2024<p> <b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES" style="color: #053c50; font-size: 14pt;">Decirle a los demás lo que vemos:</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span lang="ES" style="color: #053c50; font-size: 14pt;">El quinto domingo de Cuaresma, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span lang="ES" style="color: #053c50; font-size: 14pt;">17 de marzo de 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Aptos; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="ES"><a contenteditable="false" href="http://www.johnpredmoresj.com" style="color: #345b65;" title="http://www.johnpredmoresj.com/"><b><span style="color: #053c50; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">www.johnpredmoresj.com<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></a></span><b><span lang="ES" style="color: #053c50; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">| predmore.blogspot.com<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Aptos; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="ES"><a contenteditable="false" href="mailto:predmoresj@yahoo.com" style="color: #345b65;" title="mailto:predmoresj@yahoo.com"><b><span style="color: #053c50; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">predmoresj@yahoo.com<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></a></span><b><span lang="ES" style="color: #053c50; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">| 617.510.9673<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span lang="ES" style="color: #053c50; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px;">Jeremías 31:31-34; Salmo 51; Hebreos 5:7-9; Juan 12:20-33<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span lang="ES" style="color: #4fff9e; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES">El Cuarto Evangelio inaugura el momento en que finalmente ha llegado la Hora de Jesús. Es el momento en que los griegos vienen a Jerusalén para ver a Jesús, a quien saben que es el Amado de Dios. Hasta ese momento, todos los pasajes decían: “La Hora aún no ha llegado”. La importancia de los griegos es reconocer que el mundo entero ha venido a adorar al Dios judío. La fe de los israelitas se extiende más allá de los judíos.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES">El momento es recibido por un trueno del cielo que reconoce que ha llegado el momento de la Pasión. Jesús, al darse cuenta de que ha llegado el momento, explica que tendrá que sufrir un sufrimiento que no acoge con agrado, pero que no le queda otra opción. Estaba destinado a aceptar esta Cruz desde el comienzo de su ministerio. Sabe que su obediencia glorificaría a Dios porque el plan de Dios era más grande de lo que el pueblo podía entender.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES">Los griegos dicen: "Nos gustaría ver a Jesús". Me recuerda la afirmación que la gente hace en las conversaciones espirituales. Quieren conocer mejor a Jesús. De hecho, no estoy seguro de haber tenido alguna vez a alguien que haya acudido a dirección espiritual y haya dicho: “Estoy satisfecho con mi vida de oración. Hablo bien con Jesús”. Sinceramente, no conozco a nadie que alguna vez esté satisfecho con la oración. Siempre hay margen de mejora. Plantea la pregunta: "¿Qué queremos saber?"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES">La Cuaresma se trata de mejorar la cercanía de uno a Jesús, y lo hacemos mediante una mayor oración, abstinencia y limosna. Tratamos de modelar nuestra vida según el modelo de Jesús para poder empatizar con su ofrecimiento. Quizás deberíamos simplemente confiar en que Jesús está cerca y que está consciente de nuestros buenos esfuerzos. Él ya ofreció su sacrificio y obtuvo su victoria en nuestro nombre. Quizás no podamos ser como él en sus pruebas y pruebas, pero podemos hacer algo muy diferente.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES">Podemos contar nuestras historias sobre la presencia de Jesús en nuestras vidas. Quizás nuestra Cuaresma, nuestra misión, sea simplemente contarles a los demás lo que Dios ha hecho por ellos. En las Escrituras, obviamente alguien tenía que hablarles a los griegos acerca de Jesús, y ellos querían verlo. ¿Estamos contándoles a otros lo que Jesús ha hecho por nosotros? A veces pienso que mantiene las cosas demasiado privadas e individualizadas, pero esa no es nuestra fe. Vemos que los Apóstoles se sintieron impulsados a contar sus historias. Así fue como se transmitió la fe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES">Requiere un cambio de pensamiento: nosotros no podemos ser Jesús y no estamos llamados a hacer lo que él hizo, pero él nos pide que contemos su historia. A medida que nos acercamos a la Semana Santa y la Pascua, ¿qué historia tenemos que contar? ¿Qué ha hecho Él por nosotros en esta Cuaresma que podamos compartir con los demás ? Reflexiona sobre su presencia en tu vida. ¿Será tu historia la que lleve a otros a Cristo?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span lang="ES">Escritura para la misa diaria<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Lunes: (Daniel 13) Las agudas habilidades de defensa de Daniel le salvan la vida a Susannah, quien ha sido injustamente acusada de relaciones sexuales inmorales.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Martes: (Números 21) Mientras los israelitas errantes pasaban por el desierto cerca del Mar Rojo, muchos son mordidos por serpientes serafines, pero Moisés erigió una serpiente de bronce que levantó para que los mordidos contemplaran la imagen y se curaran.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Miércoles: (Isaías 7) Anunciación: Acaz es tentado por el Señor para pedir una señal pero él no la quiere. El Señor lo da de todos modos: la virgen concebirá y dará a luz un hijo llamado Emmanuel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Jueves: (Génesis 17) El Señor le dijo a Abraham: Serás padre de una multitud de naciones. Te volverás fértil; reyes surgirán de ti.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Viernes: (Jeremías 20) Terror por todos lados. Denunciémoslo. El Señor está conmigo como un poderoso campeón.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Sábado: (Ezequiel 37) Mi morada será con mi pueblo. Yo seré su Dios y ellos serán mi pueblo.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><i><span lang="ES">Evangelio:</span></i><span lang="ES"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Lunes: (Juan 8) Una mujer sorprendida en adulterio es llevada a Jesús para pedirle un veredicto, pero él no responde y llama a los que están sin pecado a tirar la primera piedra.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Martes: (Juan 8) Jesús les dice a los fariseos que levantarán al Hijo del Hombre y entonces se darán cuenta de que YO SOY.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Miércoles: (Lucas 1) Gabriel fue enviado a María de Nazaret para informarle que ella ha sido elegida por el Señor para tener un hijo que será llamado santo, el Hijo de Dios.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Jueves: (Juan 8) El que guarda mis palabras, nunca verá muerte. Abraham se alegró de ver mi día; lo vio y se alegró.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Viernes: (Juan 10) Los judíos recogieron piedras para apedrear a Jesús, pero él quería saber por cuál de las obras era condenado. Volvió a cruzar el Jordán y permaneció allí.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Sábado: (Juan 11) Muchos llegaron a creer en Jesús. Caifás preguntó: "¿Crees que es mejor para ti que muera un hombre en lugar del pueblo?"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Santos de la semana</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES">17 de marzo:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Patricio, obispo (389-461),<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>es el venerado apóstol de Irlanda y santo patrón de muchas diócesis de Estados Unidos. Se le<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>atribuye haber llevado la fe a toda Irlanda. Fue secuestrado y esclavizado a los 16 años por piratas y llevado a Irlanda, donde trabajó como pastor de ganado en las montañas. Escapó después de seis años y finalmente regresó a su Gran Bretaña natal, donde se convirtió en sacerdote. El Papa Celestino envió a Patricio como misionero a Irlanda para evangelizarlos. Aunque estuvo bajo constante riesgo por parte de paganos hostiles, convirtió a muchos de ellos y desarrolló un clero nativo en el momento de su muerte.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES">19 de marzo:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>José, esposo de María<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>, es honrado hoy por su apoyo a María en su matrimonio. Se le presenta como un hombre justo que obedece la voluntad de Dios. Por lo tanto, su ascendencia se mantiene como una herencia virtuosa a través de la cual las promesas de Dios se hacen realidad. Rara vez contemplamos su relación matrimonial con María y su responsabilidad de amar y criar a Jesús como su hijo. Era descendiente del rey David y carpintero o constructor de oficio. En la secuencia del sueño de Mateo, José se sentía avergonzado por el embarazo de María antes de casarse, pero siguió adelante con la boda porque era un hombre justo. Consideró disolver su matrimonio debido a la Ley Mosaica, pero en un sueño se le dice que tome a María como su esposa y crie a Jesús como suyo. Se le honra como el padre terrenal de Jesús.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES">23 de marzo:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Toribio de Mogrovejo , obispo (1538-1606)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>fue un profesor de derecho español en Salamanca que llegó a ser presidente de la Inquisición en Granada. Como laico, fue nombrado arzobispo de Lima, Perú y rápidamente se molestó por el trato que los conquistadores europeos daban a las poblaciones nativas. Condenó los abusos y fundó escuelas para educar a los nativos oprimidos. Construyó hospitales e iglesias y abrió el primer seminario en América Latina.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Esta semana en la historia jesuita<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><strong><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </span></strong></p><ul style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Aptos; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">de marzo de 1964. Muerte de Joseph O'Callaghan. Se le concedió la Medalla de Honor de los Estados Unidos por su heroísmo como capellán del USS Franklin, frente a Japón el 19 de marzo de 1945.</span><span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">18 de marzo de 1541. Llegan desde Lisboa dos cartas de Francisco Javier. Uno estaba dirigido a Ignacio, el otro a los PP. LeJay y Laynez . Fueron escritos justo antes de su partida a la India.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">19 de marzo de 1836. Por decreto imperial, se permitió a la Sociedad volver a entrar en los dominios austríacos.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">20 de marzo de 1602. Se celebró la primera "<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Disputatio de Auxiliis " ante Clemente VIII.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>Los litigantes fueron el P. Gregorio de Valentia SJ y el P. Diego Álvarez OP.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">21 de marzo de 1768. En España, en reunión extraordinaria del Consejo de Estado en presencia del rey Carlos III, se instó a la supresión de la Sociedad con el pretexto de que era independiente de los obispos, que conspiraba contra el Estado, y que era laxo en su enseñanza.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">22 de marzo de 1585:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">En Roma, el P. El general recibió con gran solemnidad a los tres embajadores japoneses en la Iglesia de la Compañía del Gesú .<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">23 de marzo de 1772:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">En Roma, el cardenal Marefoschi visitó el Colegio Irlandés y acusó a los jesuitas de mala gestión. Los apartó de la dirección de ese establecimiento.</span></li></ul>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-651977228534906832024-03-12T01:00:00.001-04:002024-03-12T01:00:00.135-04:00Photo: Pedro Arrupe<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEVmlaIUk9h9ZLMdmseFngOqdxxm-NMql-xJ5Winuo5Y9XrDQV54BxmCKIkC9JqnZcM5Wf1gkSq9o559TC9g6RZ8u26puB3XZ9V-3EsoFZ26GjDdE4YZRtJ3P1MrFxIzGmqfe7_-c2-3cTi1yVerb1AkNIaEcYvciGQm8Enf5ICYJFMESE7sKMzMdWmA/s4032/IMG_3387.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEVmlaIUk9h9ZLMdmseFngOqdxxm-NMql-xJ5Winuo5Y9XrDQV54BxmCKIkC9JqnZcM5Wf1gkSq9o559TC9g6RZ8u26puB3XZ9V-3EsoFZ26GjDdE4YZRtJ3P1MrFxIzGmqfe7_-c2-3cTi1yVerb1AkNIaEcYvciGQm8Enf5ICYJFMESE7sKMzMdWmA/w300-h400/IMG_3387.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-33610731558315393822024-03-12T00:30:00.001-04:002024-03-12T00:30:00.133-04:00Poem: “To Know All is to Forgive All” by Nixon Waterman <p> <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">If I knew you and you knew me –</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">If both of us could clearly see,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">And with an inner sight divine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">The meaning of your heart and mine –<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">I’m sure that we would differ less<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">And clasp our hands in friendliness;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Our thoughts would pleasantly agree<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">If I knew you and you knew me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">If I knew you and you knew me,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">As each one knows his own self, we<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Could look each other in the face<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">And see therein a truer grace.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Life has so many woes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">So many thorns on every rose;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">The “why” of things our hearts would see,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Lucida Fax", serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">If I knew you and you knew me.</span></p>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-55088463259249188462024-03-11T02:30:00.001-04:002024-03-11T02:30:00.125-04:00Photo: The Cave of Ignatius in Manresa<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCwtJ8hwdy4pApzIMFxquamY4u9ZXvioyCNO_RdYIJjJ7pJ0LLeT7pywMkX-ZQOhnD-OZDKPRMQd_WNjViJsILCjy3ZhaIAc9Pt7D_H0FcoFGTAJDQ81LgolU60R1vmzuoGxqeFZ-HuDNiOgSYpjY_gRKhXin10p3nzER8b1VDoWd7a0tQXnk2Rwa-K0/s4032/IMG_3223.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCwtJ8hwdy4pApzIMFxquamY4u9ZXvioyCNO_RdYIJjJ7pJ0LLeT7pywMkX-ZQOhnD-OZDKPRMQd_WNjViJsILCjy3ZhaIAc9Pt7D_H0FcoFGTAJDQ81LgolU60R1vmzuoGxqeFZ-HuDNiOgSYpjY_gRKhXin10p3nzER8b1VDoWd7a0tQXnk2Rwa-K0/w300-h400/IMG_3223.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-31410215134583945462024-03-11T00:30:00.001-04:002024-03-11T00:30:00.145-04:00Prayer: Maximilian KolbeBe prepared for periods of darkness, anxiety, doubts, fears, and temptations. For if there were nothing to bear, for what would you go to heaven? If there were no trials, there would be no struggle. Without a struggle, victory would be impossible, and without victory, there is no reward.John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-48089575947212283652024-03-10T01:30:00.001-05:002024-03-10T01:30:00.127-05:00Photo: Ignatius's Begging Bowl<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjjt4mtcXNIDFk_Q9wKGBqSzu5_GZf08OmHYzwQJwqrXtVH2FOwYzZf8Gw1GV7todR6cN4IKK5UTvusEAYzWpPHeko7SoBXLCvBgdHOYFmd8RlZs9qN84y_MbyfwJc9Zu_7yVYnJvvZXnfu9fttDTZfoLTCShlBP6jZm4vnAhUWzKyZOMjnU19n-Op9E/s4032/IMG_3228.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjjt4mtcXNIDFk_Q9wKGBqSzu5_GZf08OmHYzwQJwqrXtVH2FOwYzZf8Gw1GV7todR6cN4IKK5UTvusEAYzWpPHeko7SoBXLCvBgdHOYFmd8RlZs9qN84y_MbyfwJc9Zu_7yVYnJvvZXnfu9fttDTZfoLTCShlBP6jZm4vnAhUWzKyZOMjnU19n-Op9E/w300-h400/IMG_3228.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-12161177532495862112024-03-10T00:30:00.001-05:002024-03-10T00:30:00.126-05:00Prayer: 11th Century Latin PrayerSave me, Lord, king of eternal glory, you who have the power to save us all. Lord, give me counsel in my anxiety, help in time of trial, solace when persecuted, and strength against every temptation. Grant me pardon, Lord, for my past wrongdoings and afflictions, corrections of my present ones, and deign also to protect me against those in the future.John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-78848871475982675922024-03-09T00:30:00.001-05:002024-03-09T00:30:00.236-05:00Poem: "Lost" by David WagonerStand still. <div>The trees ahead and bushes beside you</div><div>Are not lost. </div><div>Wherever you are is called Here,<br />And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,<br />Must ask permission to know it and be known.<br />The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,<br />I have made this place around you.<br />If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.<br />No two trees are the same to Raven.<br />No two branches are the same to Wren.<br />If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,<br />You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows<br />Where you are. You must let it find you.</div>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-43848154583017367372024-03-08T01:53:00.001-05:002024-03-08T01:53:07.348-05:00Photo: Sculpture of the Black Madonna inside the Montserrat Museum<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmxnFV-xq2EOHB7N2zKj0x-LndbcL6Msov9RVSmM-YjviZF-uMFcuxS1eEWod_1KoUfRMqTVzE8mrdXDridiLlz5EYgOwjoQziBg9Rnd4Z_-NZg948U_SADkHMq7EBcbQ838FEYtgFBdWLjs8pA_w3uW5JHR-qvaKGy4SKa2UcAln672cSpX7NophE4o/s4032/IMG_3137.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmxnFV-xq2EOHB7N2zKj0x-LndbcL6Msov9RVSmM-YjviZF-uMFcuxS1eEWod_1KoUfRMqTVzE8mrdXDridiLlz5EYgOwjoQziBg9Rnd4Z_-NZg948U_SADkHMq7EBcbQ838FEYtgFBdWLjs8pA_w3uW5JHR-qvaKGy4SKa2UcAln672cSpX7NophE4o/w300-h400/IMG_3137.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-59632756353127655542024-03-08T00:30:00.001-05:002024-03-08T00:30:00.131-05:00Prayer: Rabbi Brant Rosen, Tzedek ChicagoHow much longer<br />will we look away?<br />How much longer<br />will we hide our faces?<br />How much longer<br />will we shut off our souls<br />to this sorrow and injustice?<br /><br />Answer us with the courage<br />to see what must be seen,<br />to speak the words<br />that too many dare not<br />say out loud.<br /><br />Awaken us from our slumber,<br />this terrifying sleep of the dead,<br />let your light shine upon truths<br />that must no longer be denied.<br /><br />Save us from trauma and despair,<br />let us trust forever in your compassion,<br />let our hearts sing without shame<br />for the justice that is not yet lost from your world. John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-68757619548124371712024-03-07T01:56:00.001-05:002024-03-07T01:56:13.145-05:00Photo: Montserrat, Spain<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPpjK3nA3EYpiq0H7JBwIHAwfodXtwrrMy6sus1X_-fx-xgV4MU_bh-mSzpXpxV60FvzaBkq2O2x4R6ESJga7tnT-rwr6uSA4i5zx0Z6OhMybnnr3Y6EnnPK52JaZriZyBxz7XqOID7m833JnpQoecgGYsRipVhswqlhFTJe335SFuLqmQQ14f34WCUU/s1600/254fb1d0-824c-4692-a87f-42703184d720.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPpjK3nA3EYpiq0H7JBwIHAwfodXtwrrMy6sus1X_-fx-xgV4MU_bh-mSzpXpxV60FvzaBkq2O2x4R6ESJga7tnT-rwr6uSA4i5zx0Z6OhMybnnr3Y6EnnPK52JaZriZyBxz7XqOID7m833JnpQoecgGYsRipVhswqlhFTJe335SFuLqmQQ14f34WCUU/w400-h300/254fb1d0-824c-4692-a87f-42703184d720.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-20317533775182017672024-03-07T00:30:00.001-05:002024-03-07T00:30:00.133-05:00Prayer: Paulinus of NolaFor affliction achieves strength of patience, and patience begets proof of faith and bestows the reward of glory. Their reward virtue certainly cannot win unless she conquers, and she will not have the opportunity of victory unless she first struggles with some difficulty.John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-31576845190148560972024-03-06T01:30:00.001-05:002024-03-06T01:30:00.136-05:00 Saved by Love: The Fourth Sunday of Lent, 2024 <p> <b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #053c50; font-size: 14pt;">Saved by Love:</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #053c50; font-size: 14pt;">The Fourth Sunday of Lent, 2024<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #053c50; font-size: 14pt;">March 10, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Aptos; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><a contenteditable="false" href="http://www.johnpredmoresj.com" style="color: #345b65;" title="http://www.johnpredmoresj.com/"><b><span style="color: #053c50; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">www.johnpredmoresj.com</span></b></a><b><span style="color: #053c50; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>| predmore.blogspot.com<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Aptos; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><a contenteditable="false" href="mailto:predmoresj@yahoo.com" style="color: #345b65;" title="mailto:predmoresj@yahoo.com"><b><span style="color: #053c50; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">predmoresj@yahoo.com</span></b></a><b><span style="color: #053c50; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>| 617.510.9673<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #053c50; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px;">2 Chronicles 36:14-23; Psalm 137; Ephesians 2:4-10; John 3:14-21<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #4fff9e; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">The Church refers to today as Rejoice Sunday because we are more than halfway through Lent, and the news of the First Reading brings us hope. In the Chronicles, the story is told of the punishment of the Jews because they did not honor God’s name and they ridiculed those who spoke ill of God or of God’s Law. Their punishment sent them to Babylon, modern day Iraq, as captives, and as a people who were far removed from their liturgical customs. The happy part of the story is that King Cyrus of Persian, modern day Iran, liberated the Jews and helped them return from exile to Jerusalem, where they could rebuild their Temple and set up their sacrificial acts that would please God.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">The Gospel gives us the reasons for our rejoicing – that God has loved us into being and has given us his Son to save us from ourselves. God has made a definitive statement to bring us closer through our knowledge of God. The reading by Paul in Ephesians tells us that we have been saved by God’s grace. That means that this grace is accessible to us, and through it, we are raised up to new heights. St. Paul reminds us that this is a gift for all who want to receive it. Some choose other ways, but for a believer, we simply must thank God for this generous offer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Pope Francis writes that the sign and symbol of a Christian is a smile. The smile indicates that one believes in the power of the Resurrection and is aware of the great event God has done for us. When we trust in God’s rule, we cease to have fears, insecurities, and tendencies that cause us to feel crushed by society. We know that the power of love is stronger than any other force in the university, and if God has our back, then nothing can derail us from our certitude.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Since a Christian is saved by God, does one need the church? If I’m already saved, then why do I bother? When a Christian is called by God, one is naturally called into the community of the friends of Jesus. Salvation depends upon the community. We cannot go it alone. Even if we come to church and do not interact with anyone, we are still an important part. Even those people who are done with the church are still part of the community of faith. The church is those who are baptized, and we are all called to live in response to God’s love, even for those who cannot tolerate church behaviors. Theirs is still an important voice to be sought out and a story to be heard.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">The Christian is to one who receives the mercy of God and can give that same type of mercy to others. When God chose to save the world, it was not because we merited it or that we belonged to a particular set of religious beliefs. It was because God’s love is magnanimous, and God cannot do anything else but love others into being. We exist, not just in relationship to God; we are brought naturally into relationship with others. We are called to love as much as we can the way God loves us. It is a love that is undeserved. No one deserves it, which is the reason we must receive it and then pass it forward to others. God’s love is perpetuated by our sharing it with those who likewise do not deserve it. We bring God’s love into places where love was not known, and we shine a brighter light because of it, and that brings about our happiness. We rejoice when we are able to share God’s love. We rejoice because it is the only thing we can do. We depend upon God and know that this love transforms the darkest corners of the world.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><b>Scripture for Daily Mass<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Monday: (Isaiah 65) The Lord is about to create new heavens and a new earth; the things of the past shall not be remembered; there will always be rejoicing and happiness.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Tuesday: (Ezekiel 47) The angel brought the prophet to the entrance of the temple where life-giving water flowed forth and bringing life to all.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Wednesday: (Isaiah 49) The Lord finds favor with Israel and promises help on the day of salvation. The Lord will help Israel keep the commandments because He cannot forget her beauty.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Thursday: (2 Samuel 7) The Lord said to David: Your house shall endure forever; your throne shall stand firm forever. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Friday: (Wisdom 2) The wicked said, “Let us beset the just one because he is obnoxious to us. Let us revile him and condemn him to a shameful death.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Saturday: (Jeremiah 11) Jeremiah knew their plot, but like a trusting lamb led to slaughter, had not realized they were hatching plots against him. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><i>Gospel: </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Monday: (John 4) Jesus returned to Galilee where he performed his first miracle. Some believed in him. A royal official approached him as his child lay dying, but at the hour Jesus spoke to him, his son recovered.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Tuesday: (John 5) Jesus encountered an ill man lying next to a healing pool, but when the water is stirred up, no one is around to put him in. Jesus heals him and he walks away. The Jews protest that Jesus cured on the Sabbath. The Jews began to persecute Jesus.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Wednesday: (John 5) Jesus explains that he is the unique revealer of God and cannot do anything on his own. He judges as he hears and his judgment is just because he does not seek his own will.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Thursday: (Matthew 1) The birth of Jesus came about through Mary, betrothed to Joseph. In his dream, the angel tells Joseph to take the pregnant Mary as his wife.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Friday: (John 7) Jesus did not wish to travel around Judea because the Jews were trying to kill him, but he went up during the feast of Tabernacles where he was spotted. He cried up in the streets, “You know me and you know where I am from.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">Saturday: (John 7) Some in the crowd said, “This is the prophet.” Some said, “This is the Christ.” A division occurred because of him because they could not settled how he fit into Scripture. Nicodemus interjected, “Does our law condemn a man before it first hears him and finds out what he is doing?” The crowd dispersed to their homes.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Saints of the Week<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">No Saints are celebrated in the calendar this week.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">This Week in Jesuit History<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </span></strong></p><ul style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Aptos; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">March 10, 1615. The martyrdom in Glasgow, Scotland, of St John Ogilvie.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">Mar 11, 1848. In Naples, Italy, during the 1848 revolution, 114 Jesuits, after much suffering, were put into carts and driven ignominiously out of the city and the kingdom.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">March 12, 1622. Pope Gregory XV canonized Sts Ignatius, Francis Xavier, Teresa of Avila, and Philip Neri.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">March 13, 1568. John Segura and five companions set sail from Spain for Florida, a fertile field of martyrs. (Nine Jesuits were killed there between 1566 and 1571.)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">March 14, 1535. Ignatius received his degree from the University of Paris.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">March 15, 1632. The death of Diego Ruiz, a great theologian, who studied on his knees.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">March 16, 1649. The martyrdom in Canada of St John de Brebeuf, apostle to the Huron Indians. Captured by the Iroquois along with some Christian Hurons, he endured horrible tortures.</span></li></ul>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-79622995082190002502024-03-06T01:00:00.000-05:002024-03-06T01:00:00.157-05:00 Salvado por el amor: El cuarto domingo de Cuaresma, 2024<p> <b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES" style="color: #053c50; font-size: 14pt;">Salvado por el amor:</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span lang="ES" style="color: #053c50; font-size: 14pt;">El cuarto domingo de Cuaresma, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span lang="ES" style="color: #053c50; font-size: 14pt;">10 de marzo de 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Aptos; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="ES"><a contenteditable="false" href="http://www.johnpredmoresj.com" style="color: #345b65;" title="http://www.johnpredmoresj.com/"><b><span style="color: #053c50; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">www.johnpredmoresj.com<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></a></span><b><span lang="ES" style="color: #053c50; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">| predmore.blogspot.com<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Aptos; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="ES"><a contenteditable="false" href="mailto:predmoresj@yahoo.com" style="color: #345b65;" title="mailto:predmoresj@yahoo.com"><b><span style="color: #053c50; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">predmoresj@yahoo.com<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></a></span><b><span lang="ES" style="color: #053c50; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">| 617.510.9673<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span lang="ES" style="color: #053c50; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px;">2 Crónicas 36:14-23; Salmo 137; Efesios 2:4-10; Juan 3:14-21<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span lang="ES" style="color: #4fff9e; font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES">La Iglesia se refiere a hoy como Domingo de Regocijo porque estamos más de la mitad de la Cuaresma y las noticias de la Primera Lectura nos traen esperanza. En las Crónicas se cuenta la historia del castigo de los judíos porque no honraban el nombre de Dios y ridiculizaban a quienes hablaban mal de Dios o de la Ley de Dios. Su castigo los envió a Babilonia, el actual Irak, como cautivos y como un pueblo muy alejado de sus costumbres litúrgicas. La parte feliz de la historia es que el rey Ciro de Persia, el actual Irán, liberó a los judíos y los ayudó a regresar del exilio a Jerusalén, donde pudieron reconstruir su Templo y establecer sus actos de sacrificio que agradarían a Dios.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES">El Evangelio nos da las razones de nuestro regocijo: que Dios nos ha amado hasta el punto de existir y nos ha dado a su Hijo para salvarnos de nosotros mismos. Dios ha hecho una declaración definitiva para acercarnos a través de nuestro conocimiento de Dios. La lectura de Pablo en Efesios nos dice que hemos sido salvos por la gracia de Dios. Eso significa que esta gracia es accesible a nosotros y, a través de ella, somos elevados a nuevas alturas. San Pablo nos recuerda que este es un regalo para todos los que quieran recibirlo. Algunos eligen otros caminos, pero para un creyente, simplemente debemos agradecer a Dios por esta generosa oferta.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES">El Papa Francisco escribe que el signo y símbolo de un cristiano es la sonrisa. La sonrisa indica que uno cree en el poder de la Resurrección y es consciente del gran acontecimiento que Dios ha hecho por nosotros. Cuando confiamos en el gobierno de Dios, dejamos de tener miedos, inseguridades y tendencias que nos hacen sentir aplastados por la sociedad. Sabemos que el poder del amor es más fuerte que cualquier otra fuerza en la universidad, y si Dios nos respalda, entonces nada podrá descarrilarnos de nuestra certeza.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES">Dado que un cristiano es salvo por Dios, ¿necesita uno la iglesia? Si ya soy salvo, ¿por qué me molesto? Cuando un cristiano es llamado por Dios, naturalmente es llamado a la comunidad de los amigos de Jesús. La salvación depende de la comunidad. No podemos hacerlo solos. Incluso si venimos a la iglesia y no interactuamos con nadie, seguimos siendo una parte importante. Incluso aquellas personas que han terminado con la iglesia siguen siendo parte de la comunidad de fe. La iglesia son aquellos que son bautizados, y todos estamos llamados a vivir en respuesta al amor de Dios, incluso aquellos que no pueden tolerar los comportamientos de la iglesia. La suya sigue siendo una voz importante que hay que buscar y una historia que escuchar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES">El cristiano es aquel que recibe la misericordia de Dios y puede dar ese mismo tipo de misericordia a los demás. Cuando Dios decidió salvar al mundo, no fue porque lo mereciéramos o porque perteneciéramos a un conjunto particular de creencias religiosas. Fue porque el amor de Dios es magnánimo y Dios no puede hacer nada más que amar a los demás para que existan. Existimos, no sólo en relación con Dios; naturalmente entramos en relación con los demás. Estamos llamados a amar tanto como podamos, como Dios nos ama. Es un amor inmerecido. Nadie lo merece, por eso debemos recibirlo y luego transmitirlo a los demás. El amor de Dios se perpetúa al compartirlo con aquellos que tampoco lo merecen. Llevamos el amor de Dios a lugares donde no se conocía el amor, y gracias a ello hacemos brillar una luz más brillante, y eso produce nuestra felicidad. Nos regocijamos cuando podemos compartir el amor de Dios. Nos alegramos porque es lo único que podemos hacer. Dependemos de Dios y sabemos que este amor transforma los rincones más oscuros del mundo.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span lang="ES">Escritura para la misa diaria<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Lunes: (Isaías 65) El Señor está por crear nuevos cielos y una nueva tierra; las cosas del pasado no serán recordadas; siempre habrá regocijo y felicidad.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Martes: (Ezequiel 47) El ángel llevó al profeta a la entrada del templo de donde brotó agua vivificante que traía vida a todos.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Miércoles: (Isaías 49) El Señor encuentra favor con Israel y promete ayuda en el día de la salvación. El Señor ayudará a Israel a guardar los mandamientos porque no puede olvidar su belleza.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Jueves: (2 Samuel 7) Jehová dijo a David: Tu casa permanecerá para siempre; tu trono permanecerá firme para siempre.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Viernes: (Sabiduría 2) Los malvados dijeron: “Acosemos al justo porque nos es detestable. Injuriquémoslo y condenémoslo a una muerte vergonzosa”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Sábado: (Jeremías 11) Jeremías conocía su complot, pero como un cordero confiado llevado al matadero, no se había dado cuenta de que estaban tramando complots contra él.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><i><span lang="ES">Evangelio:</span></i><span lang="ES"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Lunes: (Juan 4) Jesús regresó a Galilea donde realizó su primer milagro. Algunos creyeron en él. Un funcionario real se acercó a él mientras su hijo agonizaba, pero a la hora en que Jesús le habló, su hijo se recuperó.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Martes: (Juan 5) Jesús encontró a un hombre enfermo tendido junto a un estanque de curación, pero cuando el agua se agita, no hay nadie cerca para meterlo. Jesús lo sana y se aleja. Los judíos protestan porque Jesús curó en sábado. Los judíos comenzaron a perseguir a Jesús.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Miércoles: (Juan 5) Jesús explica que él es el único revelador de Dios y no puede hacer nada por sí solo. Juzga como oye y su juicio es justo porque no busca su propia voluntad.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Jueves: (Mateo 1) El nacimiento de Jesús se produjo a través de María, desposada con José. En su sueño, el ángel le dice a José que tome a María embarazada como esposa.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Viernes: (Juan 7) Jesús no quiso viajar por Judea porque los judíos intentaban matarlo, pero subió durante la fiesta de los Tabernáculos donde fue visto. Gritó en las calles: "Tú me conoces y sabes de dónde soy".<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="ES">Sábado: (Juan 7) Algunos entre la multitud decían: “Este es el profeta”. Algunos decían: "Este es el Cristo". Debido a él se produjo una división porque no pudieron determinar cómo encajaba en las Escrituras. Nicodemo intervino: “¿Condena nuestra ley a un hombre antes de escucharlo y descubrir lo que está haciendo?” La multitud se dispersó hacia sus casas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Santos de la semana</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="ES">Esta semana no se celebra ningún santo en el calendario.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Esta semana en la historia jesuita<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><strong><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </span></strong></p><ul style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Aptos; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">10 de marzo de 1615. Martirio en Glasgow, Escocia, de San Juan Ogilvie.</span><span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">11 de marzo de 1848. En Nápoles, Italia, durante la revolución de 1848, 114 jesuitas, después de mucho sufrimiento, fueron metido en carros y expulsados ignominiosamente de la ciudad y del reino.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">12 de marzo de 1622. El Papa Gregorio XV canonizó a los santos Ignacio, Francisco Javier, Teresa de Ávila y Felipe Neri .<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">13 de marzo de 1568. Juan Segura y cinco compañeros zarpan de España hacia Florida, campo fértil de mártires. (Nueve jesuitas fueron asesinados allí entre 1566 y 1571).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">14 de marzo de 1535. Ignacio se licenció en la Universidad de París.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">15 de marzo de 1632. Muere Diego Ruiz, gran teólogo, que estudiaba de rodillas.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD", sans-serif;">16 de marzo de 1649. Martirio en Canadá de san Juan de Brebeuf , apóstol de los indios hurones. Capturado por los iroqueses junto con algunos cristianos hurones, soportó horribles torturas.</span></li></ul>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-29117374372042655442024-03-05T01:30:00.000-05:002024-03-05T01:30:00.246-05:00Photo: Our Lady of Arantzazu<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfpKlal7G18CjMq50O-INexPqgBa_acPlstx7OL03uqxoF4oy_2i_kO4JHjpBLd0YMcKVU27ofEjAiruRXEqF5AC9VdkJefB7R72wDwxNwgLM2xb3S-G6hVV19ODpMHgDSPJ4_eI4j3s78R6i89gwRwpyDwFQAAfS8zll1uPQsbpldBrHhtcxu9peVtM/s4032/IMG_3016.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfpKlal7G18CjMq50O-INexPqgBa_acPlstx7OL03uqxoF4oy_2i_kO4JHjpBLd0YMcKVU27ofEjAiruRXEqF5AC9VdkJefB7R72wDwxNwgLM2xb3S-G6hVV19ODpMHgDSPJ4_eI4j3s78R6i89gwRwpyDwFQAAfS8zll1uPQsbpldBrHhtcxu9peVtM/w300-h400/IMG_3016.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>John Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.com0