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Fifth Sunday in Lent April 6, 2025 Hiding Treasure in the Trash Sermon based on Philippians 3:4b-14 https://stpeterchurchmodesto.org

Send us a textFr Joe homily: Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent | April 11, 2025

In this second episode of this week's focus on cultivating patience, Scott shares four passages from Scripture that are helpful guides as we seek to deepen our practice of patience. He concludes with a 3-minute guided meditation.  

Send us a textFr Joe homily: Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent | April 10, 2025

There is only One Truth Path to Guilt Free Life Psalm 51:8-9

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Jesus' discussion in today's Gospel escalated into some challenging words and revealing statements. Jesus was speaking to Jews who believed in him, yet they became defensive when he said to them: “If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.” They seemed to be upset at hearing that they were not free. The conversation rose to an even higher pitch when Jesus explained that anyone who is attached to sin is enslaved and only the Son of God can free them. Because they did not understand that Jesus was sent from the Father and was doing the Father's will, they remained blocked and could not abide in his word. Only in accepting that Jesus was sent from God could they grasp the truth and be totally free. It is hard to face the truth of where our sins can lead us. Yet, acknowledging our weaknesses and accepting our total dependence upon God is liberating. Prayer, of course, is the key. When we spend time, especially quiet time, in God's presence, we will come to know more deeply the love that God desires to share with us. We will find ourselves in the heart of Christ and in the center of God's desire to share God's divine love and life. Jesus' hearers were stuck in their sense of themselves as descendants of Abraham and Sarah, not realizing that our true dignity comes from being sons and daughters of the Most High. There is nothing threatening or accusatory about being a child of God, fully known despite our missteps and always, always fully loved. As Pope Francis says in his latest encyclical, Dilexit Nos, “We are loved for who we are, not what we might become.”Lenten Blessings,Fr. Kevin MacDonald, C.Ss.R.  

John 8:1-11Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area,and all the people started coming to him,and he sat down and taught them.Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a womanwho had been caught in adulteryand made her stand in the middle.They said to him,“Teacher, this woman was caughtin the very act of committing adultery.Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.So what do you say?”They said this to test him,so that they could have some charge to bring against him.Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.But when they continued asking him,he straightened up and said to them,“Let the one among you who is without sinbe the first to throw a stone at her.”Again he bent down and wrote on the ground.And in response, they went away one by one,beginning with the elders.So he was left alone with the woman before him.Then Jesus straightened up and said to her,“Woman, where are they?Has no one condemned you?”She replied, “No one, sir.”Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you.Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”

John 8:1-11Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area,and all the people started coming to him,and he sat down and taught them.Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a womanwho had been caught in adulteryand made her stand in the middle.They said to him,“Teacher, this woman was caughtin the very act of committing adultery.Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.So what do you say?”They said this to test him,so that they could have some charge to bring against him.Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.But when they continued asking him,he straightened up and said to them,“Let the one among you who is without sinbe the first to throw a stone at her.”Again he bent down and wrote on the ground.And in response, they went away one by one,beginning with the elders.So he was left alone with the woman before him.Then Jesus straightened up and said to her,“Woman, where are they?Has no one condemned you?”She replied, “No one, sir.”Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you.Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”

John 8:1-11Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area,and all the people started coming to him,and he sat down and taught them.Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a womanwho had been caught in adulteryand made her stand in the middle.They said to him,“Teacher, this woman was caughtin the very act of committing adultery.Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.So what do you say?”They said this to test him,so that they could have some charge to bring against him.Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.But when they continued asking him,he straightened up and said to them,“Let the one among you who is without sinbe the first to throw a stone at her.”Again he bent down and wrote on the ground.And in response, they went away one by one,beginning with the elders.So he was left alone with the woman before him.Then Jesus straightened up and said to her,“Woman, where are they?Has no one condemned you?”She replied, “No one, sir.”Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you.Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”

John 11:3-7,17,20-27,33b-45The sisters of Lazarus sent word to Jesus, saying, “Master, the one you love is ill.”When Jesus heard this he said,“This illness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.So when he heard that he was ill, he remained for two days in the place where he was.Then after this he said to his disciples, "Let us go back to Judea.”When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.When Martha heard that Jesus was coming,she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home.Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here,my brother would not have died.But even now I know that whatever you ask of God,God will give you.”Jesus said to her,“Your brother will rise.”Martha said,“I know he will rise,in the resurrection on the last day.”Jesus told her,“I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.Do you believe this?”She said to him, “Yes, Lord.I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,the one who is coming into the world.”He became perturbed and deeply troubled, and said, “Where have you laid him?”They said to him, “Sir, come and see.”And Jesus wept.So the Jews said, “See how he loved him.”But some of them said, “Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man have done something so that this man would not have died?”So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb.It was a cave, and a stone lay across it.Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”Martha, the dead man's sister, said to him, “Lord, by now there will be a stench; he has been dead for four days.”Jesus said to her,“Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?”So they took away the stone.And Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you for hearing me.I know that you always hear me; but because of the crowd here I have said this, that they may believe that you sent me.”And when he had said this,He cried out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”The dead man came out,tied hand and foot with burial bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth.So Jesus said to them,“Untie him and let him go.”Now many of the Jews who had come to Maryand seen what he had done began to believe in him.

Fr. Roger J. Landry Xuan Loc Major Seminary, Xuan Loc, Vietnam Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent April 9, 2025 Dan 3:14-20.91-92.95, Dan 3:52-26, Jn 8:31-42   To listen to an audio recording of today's homily, please click below:  https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/4.9.25_Homily_Vietnam_1.mp3   The following points were attempted in the homily:  Lent, and the whole of Christian […] The post Liberated Missionaries of Freedom Through the Truth, Fifth Wednesday of Lent, April 9, 2025 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.

The etymology of the word "patience" comes from a Latin word meaning "to bear suffering." This is why we call a person who is being treated by a medical professional a "patient." In this tenth episode for Lent, Scott talks about how cultivating patience is particularly challenging when we or someone we love is suffering. We are called to go deeper in our faith to draw strength. The episode closes with a three-minute guided meditation.

A sermon by the Rev. Canon George Maxwell on the Fifth Sunday in Lent (April 6, 2025) at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta

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The sermon for the 5th Sunday of Lent at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Hudson, OH

Seeing past our labels and knowing our true identity. Father Danny Herman delivers the homily at the 9 a.m. Mass at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Knoxville, Tenn.

Homily given on the 5th Sunday of Lent (April 6, 2025).

Why does God conceal the fullness of his glory? 

Given at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Cottage Grove, Oregon.

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Send us a textFr Joe Homily: Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent | April 3, 2025

Msgr. Roger J. Landry The Pontifical Mission Societies Southeast Regional Meeting Franciscan Center, Tampa, Florida Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent April 3, 2025 Ex 32:7-14, Ps 106, Jn 5:31-47   To listen to an audio recording of today’s homily, please click below:  https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/4.3.25_Homily_1.mp3   The following text guided the homily:  Today the Word […] The post The Prayer and Witnesses That Accompany Our Mission, Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent, April 3, 2025 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.

The Lord's Grace Is Entirely Reliable Psalm 51:7

The Collect and Psalm will be read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer The Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel will be read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible Anglicized The Collect: Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love … Continue reading → The post Fifth Sunday in Lent, April 6 appeared first on Sunday's Lectionary.

Send us a textFr Joe Homily: Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent | April 2, 2025

Thank you for making time for my reflection this week.God bless.Fr. Kennedy

Acts 10:34-43 ; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 ; 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 ; John 20:1-18

Our Lenten reading is from the Revised Common Lectionary, follow along with today's podcast HERE!  Job 14:1-14 ; Psalm 31:1-4, 15-16 ; 1 Peter 4:1-8 ; John 19:38-42