The cross leads to resurrection. Without Easter Sunday, Good Friday is meaningless. So without Easter, Lent is meaningless. The little crosses we endure with our penance are meant to point to the joy of the resurrection.
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Jesus did not come to end suffering on this earth; he came to transform suffering into a means of salvation. He did this by suffering with us. We participate in his work of redemption when we join our suffering to his. This is what it means for us to take up our cross and follow him.
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Jesus tells Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die” (Jn 11:25).
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Sacraments are visible signs of an invisible reality. The bread and wine used in the Eucharist become the visible signs of Jesus’ Body and Blood, given up for us. The water poured over our heads at baptism is a visible sign that God has cleansed us of our sins. Whether we are talking about confirmation, matrimony, confession or any of the other sacraments, they all work in this way. They are all visible signs of grace given by God.
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3rd Sunday of Lent Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well is a gospel reading that can be
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