February 24, 2015

Feb. 24

February 24, 2015:  Tuesday, 1st Week of Lent

  • 'Jubilee year' button NEW (thanks Carmen!):  "Look to him that you may be radiant with joy" (psalm)
  • 'Fruits' tie:  God's Word is fruitful (1st reading)
  • 'Eyeball' tie pin:  The Lord has eyes for the just (psalm)
  • 'Pierced hearts' suspenders:  God is close to the brokenhearted (psalm)
  • 'Kneeling person' tie bar:  "Here's how to pray" (gospel)
  • 'Crown' tie bar:  "Thy Kingdom come" (gospel)
  • 'Wheat' pin:  "Rain and snow make the earth fruitful, giving bread" (1st reading); "Give us this day our daily bread' (gospel)
  • Blue shirt:  As rain that waters the earth and makes it fertile, so my word... (1st reading)
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  • The Our Father has inspired other prayers:  see Alternative Lord's Prayers including from the New Zealand Prayer Book, Emerging Church Movement, Dominican Sisters 1993 Retreat (Kansas), and a "retranslation" from the Aramaic
Wordle: Readings 2-24-15
  • Is 55:10-11  My word shall be fruitful:  it won't return to me void but shall do my will.
  • Ps 34:4-7, 16-19  "From all their distress God rescues the just."  The Lord has eyes for the just and is close to the brokenhearted; he saves the crushed in spirit.
  • Mt 6:7-15  Your Father knows what you need.  Pray:  “Our Father....  Deliver us from evil.”  If you forgive, your Father will forgive you; if you don't, he won't.
Reflect
    • Creighton:  We're invited to speak directly to our father, who always has time to listen.  Our heavenly father showers us with blessings come to earth.  The Kingdom comes to us in ordinary experiences; God works with us when we're open to the extraordinary in the ordinary.  The Lord is close to us now!  Jesus invites us to ask God for what we need.  Ask for forgiveness, our need and greatest joy!  God rescues us every day.  God expects we'll make mistakes, but we do better when we seek guidance.  Jesus invites us to make calling on God a habit.  We're not lost, no matter what happens; he'll hear us.  Find new contexts to pray the Our Father...
    • One Bread One Body:  "The Word for Lent":  God's Word does not return void but achieves the end for which it's sent; read, meditate on, delight in, observe, and share it daily.
    • DailyScripture.net:  Let God's word take root; it has transforming power.  St. Ambrose:  "Aren't you occupied with Christ?  Why don't you talk with him?  By reading the Scriptures, we listen to Christ."  God is waiting to receive his prodigal children; that's why Jesus gave us a prayer that calls God "Our Father" and teaches us how to ask for what we need.  We can pray with confidence because the Lord opened the way to heaven through his death and resurrection; God responds with grace and loving-kindness.  He forgives us and expects us to treat our neighbor the same.  God's love burns away prejudice, hatred, resentment, vengeance, and bitterness, leaving only goodness and forgiveness.
    St. John Cassian:  "God's mercy is beyond description.  While he's offering a model prayer, he teaches a way of life and how to be judged with mercy.  We can treat our sins against God with gentle indulgence but severely exact reparation for sins against ourselves; all who doesn't forgive from the heart those who do them wrong will only obtain from this prayer his own condemnation, not mercy."  How do I treat others?
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    February 23, 2015

    Feb. 23

    February 23, 2015:  Monday, 1st week of Lent

    See 10 connections with today's readings?
    Legend at bottom
    Listen

    • Servant song/ Gillard (composer-sung; note differences) (gospel)
    • Die letzten Dinge (The last judgment)/ Spohr:  bilingual libretto+ (gospel theme though the oratorio doesn't actually set today's gospel.  BTW I found this while looking from something related from Handel whose birthday is today)
    Read
      The Last Judgment/ Michelangelo
    • Lv 19:1-2, 11-18  Be holy; fear the Lord.  Don't steal, lie, swear falsely, defraud or rob, withhold wages, or curse the deaf or blind.  Judge justly, not dishonestly or with bias.  Don't spread slander.  Don't hate, hold grudges, or take revenge.  Love your neighbor as yourself.  I am the Lord.
    • Ps 19:8-10, 15  "Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life."  The law of the Lord is perfect, trustworthy, clear, pure, true, and just.  May I find favor with you, O Lord, my rock.
    • Mt 25:31-46  The Son of Man will separate people, saying to the righteous, ‘Come, you blessed; inherit the kingdom, for when I was in need you fed me, gave me drink, welcomed me, clothed me, cared for me, and visited me.’ / ‘When?’ / ‘What you did for the least, you did for me.’  Then he'll say to the rest, ‘Depart from me, for when I was in need, you didn't feed me, give me drink, welcome, clothe, or care for me.’ / ‘When?’ / ‘What you didn't do for the least ones, you didn't do for me.’  They'll go to punishment; the righteous to life.
    Reflect
    • Creighton:  The readings focus on the relationship between individual and community.  Our holiness is measured by how we treat each other.  Jesus refines:  love takes active care “for the least ones.”  "Giving things up for Lent" is only a start; it helps clarify our encounter with God, removing distractions and allowing refocus and renewal.
    • One Bread One Body:  "Poor planning":  The Lord expects us to recognize the poor at our door and show love in deeds.  We are to see Jesus in the poor, love and serve them, and be in solidarity with them.  St. John Chrysostom:  "Not to enable the poor to share in our goods is to steal from them and deprive them of life.  The goods we possess are theirs."  St. Gregory the Great:  "When we attend to the needs of those in want, we give them what is theirs.  We are paying a debt of justice."
    • Passionist:  The Lord teaches that to be holy, we must act justly, love, and attend to those in need, not steal, lie, profane God’s name, defraud, steal, curse, place stumbling blocks, slander, or hate.  Holiness is when we give food, clothing, comfort, or compassion to others.
    • DailyScripture.net:  The Day of the Lord will reveal whether we choose a life of peace and joy with God, or misery and separation from God, in the age to come.  Jesus' parable of the separation of goats and sheep, similar to that about Lazarus and the rich man, invites us to consider our lives in view of the age to come.  Sheep and goats need to be separated; goats are aggressive, domineering, restless, and territorial.  God's love compels us to treat others with mercy and kindness. When we do something for one of Christ's little ones, we do it for Christ.  Do I treat others with mercy and love as Christ has treated me?  Purify my heart that I may love as You do.
    Outfit legend
    • 'Scales of justice' tie:  judge justly (1st reading); God's ordinances are just (psalm); Last Judgment (gospel)
    • 'Rock' tie pin:  Lord, my Rock (psalm)
    • 'Girl with heart' pin: Don't bear hatred in your heart (1st reading); God's precepts rejoice the heart; let my heart find favor with you (psalm)
    • Blue shirt:  I was thirsty and you gave me drink (gospel)
    • 'Owl' tie pin:  The Lord's decree gives wisdom (psalm)
    • 'Eyeball' tie pin:  The Lord's command enlightens the eye (psalm)
    • 'Sheep' tie bar:  God will separate as shepherds separate sheep from goats (gospel)
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    February 22, 2015

    1st Sun. of Lent

    February 22, 2015:  1st Sunday of Lent


    • People on tie, ' 'bird,' tame and wild animals pins:  I'm establishing a covenant with you and every living creature... (1st reading); Jesus was among wild beasts (gospel)
    • 'Boat' tie bar: ...that came out of the ark (1st reading); the spirits in prison had been disobedient while the ark was being built (2nd reading)
    • Blue shirt: Never shall creatures be destroyed by flood waters (1st reading)
    • 'Clouds' tie, 'rainbow' on 'bird': I set my rainbow in the clouds as a sign of the covenant (1st reading)
    • 'Holy Spirit' chain: The Spirit drove Jesus into the desert (gospel)
    • 'Angel' pin: Angels ministered to Jesus in the desert (gospel)
    Listen

    Suggestions from Ed Bolduc's blog include
    Jesus went into the wilderness for 40 days where he successfully overcame temptations.  Through his victory, we have triumphed, but we need to protect this victory in our daily lives.  In the wilderness we can listen to God’s and the tempter's voices.  It’s important to read the Scriptures lest we be unable to resist Satan's lure.  Read and reflect on the Gospel every day, even for just 10 minutes, and carry a copy with you.  The Lenten wilderness helps us say no to worldliness and idols and to make courageous choices in line with the Gospel and to strengthen our solidarity with others.
    Accept my gift of this pocket-sized "Safeguard your heart" booklet; it has several key teachings of Jesus and tenets of our faith, including the sacraments, the gifts of the Spirit, the commandments, the virtues, and works of charity.  Let it help in your conversion and spiritual growth.  In our heart we make the daily choice between good and evil, between worldliness and the gospel, between indifference and sharing.  We can only have the justice, peace, and love we need by returning to God. 
    Read
    • Gn 9:8-15  God to Noah:  “I'm establishing my covenant with you and every living creature:  Never again shall a flood destroy all creatures.  I set my rainbow in the clouds as a sign of the covenant.”
    'Rainbow' cloud (1st reading)
    (animate)
    • Ps 25:4-9  "Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant."  Teach me your paths, guide me in your truth, for you're my savior.  Remember your compassion and love.  You show sinners the way and guide the humble to justice.
    • 1 Pt 3:18-22  Christ suffered for sins to lead you to God.  He was brought to life in the Spirit and preached to the spirits in prison.  As people were saved through water in Noah's time, baptism saves you now, appealing to God for a clear conscience through the Resurrection.
    • Mk 1:12-15  The Spirit drove Jesus into the desert, where Satan tempted him for 40 days.  He was among wild beasts, and angels ministered to him.  Then he came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel:  “This is the time of fulfillment.  The kingdom of God is at hand.  Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
    Reflect
    • Creighton:  Hearing Jesus' "repent and believe" proclamation, we face a momentous decision as did the original hearers.  Am I willing to search my heart and probe my fidelity to the covenant, materialistic attitudes, indifference to the needy...?  Lent is an invitation to total renewal.  We'll be renewed to the degree we're open to God, turn from sin, and embrace Jesus' good news.
      • Christ in the desert/ Kramskoi
    • One Bread One Body:  "Beauty and the beast":  When Mark was written, Christians were thrown into an arena to be devoured by beasts, so Jesus' safety among beasts would have encouraged Mark's readers.  Today we face "beasts" of secular culture, economic tyranny, attacks on religious freedom, and so on, but the Spirit is with us as with Jesus.
    • DailyScripture.net:  40 days was seen as a significant period of testing and preparation for a covenant relationship with God.  Satan will tempt us to choose our will over God's, or at least take steps away, but God sustains all who seek his will. / "Repent and believe":  Repent = change my life so Jesus can be my Lord, surrendering what's in the way; it takes a contrite heart, sorrow for sin, and resolution to avoid occasions of sin.  Believe = take Jesus at his word, recognizing God's love and sacrifice.
    • Sacred Space:  I think today's will be my last link to this daily prayer from the Irish Jesuits.  I've gotten some feedback that the site has too much content, and this is a 'baby step' in response.  Feel free to comment with, send me your own feedback, and visit Sacred Space directly at http://www.sacredspace.ie.
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    February 21, 2015

    Sat. after Ash Wed.

    February 21, 2015:  Saturday after Ash Wednesday



    • 'Wheat' pin:  Bestow your bread on the hungry (1st reading)
    • 'Scales of justice' pin:  To fast, do justice (1st reading)
    • 'Silverware' tie bar:  Levi gave a great banquet... (gospel)
    • 'Medical' tie:  Only the sick need a doctor (gospel)
    • 'Phone' tie bar:  To you I call all the day (psalm); I came to call sinners (gospel)
    • Blue shirt:  If you remove oppression, give the hungry your bread, and satisfy the afflicted,... you'll be like a watered garden, like a spring whose water never fails. (1st reading)
    Listen (mainly for 1st reading)

    Pope Francis
    Lenten message:  Make your hearts firm:  Individual Christians (part 4 of 4):  Indifference tempts us individuals too; we feel we can't help in the face of the suffering around us.  To avoid being caught up in this spiral:
    • Pray with the Church on earth and in heaven; united voices are powerful!  Participate in the 24 Hours for the Lord initiative.
    • Practice charity, reaching out through the Church’s charitable organizations.  Show concern for others by small, concrete signs of belonging to the human family.
    • Be converted; others' needs remind me of the uncertainty of my life and my dependence on God and others.  If we implore God’s grace and accept our limitations, we'll trust that God's love gives us infinite possibilities and resist the temptation to think we can save the world on our own.
    To overcome indifference and our pretensions to self-sufficiency, engage in a 'formation of the heart.'  To be merciful, have a strong heart, closed to the tempter but open to God, ready for the Spirit to pierce it to bring love to others, and poor, giving itself for others.  Ask the Lord:  Make our hearts like yours.  Receive a firm, merciful, attentive, generous, open heart, not indifferent.  May this Lent prove spiritually fruitful for each believer and every community.
      Wordle: Readings 2-21-15
    • Is 58:9b-14  If you remove oppression... and satisfy the afflicted, the Lord will guide and renew you.  If you honor the sabbath, you'll delight in the Lord, and I'll nourish you.
    • Ps 86:1-6  "Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth."  Have mercy on me.  I lift my soul to you; gladden it.  Attend to my pleading.
    • Lk 5:27-32  Jesus to Levi:  “Follow me”; he left everything and followed.  He gave a banquet for him with tax collectors and others; Pharisees complained:  “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”  Jesus:  “The healthy don't need a doctor; just the sick.  I came to call sinners.”
    Reflect
      • Creighton:  The Pharisees were so preoccupied with the law that they overlooked helping people in need.  How am I 'Pharisaical,' rigid, closed, intolerant?
      • DailyScripture.net:  When your neighbor stumbles, do you point the finger or lend a hand?  Isaiah tells us that when we bless others, God blesses us. / When the Pharisees challenged Jesus' eating with sinners, Jesus' defense was simple.  he sought out those in the greatest need.  The Pharisees were so preoccupied, they neglected those most in need; they wanted nothing to do with people unlike themselves.  Ironically, the Pharisees were as needy as those they despised....
        • Peter Damian:  teacher, hermit, prior, reformer, bishop; see Wikipedia.
        • Robert Southwell:  Jesuit priest, poet, organizer, martyr at 33; read his poems.
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      February 20, 2015

      Fri. after Ash Wed.

      February 20, 2015:  Friday after Ash Wednesday
      • 'Clothes' tie, 'nude' tie pin:  Clothe the naked (1st reading) [skeleton represents the naked]
      • 'Angel with trumpet' pin:  "Lift up your voice like a trumpet blast" (1st reading)
      • 'Wheat' pin:  share your bread with the hungry (1st reading)
      • 'Phone' tie bar:  You'll call and the Lord will answer (1st reading)
      • 'Girl with heart' pin:  You won't spurn a contrite heart (psalm)
      Listen
      For the psalm (I keep offering these; please comment with settings you like):
      For 1st reading
      Pope Francis
      Homily:  Jesus wants fasting that breaks evil chains, frees the oppressed, clothes the naked, and does justice—not just outward appearance but from the heart.  The laws of love of God and love of neighbor go together:  if you follow one, you must follow the other.  To show genuine penance, show it before God and neighbor.
      It's good you go to Sunday Mass, but do you pay your employees under the table, maybe less than the going rate, maybe without contributing to social security?   It's good you contribute to the church, but are you generous with your children, grandparents, and employees?  Don't make offerings to the Church on the shoulders of injustice; don't use God to cloak injustice. 
      Reach out to the less fortunate, whether children, elderly who have to wait hours for a doctor, or prisoners.  If you’re not in prison, it’s because God helped you not to sin.  Do you have room in your heart for prisoners?  Do you pray for them so the Lord can help them change?  May the Lord accompany us so our external observance becomes profound renewal of the Spirit.
      Lenten message:  Make your hearts firm:  “Where is your brother?” – Parishes and Communities (part 3 of 4):  What we said about the Church also applies to parishes and communities:  do they enable us to experience being part of one body, one that receives and shares what God wants to give, one that cares for its weakest, poorest, most insignificant members, or do we fail to see the Lazarus sitting among us?  To receive what God gives us and to make it bear fruit, we need to press beyond the boundaries of the visible Church in two ways:
      • Unite in prayer with the Church in heaven:  Our prayers establish a communion of service and goodness that reaches up to God.  With the saints, we're part of the communion that conquers indifference with love.  The Church in heaven is not triumphant because she turned her back on suffering and rejoiced in isolation; the saints triumphed over indifference, hardness of heart, and hatred through Jesus’ death and resurrection.  Until this victory of love penetrates the whole world, the saints continue to accompany us on our pilgrim way.  The joy in heaven remains incomplete as long as someone cries out in pain:  “I won't remain idle in heaven; I want to keep working for the Church and for souls” (St. Therese).  We share in the saints' merits and joy, even as they share our struggles and longing for peace; their joy gives us strength as we strive to overcome our indifference and hardness of heart.
      • Go out and be engaged in life, especially with the poor and those far away:  The Church is missionary, not self-enclosed; her mission is to witness to the One who wants to draw everyone to the Father, to bring them a love that can't remain silent.  We follow Jesus Christ along the paths to the ends of the earth.  Each neighbor is a brother or sister for whom Christ died and rose.  What we've received, we've received for them too, and all they have is a gift for the Church and all humanity.
      May all places where the Church is present, especially parishes and communities, become islands of mercy in the midst of the sea of indifference!
      Read
        Bride and groom (gospel)
        (animate)
      • Is 58:1-9a  On your fast day you quarrel and carry out your own pursuits, but the fast I want is releasing those bound unjustly, freeing the oppressed, sharing your bread, sheltering the homeless, clothing the naked, and caring for your own.  Then you'll have light, healing, and vindication, and God will answer you.
      • Ps 51:3-6ab, 18-19  "A heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn."  Have mercy on me.
      • Mt 9:14-15  John's disciples / Jesus:  “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but not your disciples?” / “Wedding guests can't mourn while the groom is among them, but when he's taken away, they'll fast.”
      Reflect
        • Creighton:  As Lent proceeds, we're tempted to lose commitment to our prayer, fasting, and almsgiving plans, and protest self-denial.  Our sacrifice should include doing justice and charity.
        • One Bread One Body:  "Pulling a fast one":  Fasting is not a matter of quantity but obedience.  Lenten fasting is intentional imitation of Christ who fasted in the desert; we seek union with him and growth in our relationship.  Our Lenten Friday abstinence from meat expresses our unity and encourages us to persevere and to focus on unity with Jesus and Catholics. "Fast so as to make your voice heard on high!"
        • Passionist:  To fast, we might cut down on food, drink, entertainment, and curb our temper, quick judgment, sharp criticism, and other unGodly behaviors.  But that's just a start:  penitential acts are to open us to others' needs.  Lord, transform our hearts, make us attentive and responsive to people and ready to receive your overwhelming love.
        • DailyScripture.net:  Hunger for God and fasting go hand in hand.  God takes delight in us as a groom in his bride.  For disciples there's a time for rejoicing and a time to seek God with humility and fasting.  If we hunger for God, he'll satisfy.  Fasting can help free us from bad habits or addictions, share in others' suffering, and grow in our hunger for God.  St. Basil: "True fasting is to refrain from vice.  Shred all your unjust contracts.  Pardon your neighbors."  Do I hunger to know God more and live the life of grace he offers?
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        February 19, 2015

        Thurs. after Ash Wed.

        February 19, 2015:  Thursday after Ash Wednesday

        See 9 connections with the readings?  Key below
        Listen

        Pope Francis
        Today's homily:  “Today I set before you life and prosperity, death and doom.  Obey the Lord's commandments, loving him and walking in his ways.”  We're faced with that hard choice daily.  It's easier to let inertia, situations, habits, carry you.  The choice is between God and other gods who can only give little things that pass.  "Stop and choose!"  Think every day, What's my lifestyle like?  What path am I on?

         Dig deep and ponder your relationship with God, Jesus, parents, siblings, spouse, and children.  The search for success without thought of God or family is wrong.  Ask, How's my relationship with God and my family?  What pace do I live my life?  Do I reflect?  Ask for courage to choose him.  "Blessed are they who hope in the Lord"  When we think and choose, God is with us and wants to help us, but we need to trust him.
        Lenten message:  Make your hearts firm:  “If one member suffers, all suffer together” – The Church (part 2 of 4):  God's love breaks through indifference, that fatal withdrawal into ourselves.  The Church's witness and teaching offer us God's love, but we can only witness to what we've experienced.  Let God clothe you with goodness and mercy, with Christ, to become servants of God and others.  Peter came to realize Jesus doesn't want just to be an example of how we should wash one another’s feet.  Only those who first allow Jesus to wash their feet can wash others' feet.

        This Lent we can hear God's word and receive the sacraments, letting Christ serve us so we may become more like him.  In the Eucharist we become what we receive:  the Body of Christ, in which there's no room for indifference.  We belong to one body and so can't be indifferent to one another.  The Church is a communion in holy things:  God's love revealed in Christ and his gifts including the response of those touched by his love.  We share with others and can help those we could never reach on our own.
        Ash Wed. homily:  In Lent we try to unite ourselves more closely to Christ, to share the mystery of his passion and resurrection.  Joel insists on inner conversion: “Return to me with all your heart”; that means a conversion neither superficial nor transient, but a spiritual journey reaching deep, extending to the community too:  “Gather the people. Sanctify the congregation....”  Ask for the gift of tears to make our conversion more authentic.  In Jesus' time, almsgiving, prayer and fasting became external or even a sign of superiority; he warns against hypocrisy.   The Lord wants to forgive us again, inviting us to return with a new heart and take part in his joy.   We accept by "being reconciled to God,” possible only through his mercy.  Don't let the “acceptable time” pass.  We're limited creatures, sinners needing repentance and conversion.  Return to the arms of God, tender and merciful Father; trust him and entrust yourself to him.
        Read
          The wicked are like chaff
        • Dt 30:15-20  Moses:  “I've set before you life and death, blessing and curse.  If you love God and walk in his ways, you'll live and grow, and the Lord will bless you, but if you turn away, you'll perish.  Choose life and live.”
        • Ps 1:1-4, 6  "Blessed are they who hope in the Lord."
        • Lk 9:22-25  The Son of Man must suffer and be rejected, be killed, and be raised.  “To come after me, deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me.  If you lose your life for my sake, you'll save it.  What profit is there to gain the world but forfeit yourself?”
        Reflect
        • Creighton:  "Choosing life" is doing 'ordinary' things every day:  obeying, loving, walking, and keeping; they lead to life, growth, blessing, and security.  Good choices can become a part of our lives.  Following Jesus involves daily self-denial.  Thank God we're not abandoned when we make a wrong turn.  God sends companions to encourage us; the psalmist speaks of companionship's power and perils, suggesting the company we keep can enhance our vitality or kill us.  May we choose well....
        • One Bread One Body:  "A life-giving Lent?"  Lent is a matter of life or death.  The Lord is working through us so that all people may be saved.  If we choose life, the Lord will use us to lead many into God's kingdom; otherwise we may defeat God's plan for ourselves and others.  Have the Lent of a lifetime.
        • Passionist:  Who'd want to choose death and doom?  But people do, with hatred from the heart, even though killing degrades humanity and history teaches us that choosing death won't bring new life, peace, or prosperity.  Lent invites us to examine ourselves and explore what's in our heart.  We can't live in both worlds....
        • DailyScripture.net:  Jesus' obedience to his Father reversed the curse of Adam's disobedience; his death gave us freedom to live as God's children.  We lose what we gain; we gain what we lose.  When we try run our own life, we lose it to futility; when we surrender to God, he gives us life in his Spirit.  When the body is weak, we try to nurse it back to health; we should attend even more to our spiritual health!  A true disciple is ready to give everything up for life with God; the cross leads to freedom and victory.  When my will crosses with God's, his must be done; my cross involves laying down my life daily for Jesus' sake.  God gives us more than we can expect.  Am I ready to lose all for Christ to gain all with him?
          Apparel key
          • 'Hearts' suspenders:  If you turn away your hearts, you'll perish... (1st reading)
          • OneLife LA button:  I set before you life and death; choose life. (1st reading)
          • 'Tree' pin:  one who delights in the Lord is like a tree... (psalm)
          • Blue shirt:  ...planted near running water... (psalm)
          • 'Fruit' pin:  ...that yields its fruit in due season (psalm)
          • 'Wheat' pin:  The wicked are like chaff... (psalm)
          • 'Cross' pin:  "Take up your cross" (gospel)
          • 'No-excuses' button:  deny yourself (gospel)
          • 'World' tie:  what's the profit of gaining the world but losing yourself? (gospel)
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