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29 Mar 2009 - Fifth Sunday of Lent, Cycle B

Talk shows have become a staple of American daytime television, for better or worse. Some try to gear themselves toward helping people help themselves. At the other end of the spectrum are those shows that try to show people at their titillating worst. Many talk shows feature families being reunited. Sometimes it is a mother who was forced to give up her child and has not seen that child since birth. Others feature siblings who have been separated at an early age and raised apart from each other. They are brought together on television for what the producers hope will be an emotional and dramatic reunion. But it does not always turn out that way. Sometimes the children resent the parent’s intrusion into their lives. Often we witness a child become angry or confused when they’ve been told for the first time that they have siblings they did not know about. The saddest cases are the ones that after a tearful on-the-air reunion realize their lives are so different that there is no need to stay reattached or to develop a relationship. Lent reunites us with our loving God not in some artificial or forced way, but in a covenant that can bind us together forever. But that will happen only if we choose to accept that relationship with God and allow it to develop. Let us not risk straying too far away to be able to follow God and God’s plan for us.

Authors Father Dominic Grassi

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18 Mar 2018 - Fifth Sunday of Lent, Cycle B

Talk shows have become a staple of American daytime television, for better or worse. Some try to gear themselves toward helping people help themselves. At the other end of the spectrum are those shows that try to show people at their titillating worst. Many talk shows feature families being reunited. Sometimes it is a mother who was forced to give up her child and has not seen that child since birth. Others feature siblings who have been separated at an early age and raised apart from each other. They are brought together on television for what the producers hope will be an emotional and dramatic reunion. But it does not always turn out that way. Sometimes the children resent the parent’s intrusion into their lives. Often we witness a child become angry or confused when they’ve been told for the first time that they have siblings they did not know about. The saddest cases are the ones that after a tearful on-the-air reunion realize their lives have become so different that there is no need to stay reattached or to try to develop a new relationship. Lent reunites us with our loving God not in some artificial or forced way, but in a covenant that can bind us together forever. But that will happen only if we choose to accept that relationship with God and allow it to develop. Let us not risk straying too far away to be able to follow God and God’s plan for us.

Authors Father Dominic Grassi

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Provide a strong foundation

During Catholic Schools Week we remember and are thankful for the fact that the tradition of Catholic schools remains the same: “A Catholic education is an education for life.” A Catholic education, whether on Sundays or five days a week, provides the foundation and the tools young people need to grow into faithful followers of Christ. The patron saint of teachers, John Baptist de la Salle, put it best: “Enter to learn, leave to serve.” Support your local Catholic schools!

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