18 Feb 2024
Keep Your Word
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For 18 February 2024, The First Sunday of Lent, based on Genesis 9:8-15
God said to Noah and to his sons with him, ‘As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark. I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.’ God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
19 February 2024 @ 2:46 pm
Dear Fr. Jerry,
Grateful for your reflections on the terrible hurricane in Puerto Rico and connecting it with the devastation that can happen when we don’t keep our covenant relationship with one another or with Jesus. You pointed out so well that God always keeps his promises to us with love and mercy. I pray this lent for the grace of God to keep my vows to God and to surrender more deeply in trust
to His love.
May the Spirit continue to bless your preaching and the people in Puerto Rico,
Brigid
20 February 2024 @ 1:52 am
Wonderful preaching as always, Jerry. Thank you!