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Recorded at Saint Gregory the Great - Danbury, Connecticut March 25th 2007 - noon Mass.
Recorded at Saint Gregory the Great - Danbury, Connecticut March 25th 2007 - noon Mass.
Peace be with you. This is A Word on the Word recorded live at Saint Gregory the Great, the Diocese of Bridgeport - Connecticut USA for the fifth Sunday of Lent 2007. Our pastor is Fr. Angelo Arrando. This week Music from Edj at the Podsafe Music network, the Homily from Father Angelo, news from Saint Gregory the Great and the Vatican plus the Crossroad message: God’s Love and Forgiveness plus a prayer for peace from Pope John Paul II, Asking for the intercession of Mary to bring an end to evil in all its forms and to reveal the light of hope to all the world. ... Please pray for Wilhelmina S., Victims of the Iraqi Conflict, Victims of terrorists and all sick and deceased members of the parish.
The readings for this week are from the prophet Isaiah, the letter of Saint Paul to the Philippians and the Gospel according to John. To hear them click on our link to the left. But here is Father Angelo ...
Welcome visitors to our New England Spring
Sometimes it takes something shocking to wake us up, to cause us to focus.
We encounter an extravagant Jesus in his dealings with the woman.
Jesus knows people change when they are accepted and loved.
Announcements from the bulletin
Holy Week is approaching. Please check with your local parish for the times of sacraments and additional services. At Saint Gregory the Great, as in most parishes, the information is in the bulletin. In the diocese of Bridgeport you can also look to Fairfield County Catholic for many of the schedules.
Sometimes it takes something shocking to wake us up, to cause us to focus.
We encounter an extravagant Jesus in his dealings with the woman.
Jesus knows people change when they are accepted and loved.
Announcements from the bulletin
Holy Week is approaching. Please check with your local parish for the times of sacraments and additional services. At Saint Gregory the Great, as in most parishes, the information is in the bulletin. In the diocese of Bridgeport you can also look to Fairfield County Catholic for many of the schedules.
Attention Senior Citizens, Every Tuesday and Wednesday mornings through April 11th, AARP volunteers will prepare federal and state income tax returns for seniors for free at the Danbury Senior Citizen Center, 10 Elmwood Place in Danbury. Call for an appointment.
The last Soup ‘AND’ will be hosted on Wednesday, March 28th at the King Street United Church of Christ, 201 South King Street, Danbury, Connecticut.
Now here is a word from Vatican Radio...
We come to the Crossroad and find - True freedom is rooted in the person of Jesus, not in observance of the law. It is Jesus who challenges us to examine our own hearts before self-righteously judging others. So we ask Adults & Teens: From whom among my family and friends do I need to ask forgiveness so I can experience true freedom? And Children: When have I had to say “I’m sorry” this week?
In today’s gospel John recalls the story of the woman caught in adultery and Jesus’ challenge to the religious norms that governed such situations. Jesus teaches that we are all guilty of sin, and as such in need of God’s mercy and forgiveness. The abundance of God’s willingness to forgive is exemplified in Jesus’ response to the Pharisees.
Jesus chose mercy as His solution to judgment. Our sins are all around us; others see what we do not. Our challenge is to remain mindful of our own vulnerabilities and arrest our tendencies to reduce another. We are to judge actions as good or evil, not the people doing the action. Through thoughtful awareness of our own inclination to sin, we discover that we share the same humanness of the ones we judge. When we cultivate compassion and forgiveness toward ourselves, we become less likely to pick up that stone and throw it at others.
Repentance for our transgressions includes both a dying and a rising. Making changes to our actions is the dying; a new relationship with Christ is the rising. Encountering Christ and desiring to be more like Him changes our attitude. The closer we become to Christ, the more able are we to recognize our sinfulness and repent of our ways.
Sometimes we feel that we live in the same old rut, day after day; that there is never anything new in our lives. Yet in our first reading, the prophet Isaiah says that God is always doing something new if we can truly SEE. Ask each member of your household to try this: Live today or each day this week in greater awareness. Make a list of every “new” gift of God you see, both small and great. Watch for things like: a child’s smile, a sunset, the call of a bird, a conversation with a friend. Take turns sharing your lists at the end of each day. Read one gift aloud, taking turns, until all gifts have been named. Then say a prayer of thanks for the newness of everyday life.
Today's music is from Edj and his composition Forgiveness Of A Fathers Sins which can be found at the Podsafe Music Network
Edj's style, is like Edj himself, quirky, original but with that underlying hint of danger. Never wanting to be in the spotlight, but he was never far from it's shadow.
Our prayer this week written by Pope John Paul II.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, help us to conquer the menace of evil, which so easily takes root in the hearts of the people of today, and whose immeasurable effects already weigh down upon our modern world and seem to block the paths toward the future.
From famine and war, deliver us.
From nuclear war, from incalculable self-destruction, from every kind of war, deliver us.
From sins against human life from its very beginning, deliver us.
From hatred and from the demeaning of the dignity of the children of God, deliver us.
From every kind of injustice in the life of society, both national and international, deliver us.
From readiness to trample on the commandments of God, deliver us.
From attempts to stifle in human hearts the very truth of God, deliver us.
From the loss of awareness of good and evil, deliver us.
From sins against the Holy Spirit, deliver us.
Accept, O Mother of Christ, this cry laden with the sufferings of all individual human beings, laden with the sufferings of whole societies.
Help us with the power of the Holy Spirit conquer all sin:individual sin and the "sin of the world," sin in all its manifestations.
Let there be revealed once more in the history of the world the infinite saving power of the redemption: the power of merciful love.
May it put a stop to evil.
May it transform consciences.
May your Immaculate Heart reveal for all the light of hope. Amen.
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