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28 Feb 2016 – 3rd Sunday of Lent Year C
29 Feb 2016 – Monday of the 3rd Week of Lent
1 Mar 2016 – Tuesday of the 3rd Week of Lent
2 Mar 2016 – Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Lent
3 Mar 2016 – Thursday of the 3rd Week of Lent
4 Mar 2016 – Friday of the 3rd Week of Lent
What does it mean to forgive? To forgive means we are making a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person or group who has harmed you, regardless of whether they actually deserve your forgiveness. Forgiveness is the intentional and voluntary process by which a victim undergoes a change in feelings and attitude regarding an offence, lets go of negative emotions such as vengefulness, with an increased ability to wish the offender well. If we receive forgiveness from God, we must give it to others who hurt us.
This is where the unforgiving servant in today’s Gospel did not get the point. He thought that he had been given a lucky break when his master felt so sorry for him that he let him go and cancelled the debt. Instead of following his master’s example of generosity, charity and benevolence towards his fellow servant, he became arrogant and nasty, refusing to forgive the other servant who owed him way much less than what he owed his master, and even had the cheek to throw his fellow servant into prison till he should pay his debt. This caused his master to become furious and as the Gospel tells us: “”You wicked servant,” he said “I cancelled all that debt of yours when you appealed to me. Were you not bound, then, to have pity on your fellow servant just as I had pity on you?” And in his anger the master handed him over to the torturers till he should pay all his debt.”
What about us? Are we still like that wicked and unforgiving servant, expecting God and others to forgive us, but refusing to forgive others? As the Gospel also reminds and cautions us, we will be responsible and liable to repay our debts if we refuse to forgive others: “And that is how my heavenly Father will deal with you unless you each forgive your brother from your heart.”
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21 Feb 2016 – 2nd Sunday of Lent Year C
22 Feb 2016 – Chair of Saint Peter, The Apostle – Feast
23 Feb 2016 – Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Lent
24 Feb 2016 – Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Lent
25 Feb 2016 – Thursday of the 2nd Week of Lent
26 Feb 2016 – Friday of the 2nd Week of Lent
Jealousy and envy are two emotions which we need to be cautious and watch out for, since from jealousy and envy, many other sins could be committed. Envy means “to bear a grudge toward someone due to coveting what that person has or enjoys.” In a milder sense, it means “the longing for something someone else has without any ill will intended toward that person.” Jealousy means being “apprehensive or vengeful out of fear of being replaced by someone else.” This causes one to be “watchful, ” or “anxiously suspicious” towards others.
When we are jealous or envious, we could fall into the trap of trying to put other people down or even trying to get rid of them or destroying their reputation. We do such things because of our uncontrollable pride and ego, refusing to acknowledge the gifts and capabilities of others. In today’s reading, we see an example of how jealous and envious the adversaries of Jeremiah were, even to the point of plotting: “‘Come on,’ they said, ‘let us concoct a plot against Jeremiah; the priest will not run short of instruction without him, nor the sage of advice, nor the prophet of the word. Come on, let us hit at him with his own tongue; let us listen carefully to every word he says.'” Are we allowing jealousy and envy to consume us, making us commit hideous and heinous sins, all for our own temporary gratification, only to our eternal detriment?
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14 Feb 2016 – 1st Sunday of Lent Year C
15 Feb 2016 – Monday of the 1st Week of Lent
16 Feb 2016 – Tuesday of the 1st Week of Lent
17 Feb 2016 – Wednesday of the 1st Week of Lent
18 Feb 2016 – Thursday of the 1st Week of Lent
19 Feb 2016 – Friday of the 1st Week of Lent
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7 Feb 2016 – 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
8 Feb 2016 – Monday of Week 5 Year 2
9 Feb 2016 – Tuesday of Week 5 Year 2
10 Feb 2016 – Ash Wednesday
11 Feb 2016 – Thursday after Ash Wednesday
12 Feb 2016 – Friday after Ash Wednesday
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31 Jan 2016 – 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
1 Feb 2016 – Monday of Week 4 Year 2
2 Feb 2016 – Presentation of the Lord
3 Feb 2016 – Wednesday of Week 4 Year 2
4 Feb 2016 – Thursday of Week 4 Year 2
5 Feb 2016 – Friday of Week 4 Year 2
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24 Jan 2016 – 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
25 Jan 2016 – Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle – Feast
26 Jan 2016 – SS. Timothy & Titus, Bishops – Memorial
27 Jan 2016 – Wednesday of Week 3 Year 2
28 Jan 2016 – Thursday of Week 3 Year 2
29 Jan 2016 – Friday of Week 3 Year 2
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17 Jan 2016 – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
18 Jan 2016 – Monday of Week 2 Year 2
19 Jan 2016 – Tuesday of Week 2 Year 2
20 Jan 2016 – Wednesday of Week 2 Year 2
21 Jan 2016 – Thursday of Week 2 Year 2
22 Jan 2016 – Friday of Week 2 Year 2
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10 Jan 2016 – Baptism of the Lord
11 Jan 2016 – Monday of Week 1 Year 2
12 Jan 2016 – Tuesday of Week 1 Year 2
13 Jan 2016 – Wednesday of Week 1 Year 2
14 Jan 2016 – Thursday of Week 1 Year 2
15 Jan 2016 – Friday of Week 1 Year 2
