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Take Five for Faith, Third Sunday of Lent, Feb. 24.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2008
Third Sunday of Lent; First Scrutiny of the Elect
The water of life
Today, catechumens experience the First Scrutiny, a ritual in which the whole church prays for them as they face squarely the power of evil and open themselves to Christ’s saving power. “Grant that these catechumens, who like the woman of Samaria, thirst for living water, may turn to the Lord as they hear his Word and acknowledge the sins and weaknesses that weigh them down.” We who are already baptized should feel ourselves in the catechumens’ shoes and allow ourselves to be prayed for: “Protect them from vain reliance on self, and defend them from the power of Satan. Free them from the spirit of deceit, so that, admitting the wrong they have done, they may attain purity of heart and advance on the way to salvation.”
Today's Readings: Exodus 17:3-7; Romans 5:1-2, 5-8; John 4:5-42
“If you knew who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
Third Sunday of Lent; First Scrutiny of the Elect
The water of life
Today, catechumens experience the First Scrutiny, a ritual in which the whole church prays for them as they face squarely the power of evil and open themselves to Christ’s saving power. “Grant that these catechumens, who like the woman of Samaria, thirst for living water, may turn to the Lord as they hear his Word and acknowledge the sins and weaknesses that weigh them down.” We who are already baptized should feel ourselves in the catechumens’ shoes and allow ourselves to be prayed for: “Protect them from vain reliance on self, and defend them from the power of Satan. Free them from the spirit of deceit, so that, admitting the wrong they have done, they may attain purity of heart and advance on the way to salvation.”
Today's Readings: Exodus 17:3-7; Romans 5:1-2, 5-8; John 4:5-42
“If you knew who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
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