Today’s Prayer: March 29, 2020

Mar 29, 2020thefriarwebmasterLent, Podcasts, Today's PrayerEzekiel, Jesus is more powerful than death, Jesus is more powerful than evil, Jesus is more powerful than sin, Lazarus, Lent, Lent 2020, Lenten prayers, Lenten Reflections, life, Saint Paul, Spirit

I sin. And as a result, I deserve nothing from God. Everything, everything I receive from God is because of his grace. His free gift to me, given only because God loves me. And this is true for you too.

Today’s Prayer: March 24, 2020

Mar 24, 2020thefriarwebmasterLent, Podcasts, Prayers, Today's Prayerbaptism, Ezekiel, Jesus, Lent, Lent 2020, Lenten Prayer, Lenten Reflections, Makes all things new, New Life, Water flowing from the Temple

“I saw water flowing out from beneath the threshold of the temple toward the east.” Water and the Temple. This line from the prophet Ezekiel is an interesting one. When have we seen, in the gospels, water flowing out of the Temple? It is when Jesus has died, and a lance is thrust through Jesus. Blood and Water flows from his side.

Going Behind the Word: The Importance of the Presentation

Jan 31, 2020thefriarwebmasterGoing Behind the Word, PodcastsDark Cloud, Ezekiel, fill the temple, glory, Joeseph, Mary, Presentation, Solomon, Temple, Temple of the Holy Spirit

Ever since the Temple was built, the importance was that God’s glory dwelt there. When Solomon first built the Temple, the glory of God was a dark cloud. And when Jesus is presented in the Temple, once more the glory of God fills it. But the best part — we are now temples of the Holy Spirit. The passion and suffering of Jesus means that we are Temples of the Holy Spirit. In this way, we receive the powerful light of Christ, and we use that light to invite others into a relationship with Jesus.

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