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10 Catholic Things that Caught My Eye Today (Feb. 19, 2016)

10 Catholic Things that Caught My Eye Today (Feb. 19, 2016)

Last updated on: February 19, 2016 at 3:50 pm by Kathryn Jean Lopez

10 Catholic Things that Caught My Eye Today (Feb. 19, 2016) 2016-02-19T15:50:13-05:00 Kathryn Jean Lopez

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These are the words of absolution, waiting for us in Confession. Experience them. https://t.co/CdlRljLbHC

— Chad Pecknold (@ccpecknold) February 18, 2016

2. Today’s Mass readings.

3. Fr. Roger Landry on Receiving and Sharing the Surpassing Righteousness of Divine Mercy

some of it:

ask the Lord’s grace so that we may turn from any ways that are evil, both in our actions and in our thoughts, seek reconciliation with all those whom we have hurt and with all who have hurt us, so that together with them we may rejoice in the celebration in the House of Father, where the Father prepares for us not a fatted calf but a Lamb looking as if he has been slain. The Lord wants us to live and we live by his mercy as we prepare to receive that holy offering that Jesus gave for the remission of sins, reconciling all of us to the Father.

Click on the link. You can read or listen.

Crucifix with Our Lady & St John from the Tabernacle of St Vincent Ferrer's, a Dominican church in NYChttps://t.co/hPlgjSXgeP

— Fr Lawrence Lew OP (@LawrenceOP) February 19, 2016

5. From the Mirror of Love by Saint Aelred, abbot in the Office of Readings of the Liturgy of the Hours today:

The perfection of brotherly love lies in the love of one’s enemies. We can find no greater inspiration for this than grateful remembrance of the wonderful patience of Christ. He who is more fair than all the sons of men offered his fair face to be spat upon by sinful men; he allowed those eyes that rule the universe to be blindfolded by wicked men; he bared his back to the scourges; he submitted that head which strikes terror in principalities and powers to the sharpness of the thorns; he gave himself up to be mocked and reviled, and at the end endured the cross, the nails, the lance, the gall, the vinegar, remaining always gentle, meek and full of peace.

In short, he was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before the shearers he kept silent, and did not open his mouth.

Who could listen to that wonderful prayer, so full of warmth, of love, of unshakeable serenity—Father, forgive them—and hesitate to embrace his enemies with overflowing love? Father, he says, forgive them. Is any gentleness, any love, lacking in this prayer?

Yet he put into it something more. It was not enough to pray for them: he wanted also to make excuses for them. Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. They are great sinners, yes, but they have little judgment; therefore, Father, forgive them. They are nailing me to the cross, but they do not know who it is that they are nailing to the cross: if they had known, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory; therefore, Father, forgive them. They think it is a lawbreaker, an impostor claiming to be God, a seducer of the people. I have hidden my face from them, and they do not recognise my glory; therefore, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.

If someone wishes to love himself he must not allow himself to be corrupted by indulging his sinful nature. If he wishes to resist the promptings of his sinful nature he must enlarge the whole horizon of his love to contemplate the loving gentleness of the humanity of the Lord. Further, if he wishes to savor the joy of brotherly love with greater perfection and delight, he must extend even to his enemies the embrace of true love.

But if he wishes to prevent this fire of divine love from growing cold because of injuries received, let him keep the eyes of his soul always fixed on the serene patience of his beloved Lord and Savior.

6. He is definitely a favorite of mine, in Magnificat today:

7. I cannot imagine life without Magnificat. I’m glad I don’t have to. This is from their year of mercy companion:

Focus on the wounds of Christ. You’ll understand Pope Francis better. You’ll know Jesus better.

For the Church, the family is the joyous confirmation of God’s blessing upon the masterpiece of creation. [Pope Francis in Philadelphia]

— Bishop Barres (@BishopBarres) February 19, 2016

Survivors of abuse have become true heralds of hope and ministers of mercy. [Pope Francis in Philadelphia]

— Bishop Barres (@BishopBarres) February 19, 2016

10.

We need not fear being honest in our prayer, for God in Christ knows us better than we know ourselves.

— FrSteveGrunow (@FrSteveGrunow) February 18, 2016

Plus: My first fortnightly column for OSV Newsweekly.

And this cannot be said enough:

Do not believe that your sin is too great too be forgiven. #homilytweet pic.twitter.com/OaikStR44Q

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) February 19, 2016

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