Third Sunday of Lent

Let us not grow tired of uprooting evil... Lent is a propitious time to resist these temptations and to cultivate instead a more integral form of human communication made up of “authentic encounters”, face to face and in person

Week three: Let us not grow tired of uprooting evil.

May the corporal fasting to which Lent calls us to fortify our spirit for the battle against sin. Let us not grow tired of asking for forgiveness in the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation, knowing that God never tires of forgiving... Lent is a propitious time to resist these temptations and to cultivate instead a more integral form of human communication (ibid., 43) made up of “authentic encounters”, (ibid., 50) face to face and in person. From Pope Francis Lenten message 2022  

Read the complete Message from Pope Francis for Lent 2022

Readings

Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15

Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 11 Response: The Lord is kind and merciful

1 Cor 10: 1-6, 10-12

Lk 13:1-9

Let us not grow tired of uprooting evil

Prayer of the Faithful (starter):

Let us not grow tired of uprooting evil. Help us look honestly at the things that divert us from what God desires for our lives. May we turn away from the substitutes we place ahead of God including satisfying sensual desire, ruthless power and narcissim. Make us available to God’s grace.

Invocation:  E te Ariki …

Response: Whakarongo mai rā ki a mātou

Resources

Guide to the Lent Readings by Fr Adrian Graffy

Go to www.whatgoodnews.org

Homily Studio podcast for a 30-minute conversation about the scriptures for next Sunday. HERE 

Called to be Peacemakers - Lent 2022

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand

Go their website HERE

Type in Lent and locate a long list of resources to download. For example:

Lent resource kit 2022

Prayers

Way of the Cross

Lenten Reflection Programme booklet in both English, Samoan and Te Reo Maori

Stations of the Cross from Nicholas King SJ  HERE