One Walk

When: Friday, February 15, 2008 12:00 AM to Saturday, February 16, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).

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Words of Jesus

if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother,

Matthew 5:23

However great the work that God may achieve by an individual, he must not indulge in self-satisfaction. He ought rather to be all the more humbled, seeing himself merely as a tool which God has made use of.

— St. Vincent de Paul

Abba, Father, Lord God, O how true the words of St. Vincent are, yet just as difficult to walk. We can find peace and rest in Jesus, but we can only walk this way with Him. So with a heart like David we must keep seeking the heart of Christ Jesus. For I believe no man, but the Son of Man knows the way, has walked the walk and talked the Words of Life, that are living, and if we let them, and if we meditate on them, through them in the Holy Spirit He will hold us up, catch us when we stumble and pick us up when we fall. I do not understand why it is this way, but I know in Jesus I will find what I need to carry on. O Lord God as the Palmist cries out I cry out, hear my voice, let Thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, I pray, Amen.

Ezekiel 18:21-28<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Ezek&ch=18&bv1=21&ev1=28>

21 "But if a wicked man turns away from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 22 None of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness which he has done he shall live. 23 Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, says the Lord GOD, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live? 24 But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity and does the same abominable things that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds which he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, he shall die. 25 "Yet you say, `The way of the Lord is not just.' Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just? 26 When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die for it; for the iniquity which he has committed he shall die. 27 Again, when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is lawful and right, he shall save his life. 28 Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions which he had committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Psalm 130:1-8<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Ps&ch=130&bv1=1&ev1=8>

1 Out of the depths I cry to thee, O LORD! 2 Lord, hear my voice! Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! 3 If thou, O LORD, shouldst mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; 6 my soul waits for the LORD more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. 7 O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plenteous redemption. 8 And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Matthew 5:20-26<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Matt&ch=5&bv1=20&ev1=26>

20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 21 "You have heard that it was said to the men of old, `You shall not kill; and whoever kills shall be liable to judgment.' 22 But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council, and whoever says, `You fool!' shall be liable to the hell of fire. 23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 25 Make friends quickly with your accuser, while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison; 26 truly, I say to you, you will never get out till you have paid the last penny.

Lenten Reflections<http://origin.ewtn.com/faith/lent/>

Pope Benedict XVI Encyclical Letter<http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi_en.html>

When: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:00 AM to Thursday, February 14, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).

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Words of Jesus

And he answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered thus? I tell you, No; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Silo'am fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, No; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."

Luke 13:2-5

To the devil I bequeath my sins against God. To the world I bequeath all vanities, transitory things, worldly satisfactions, empty hopes, curiosities, even friends and relatives, so that I may exchange what is passing for what is eternal, and worldly curiosity for the true vision of the face of God.

–St. Camillus de Lellis

Abba, Father, Lord God, O Lord under the sun how easily we stumble over ourselves and fall from lack of faith and prayer. What makes us thing that we are different from those in Nin'eveh; why is it that we know Solomon as the, if not one of the wisest men ever, yet we ignore his words. So how is it that so many say, some feel, and fewer know that Jesus is the Son of Man, yet we allow so many things to come between us. O how our human nature is so weak; O how we must exercise spirit and practice Your presence. For if we are to be different, if we are to heed the words of the wisest, if we are to walk with Jesus, we must keep Him in all we do. O Lord God for the sake of His sorrowful mercy have mercy on us and on the whole world. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

Jonah 3:1-10<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Jonah&ch=3&bv1=1&ev1=10>

1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 "Arise, go to Nin'eveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you." 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nin'eveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nin'eveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey in breadth. 4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he cried, "Yet forty days, and Nin'eveh shall be overthrown!" 5 And the people of Nin'eveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them. 6 Then tidings reached the king of Nin'eveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he made proclamation and published through Nin'eveh, "By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, or drink water, 8 but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry mightily to God; yea, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence which is in his hands. 9 Who knows, God may yet repent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we perish not?" 10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did not do it.

Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Ps&ch=51&bv1=3&ev1=4&bv2=12&ev2=13&bv3=18&ev3=19>

3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in thy sight, so that thou art justified in thy sentence and blameless in thy judgment. 12 Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. 13 Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners will return to thee. 18 Do good to Zion in thy good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, 19 then wilt thou delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on thy altar.

Luke 11:29-32<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Luke&ch=11&bv1=29&ev1=32>

29 When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah. 30 For as Jonah became a sign to the men of Nin'eveh, so will the Son of man be to this generation. 31 The queen of the South will arise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nin'eveh will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

Lenten Reflections<http://origin.ewtn.com/faith/lent/>

Pope Benedict XVI Encyclical Letter<http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi_en.html>