Preparing for the Mass - Februaury 1, 2009

A lot has happened in 6 months.
Before Hurricane Ike, my husband's heart attack, losing our house, and then my daughter's cancer diagnosis, I dedicated Thursdays to a, Preparing for the Mass post.

I, uhhhm, couldn't seem to keep that up.

First and most importantly, our daughter has received a miracle - the surgeon got all of the cancer! From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your prayers. Our daughter will be closely monitored for the next year. (You can keep praying if you want!!!)

We are moving again and hubby goes back for more tests this month to see what procedures are next (we are praying for another miracle).

I would really like to start those consistent posts again. They helped me and I hope they were useful to others. Here goes:

First - for the children.

Now for us big kids:
This Sunday is the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Get to Know the Readings.

Reflections for this Sunday can be found at The Center for Liturgy Sunday.
Here is an example of what you can find there (by Larry Gillick, S. J., of Creighton University's Deglman Center for Ignatian Spirituality):

We hear from Moses today in our First Reading from the Book of Deuteronomy. The verses immediately before our Reading comprise a detailed warning about listening to or trusting in sorcerers, soothsayers and various forms of fortune-telling. The people who occupied the land, to which God is giving the Jews, did all these things. For their practices they are being dispossessed. . . . .

These next four Sunday Gospels leading up to Lent picture Jesus healing individuals from their various illnesses. Today we watch his healing of a man with an unclean spirit.

You can read the entire reflection here.