One Walk

When: Saturday, March 01, 2008 12:00 AM to Sunday, March 02, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).

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Words of Jesus

"Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, `God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get.' 13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, `God, be merciful to me a sinner!' 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Luke 18:10-14

We are at Jesus' disposal. If he wants you to be sick in bed, if he wants you to proclaim His work in the street, if he wants you to clean the toilets all day, that's all right, everything is all right. We must say, "I belong to you. You can do whatever you like." And this ..is our strength, and this is the joy of the Lord.

— Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Abba, Father, Lord God, another day of blessings and grace, and now I need Your help, give me a discerning heart and a mind to find away to overcome myself to serve You first in all I do. You present me with challenges that seem to always ask me or You? I seek You and long for the day that through Jesus the day will be soon that it will be not me or You, but how and when because I am one with You. Has Dinesh D'Souza writes in his book 'What so great about Christianity' both the believer and the unbeliever have doubts; help me make sure mine are only how and when through eyes of faith, eyes that see as Jesus does. O Lord God bless me indeed and enlarger my territory, keep me from evil and from causing pain. Find favor with me and my love ones guide our steps, protect our hearts, and let Your grace rain down of each of us this day. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

Hosea 6:1-6<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Hos&ch=6&bv1=1&ev1=6>

1 "Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn, that he may heal us; he has stricken, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. 3 Let us know, let us press on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth." 4 What shall I do with you, O E'phraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away. 5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light. 6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God, rather than burnt offerings.

Psalm 51:3-4, 18-21<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Ps&ch=51&bv1=3&ev1=4&bv2=18&ev2=21>

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. 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 18:9-14<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Luke&ch=18&bv1=9&ev1=14>

9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others: 10 "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, `God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get.' 13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, `God, be merciful to me a sinner!' 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

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>

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