Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe

The Sunday readings give us strong images that our imagination can

dwell upon to enrich our prayer life.

Rightly understood, our celebrating the Eucharist is a proclamation of the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. As we make this proclamation, the gift we receive has the power to transform our lives.

We who believe in Christ are called to give witness to Christ in the world today. To bring others to Christ is an act of love if we truly believe that Jesus is the Savior of all people.

God created us to live in eternal communion with Him. In the communion of persons that can exist in deep friendships and, especially, in the marriage relationship, we are given a glimpse of what eternal communion with God will be like.

Jesus humbled himself by accepting the cross; we are to imitate Him by emptying ourselves, humbling ourselves, in the service of God and of one another.

Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we can rise from the graves created by our selfishness, pride, anger, fear and addictions. Jesus can raise us up to a new and everlasting life.

Jesus gave Himself totally for us; we are to commit ourselves totally to him.

Jesus thirsts not for water from the Samaritan woman, but for her faith. He thirsts also for our faith; for our salvation.

That which God does not ask of Abraham, the Sacrifice of his son, God does out of love for us. He asked his Son to embrace death on the cross so that we might live forever in oneness with the Son.

We enter the desert of Lent so that we can become more aware of the presence of God and also aware of the working of Satan in our lives.