IV SUNDAY OF LENT: 10 March 2024

THE GREATEST GIFT2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23; Ephesians 2:4-10; John 3:14-21 A man saw his five-year-old tearing expensive wrapping-paper and sticking it on an old box. He yelled at her for wasting paper.The next morning, she gave him that box and said: “This is for you, Daddy.” The father was embarrassed by his earlier reaction.He opened the box, found it empty, and yelled again: “Don’t you know, when you give someone a present there’s supposed to be something inside the package?” The little girl’s eyes became little pools. She said: “Daddy, there is something inside. I blew kisses into it; I

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III SUNDAY OF LENT: 03 March 2024

A LITTLE SLICE OF HEAVEN ON EARTH_Exodus 20:1-17; 1 Corinthians 1:22-25; John 2:13-25 In Culture Shift, Wayne Cordeiro tells of a parishioner who worked six days a week and volunteered to be a receptionist at church on her day off.He asked her: “Why do you come here and do this?” She replied: “Being here is like a breath of fresh air.”He asked: “Don’t you want to take a day off?” She said: “This is a day off. This is a little slice of heaven on earth.”Cordeiro reflects: “She feels valued. This is the kind of love we want to show…

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