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Monday Night at the Movies Monday 2nd week in Lent PURIM   Genesis, Chapter 43, Verse 23 He replied, “Calm down! Do not FEAR ! Your God and the God of your father must have put treasure in your bags for you. As for your money, I received it.” With that, he led Simeon out to them.   Being calm under pressure or threat is the ultimate way we can show trust in God. Here are some more verses to ponder on calming down: [1]   ·        Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger, and do not leave room for the devil. (Ep. 4:26-27) ·        For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control. (2Tm. 1:7) ·        He hushed the storm to silence; the waves of the sea were stilled. They rejoiced that the sea grew calm, that God brought them to the harbor they longed for. (Ps. 107:29-30) ·     ...

Seven Sundays Devotion to St. Joseph Fifth Sunday Second Sunday of Lent, Called “Reminiscere” Seabee   Matthew, Chapter 17, verse 5-8 5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud cast a shadow over them, then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” 6 When the disciples heard this, they fell prostrate and were very much AFRAID . 7 But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and do not be afraid .” 8 And when the disciples raised their eyes, they saw no one else but Jesus alone.   The apostles during the transfiguration heard the voice of the Father; saw the light of the Holy Spirit and were touched by the Son of God, Christ the Messiah. They fully experienced the triune God which empowered them for the trial ahead.   ON KEEPING THE LORD'S DAY HOLY [1] CHAPTER II DIES CHRISTI The Day of the Risen Lord and of the Gift of the Holy Spirit The eighth day: image of eternity 26. By contrast, the...

First Saturday Ember Day   Genesis, Chapter 42, Verse 35 When they were emptying their sacks, there in each one’s sack was his moneybag! At the sight of their moneybags, they and their father were AFRAID .   Why was Jacob (Israel) and Joseph’s brothers afraid ? As I pondered this thought it occurred to me that they were afraid because they had no compassion in them. Yes, even Jacob; for was it not Jacob who cheated his brother out of his birthright and stole Esau’s dying blessing from his own father Isaac. These men were hard. Yet, God still loved them and blessed them. Finding the money sacks still in with the grain meant to them that now they would have to pay for the grain with their lives-for nothing is free! This act of compassion from Joseph unsettled them. It upset their world; it toppled their assumptions of the world, and they would never be the same. They were by this simple gesture being asked to radically change. To think in a new way: that is to realize ...