First Reading Jer 17: 5-10
Thus saith the Lord, "Cursed are those who trust humans,
who rely on their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from God! He is like a bush fleeced in the wilderness, he will never experience the coming days either; he will live on arid land in the desert, in a barren uninhabited. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord! He is like a tree planted by the waters, that sends out its roots by the river, and shall not see when the heat comes; he is like a tree whose leaves are still green, that does not worry in a dry year, and that does not cease to bear fruit. How cunning heart, more cunning than anything! Hearts are hardened: who can know it? I, God, that hearts and minds, to reward each person deserves results of his actions. "
Thus saith the Lord.
Psalm Ps 1: 1-2.3.4.6
Blessed are those who put their trust in God.
* Blessed are those who do not walk in the counsel of the wicked, who does not stand in the way of sinners, and who does not sit in the set of scoffers; but the favorite is the law of God, and meditate day and night.
* He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which produces fruit in its season, and never wither; what he doeth shall prosper.
* Not so the wicked are like chaff in the wind. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Introduction to the Gospel of Luke 8:15
Blessed are those, who, having heard the word of the Lord, keep it in good heart, and bear fruit in perseverance.
Gospel reading Luke 16: 19-31
On one occasion, Jesus said to His disciples, "A rich man
who always dressed in a purple robe and fine fabrics, and every day he rejoiced in luxury. And a beggar named Lazarus, his body covered with wounds. He was lying near the door of the rich man, and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. In fact, the dogs came and licked his wounds.
Then the poor man died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. While suffer in Hades, he looked up and from a distance saw Abraham with Lazarus in his lap. Then he shouted, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame! " But Abraham said, "Son, remember! You have received good things during your lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. Now he is comforted and you are in agony.
Aside from all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you or those who want to come from there to us can not be crossed! "
The man said, 'If so, I ask you Father, that you would send him to my father's house, because they have five brothers, so he warned them earnestly, that they later do not enter into a place of suffering.' But Abraham said,
'There is on them to Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. ' The man replied, 'No, Father Abraham!
But if there is someone from the dead to them,
they will repent. ' Abraham said to him, 'If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. "
Thus the Gospel of the Lord.
Devotional.
The rich and the poor as Lazarus always around us and become a part of daily living. Very easy to find a contrast contrasted life around us, a group of people have the luxury home in a residential or cluster with a range of views to the mountains, beaches, beautiful parks and knickknacks ornaments plants that expensive. While under bridges, under overpasses and corner of the city, too crowded slums or squatter homes are no less real headache for managers of cleanliness of the city or government officials to "throw". Poverty and abundance around us as the reality of life. How are we going to be, so that we have a heart for the poor Lazarus Lazarus and the rich man has the heart to share with all the abundance of treasures are there?
"The love of Christ overwhelms us" (2 Cor 5:14), the Holy Father Benedict XVI wrote in the Apostolic Letter "Porto Fidei" article 7. The love Christ that fills our hearts and encouraging us to evangelize. Today, as well as first, Christ sends us into the hallway corridor this world to preach the gospel to the nations on earth. In the current era was considered the need for a stronger commitment of the Church for a new evangelization, so that people rediscover the joy of believing and the enthusiasm for communicating the faith. To people with simple and daily living to meet the basic needs of people with difficulty eating and drinking, we became friends and lend assistance, and possible ways to survive in the hard work. To those who can afford a holiday abroad and never think again about the daily basic needs, hopefully there is great eagerness to share love without waiting for proposals, shows the generosity of God's compassionate and become the Lord of all the world's treasures and content. Hopefully there is a realization that the wealth we have is God entrusted to us to manage with responsibility and accountability.
Item contemplation.
The poor man is very real pockets of the uterus from the mercy of God, because they were born out of compassion for us, and the impulse for compassion with them. The compassion of God can only be drawn down by a sense of compassion, which appears at the sight of the poor, and act immediately to give a helping hand to them ..
One form is a charity helping hand (Matt 6: 4). Alms, often called social action charity, is a form of social convincing repentance. Therefore, the poor can also be a social conversion womb, because of the man they compelled to give alms.
Prayer
Yes God is merciful, during this Lent we teach your people to better share to the Weak, Poor, Displaced and Disability (LMTD). amen
Blessed are those, who, having heard the word of the Lord,
keep it in good heart, and bear fruit in perseverance.
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