{"id":5390,"date":"2023-02-26T01:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T00:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5390"},"modified":"2023-02-16T22:14:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T21:14:36","slug":"first-sunday-of-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5390","title":{"rendered":"FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT"},"content":{"rendered":"

For if, by the transgression of the one,\u00a0death came to reign through that one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of justification\u00a0come to reign in life through the one Jesus Christ. In conclusion, just as through one transgression\u00a0condemnation came upon all, so, through one righteous act,\u00a0acquittal and life came to all. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners,\u00a0so, through the obedience of the one,\u00a0the many will be made righteous. (Rom. 5:17-19)<\/span><\/h3>\n

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“O my God, don\u2019t I have every reason to devote myself entirely to your service, to offer you my life and all that I am, so that all that is in me may be employed and spent for your glory? For by how many titles do I belong to you? Not only are you my Creator and Redeemer, as you are all men\u2019s, but you are my special benefactor and applied your merits in an altogether special way to me; my generous friend, you forgot all my acts of ingratitude to help me as powerfully as if I had been always faithful to you; my tender father, who carried this rebel on your shoulders, warmed him against your heart, washed his wounds.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod, Retreat Notes EO XIV n 95<\/em><\/h3>\n

REFLECTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lord our God, in every age you call a people\u00a0to hear your word and to do your will.<\/h3>\n

Renew us in these Lenten days: washed clean of sin, sealed with the Spirit, and sustained by your living bread, may we remain true to our calling and you alone. Grant this through Christ, our liberator from sin, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,\u00a0holy and mighty God for ever and ever.<\/h3>\n

(Sacramentary, Sunday I Lent)<\/h3>\n

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