of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Category: <span>Ash Wednesday</span>

Category: Ash Wednesday

SATURDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY – MARCH 4, 2017 EATING WITH LEVI’S FRIENDS (LK 5:27-32)

Prayer: O Jesus, call me into your Kingdom because I am a sinner. Imagination: Picture Jesus at table with Levi and his friends. Context: When these scribes and Pharisees complain about Jesus’ table companions, Jesus announces that he is a physician whose ministry is to sinners. Jesus’ Kingdom changes social …

FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY – MARCH 3, 2017 TRUSTING THE FATHER (MT 9:14-17)

Prayer: Come, Holy Ghost. Help me to seek first the Kingdom of heaven. Imagination: (Picture Jesus teaching His disciples about the Father’s care for them.) Context: Jesus has been explaining the eight beatitudes and all that is demanded of a disciple. He ends his talk on a different note. Disciples …

THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY – MARCH 2, 2017 DON’T BE ASHAMED OF JESUS (LK 9:22-25)

Prayer – O Jesus, in time of trial, do not let me turn my back on you. Imagination- (Picture Jesus teaching his disciples.) Context: Having told the disciples that he will suffer, die and rise, Jesus gathers the crowd and explains that they also will suffer if they follow him. …

ASH WEDNESDAY – MARCH 1, 2017 ACTING IN SECRET (MT 6:1-4)

Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit. Teach me to act in secret so I do not lose my reward. Imagination (Picture Jesus teaching the disciples how to gain their reward.) Context: Jesus contrasts Christian goodness with the goodness of the Pharisees. He focuses on almsgiving, prayer and fasting. All of these should …

MARCH 23, 2016 – WEDNESDAY – HOLY WEEK – JESUS WASHES PETER’S FEET

(John 13:6-11) (Note: The gospel for today is so similar to yesterday’s that the following scene from the Last Supper is used). Prayer: Jesus, bathe me in your cleansing waters. Imagination: (Picture Jesus washing Peter’s feet). Context: Peter is so special to Jesus that even in the washing of feet, …

FEBRUARY 13, 2016 – SATURDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY – EATING WITH LEVI’S FRIENDS

(Luke 5:27-32) Prayer: O Jesus, call me into your Kingdom because I am a sinner. Imagination: Picture Jesus at table with Levi and his friends. Context: When these scribes and Pharisees complain about Jesus’ table companions, Jesus announces that he is a physician whose ministry is to sinners. Jesus’ Kingdom …

FEBRUARY 12, 2016 – FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY – TRUSTING THE FATHER

(Matthew 9:14-17) Prayer: Come, Holy Ghost. Help me to seek first the Kingdom of heaven. Imagination: (Picture Jesus teaching His disciples about the Father’s care for them.) Context: Jesus has been explaining the eight beatitudes and all that is demanded of a disciple. He ends his talk on a different …

FEBRUARY 11, 2016 – THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY – DON’T BE ASHAMED OF JESUS

(Luke 9:22-25) Prayer – O Jesus, in time of trial, do not let me turn my back on you. Imagination- (Picture Jesus teaching his disciples.) Context: Having told the disciples that he will suffer, die and rise, Jesus gathers the crowd and explains that they also will suffer if they …

FEBRUARY 10, 2016 – ASH WEDNESDAY – ACTING IN SECRET

(Matthew 6:1-4) Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit. Teach me to act in secret so I do not lose my reward. Imagination (Picture Jesus teaching the disciples how to gain their reward.) Context: Jesus contrasts Christian goodness with the goodness of the Pharisees. He focuses on almsgiving, prayer and fasting. All of …