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SAINT COMPANION PRAYER
- St. Peter, teach me to follow Jesus with a steadfast heart. When I stumble and must choose again, lead me back to the One to whom I give my life in love.
SCRIPTURE
- John 14:6-7
"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.'”
REFLECTION
- Jackson
MUSIC
- "Return to Shore" by Jay Stocker
- "Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days" by Joshua Cho
NOTES
- Lent: Check out the LENT page on The God Minute website to find out more about our programming for this week.
PRAYER OF LETTING GO
To You do I belong, O God,
into Your hands I surrender my life.
Pour out Your Spirit upon me
that I may love You perfectly,
and serve You faithfully
until my soul rests in You.
SCRIPTURE
- John 13:12-15
"So when he had washed their feet [and] put his garments back on and reclined at table again, he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you? You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do. "
REFLECTION
- Peggy
MUSIC
- Mother of God, Here I Stand by VOCES8
- Meditation: "Inner Universe"
NOTES
- Lent: Check out the LENT page on The God Minute website to find out more about our programming for this week.
PRAYER OF LETTING GO
To You do I belong, O God,
into Your hands I surrender my life.
Pour out Your Spirit upon me
that I may love You perfectly,
and serve You faithfully
until my soul rests in You.
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Jn 12:12-16
When the great crowd that had come to the feast heard
that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
they took palm branches and went out to meet him, and cried out:
“Hosanna!
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,
the king of Israel.”
Jesus found an ass and sat upon it, as is written:
Fear no more, O daughter Zion;
see, your king comes, seated upon an ass’s colt.
His disciples did not understand this at first,
but when Jesus had been glorified
they remembered that these things were written about him
and that they had done this for him.
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Holy Week is not meant to be rushed.
This guided meditation helps you enter each sacred day—Palm Sunday through Holy Saturday—with reverence, reflection, and deeper awareness of Christ’s love.
Slow down. Walk with Him. And prepare your heart for the joy of Easter.
SAINT COMPANION PRAYER
- St. Paul, teach me what you learned, that true freedom is not the absence of struggle, but the presence of Christ, through whom, I can do all things.
SCRIPTURE
- Acts 13:37-38
"But the one whom God raised up did not see corruption. You must know, my brothers, that through him forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you."
REFLECTION
- Gerry
MUSIC
- "Chrystal Sky" by Ola Gjeilo
- "More Love, More Power" by David Nevue
- "Father I Have Sinned" by Sunday 7pm Choir
NOTES
- Lent: Check out the LENT page on The God Minute website to find out more about our programming for this week.
PRAYER OF LETTING GO
To You do I belong, O God,
into Your hands I surrender my life.
Pour out Your Spirit upon me
that I may love You perfectly,
and serve You faithfully
until my soul rests in You.
SAINT COMPANION PRAYER
- St. Paul, teach me what you learned, that true freedom is not the absence of struggle, but the presence of Christ, through whom, I can do all things.
SCRIPTURE
- Luke 15:7
“I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.”
REFLECTION
- Sr. Kara
MUSIC
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NOTES
- Lent: Check out the LENT page on The God Minute website to find out more about our programming for this week.
PRAYER OF LETTING GO
To You do I belong, O God,
into Your hands I surrender my life.
Pour out Your Spirit upon me
that I may love You perfectly,
and serve You faithfully
until my soul rests in You.
SAINT COMPANION PRAYER
- St. Paul, teach me what you learned, that true freedom is not the absence of struggle, but the presence of Christ, through whom, I can do all things.
SCRIPTURE
- Luke 1:35
And the angel said to her in reply, “The holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God."
REFLECTION
- Sr. M. Karolyn
MUSIC
- "Holy Is His Name (The Magnificat)" Instrumental
- "Psalm 40" by Chris Brunelle
- "Holy, Holy, Holy" by Jay Stocker
NOTES
- Lent: Check out the LENT page on The God Minute website to find out more about our programming for this week.
PRAYER OF LETTING GO
To You do I belong, O God,
into Your hands I surrender my life.
Pour out Your Spirit upon me
that I may love You perfectly,
and serve You faithfully
until my soul rests in You.
SAINT COMPANION PRAYER
- St. Paul, teach me what you learned, that true freedom is not the absence of struggle, but the presence of Christ, through whom, I can do all things.
SCRIPTURE
- 2 Corinthians 9:6-7
Consider this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each must do as already determined, without sadness or compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
REFLECTION
- Fr. Jim
MUSIC
- Still by Gjeilo
NOTES
- Lent: Check out the LENT page on The God Minute website to find out more about our programming for this week.
PRAYER OF LETTING GO
To You do I belong, O God,
into Your hands I surrender my life.
Pour out Your Spirit upon me
that I may love You perfectly,
and serve You faithfully
until my soul rests in You.
SAINT COMPANION PRAYER
- St. Paul, teach me what you learned, that true freedom is not the absence of struggle, but the presence of Christ, through whom, I can do all things.
SCRIPTURE
- Galatians 5:13-14
For you were called for freedom, brothers. But do not use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh; rather, serve* one another through love. For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement, namely, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
REFLECTION
- Lauren
MUSIC
- "More Love, More Power" by David Nevue
- "What Wondrous Love is This" Instrumental
NOTES
- Lent: Check out the LENT page on The God Minute website to find out more about our programming for this week.
PRAYER OF LETTING GO
To You do I belong, O God,
into Your hands I surrender my life.
Pour out Your Spirit upon me
that I may love You perfectly,
and serve You faithfully
until my soul rests in You.
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Lent, Week 5
Theme: FREEDOM
Saint: St. Paul
GOSPEL: JOHN 11:1-45 [Shortened Version]
The sisters of Lazarus sent word to Jesus, saying, “Master, the one you love is ill.” When Jesus heard this he said, “This illness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that he was ill, he remained for two days in the place where he was. Then after this he said to his disciples, "Let us go back to Judea.”
When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise.” Martha said, “I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world.”
He became perturbed and deeply troubled, and said,“Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Sir, come and see.” And Jesus wept. So the Jews said, “See how he loved him.” But some of them said, “Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man have done something so that this man would not have died?”
So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay across it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him, “Lord, by now there will be a stench; he has been dead for four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me; but because of the crowd here I have said this, that they may believe that you sent me.” And when he had said this, He cried out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, tied hand and foot with burial bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. So Jesus said to them, “Untie him and let him go.”
Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what he had done began to believe in him.
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