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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.  

Delivered by Christine Gunawan from the Parish of Saint Joseph Cathedral of Pontianak in the Archdiocese of Pontianak, Indonesia. Ezekiel 37: 21-28; Rs psalm 31: 10.11-12ab.13; John 11: 45-56.A DEAL MADE Our meditation today is entitled: A Deal Made. Thereis a story about the heavens and the earth enjoy to make conflicts. Quarrelsbecome their food every day. Only with small things, trivial matters, simpleproblems, they easily come into commotion and fight. For example, the sky dropstoo much rain, the earth protests. Instead the earth sends too much of itssteam upwards, the sky protests. It's just that the two of them always get areason to fight. But at a certain time and need, they both agreed towork together. If humans turn out to destroy their natural environment, theearth agrees with the sky so that there is an appropriate punishment for humansthat the soil and environment become dry. The sky holds its rainwater. On theother hand, if humans take great care of the earth and its environment, theearth agrees with the sky to provide fertility and warmth for human life andall creatures on earth.  An agreement is born from the reality of differentsides or parties. Its main function is to ensure that the agreement is upheldand used as a basis for cooperation, collaboration and coexistence. From thepoint of view of our faith, the difference between God's position and purposeand the ruler of evil is very sharp. We understand that God and Satan cannotcooperate. It is impossible for us to find a single deal or agreement betweenthe two sides.  Because of Jesus Christ and His messenger, anagreement was created between God's will and Satan's will through Jesus'enemies, namely the scribes, Pharisees and high priests. God has decreed thatJesus Christ would die to gather and unite God's scattered children. The sameview also came from the high priest Caiaphas who prophesied that Jesus ofNazareth would die to gather and unite the scattered children of Israel.  This agreement had to take place, so that JudasIscariot who was possessed by Satan could carry out his task. An agreement mustbe made so that we can all celebrate the events from the garden of Gethsemaneto Golgotha until Jesus was buried. The will of the Father in heaven must bedone, but in order to carry out that will, there is an opportunity for evil,violence, and sin to take part. This is of course true for us, therefore Jesushas already made a covenant, that all difficulties and persecutions will comeupon each of his followers. When we do His will,temptations-difficulties-sufferings-persecutions accompany. God sees it,permits and approves of it. A deal has happened for us.Let us pray.  In thename of the Father ... O Lord, may we continue to follow the example of JesusChrist in facing all the sufferings in our lives. Glory to the Father and to theSon and to the Holy Spirit ... In the name of the Father ...

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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MIdweek Lent #5 - April 9, 2025 - Pastor Mark Tiefel

Delivered by Amelia from the Parish of Saint Francis Xavier in the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Jeremiah 20: 10-13; Rs psalm 18: 2-3a.3bc-4.5-6.7; John 10: 31-42SPIRITUAL WAR Our meditation today is entitled: Spiritual War. Thecommander or leader of this war is God on the one hand and Satan on the other.The angels and saints are on God's side who carry out their duties as soldiers,while on the other side there are Satan's soldiers. This war is not to producethe outcome of who wins and loses. Because when it comes to strength orweakness, it is clear that the Lord God is far beyond Satan.  This war always wants to seize the most primarily wealthof God's creation, namely we human beings. We are His beloved people. Everyoneis called and determined what they will become from the womb of their mothers.This calling is complemented by our ministry and mission in the world. ButSatan doesn't care about all those privileges. Instead, he is jealous of theunique dignity of human beings. He has the ambition to bring humans into thedark kingdom. When Satan has seized a human preson, Satan must have used all ofthat person's privileges to strengthen and preserve its kingdom.  The prophet Jeremiah is known for his cleverness inconveying the word of God. But he was hated and pursued by his opponents whowere Satan or enemies of the Lord God. This spiritual war is centered on thetruth of God's wisdom that the prophet defended and the threat destruction byenemies who hated God's wisdom. This war also took place between Jesus and thePharisees and the scribes. The truth that is defended is Jesus as the Son ofGod, the Father's messenger from heaven, and who is united with the Father. Forthe enemies, this is truly a degradation of God's power and dignity. They werenot willing God the almighty to be equated with Jesus of Nazareth who was justan ordinary human like them. This war is called spiritual because it is full ofbattles of arguments, thoughts, beliefs, and principles of faith. When eachside sticks to its stance, a split or separation will be the end result. Theruler of darkness, Satan, remains opposed to the ruler of truth, God, and thisdivision continues to this moment. As long as the world exists, divisionsremain because Satan never stops working with all its strategies to seizehumans in this world.  Each of us experiences the end of this war when deathcomes to pick it up. The process after our death is a determination of whetherwe will go to the kingdom of God or to the kingdom of Satan. After our death,there will be no more spiritual warfare. What exists is a journey to our eternaldestination. Let us pray. In the name of the Father... O Almighty God, maywe always be strong in every temptation and deceit of Satan so that we canalways be faithful to You. Our Father who art in heaven... In the name of the Father...

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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.

Delivered by Stella Wijaya from the Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Makasar, Indonesia. Genesis 17: 3-9; Rs psalm 105: 4-5.6-7.8-9; John 8: 51-59SEEING AND REJOICING Our meditation today is entitled: Seeing and Rejoicing.The debate and slander about the identity of Jesus Christ continues. Today theemphasis is on the figure of Abraham. The Book of Genesis shows Abraham, who isinterpreted as the Father of the great nations on this earth, as to have twocharacteristics. The figure of Abraham is described as the one chosen by God toinhabit a land foreign to him, which was  then followed by all his descendants. He isblessed to have a large number of offspring.  Another characteristic of Abraham is the covenant madebetween God and himself which was to be sustained by faith and obedience toGod. This foundation of faith not only made him the father of faith for allnations, but also signified his purpose to have a happy communion with Godforever. This is the profile of a spiritual Abraham. The first characteristicdescribes his mortal side as a human being who experiences death in the world.While the second characteristic describes him as the one chosen by God toexperience eternal life in heaven. These two sides of Abraham's profile were fullyexplained by Jesus to his opponents. He affirmed to them that Abraham, who wasa man of this world after he was old enough to die, submitted to this call ofnature. Up to the limit of understanding at his point, the opponents were ableto understand and believe in the mortal Abraham. Likewise with the prophets,death was essentially part of their mortality.  Their eyes are completely obscured and their heartsare completely closed, so that they could not grasp that Jesus Christ is thereality of God's promise to Abraham and the prophecies of the prophets.Actually, Jesus was explaining that because Abraham had a spiritual aspect, hehad seen Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Abraham saw and rejoiced that God'spromise to him was fulfilled in Jesus Christ. It was this spiritual aspect thatthe Pharisees and scribes could not grasp. Jesus is teaching us about the spiritual power that isthe gift of God's Spirit to everyone who follows Him. With this gift, we areassured to enjoy this life through how we see the glory of God present inourselves, others, and the surrounding environment. The experience of God'sglory is the basis for us to rejoice and give thanks to God. What strengthensthis joy is the spiritual aspect of everything in this life, because God isreally present in everything in our life on this world.Let us pray. In the name of the Father... O most gracious God,may we always be eager to see Your glory which is present in all things,especially in our lives as individuals and community of believers. Hail Mary fullof grace ... In the name of the Father ...

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

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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? 

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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