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Saturday, March 13                                                           Luke 18:9-14

The parable of the “Pharisee and the Tax Collector” is basically saying that you shouldn’t be greedy, selfish, or dishonest. Always be humble before God. You do not always have to pray out loud for God to hear you. Humble yourself and you WILL be exalted.

 During Lent we are called to be humble before God to prepare ourselves for the Kingdom of Heaven. By exalting ourselves, we are only opening our hearts to more sin. In this parable, Jesus is trying to tell us to be meek before the Lord, and cast away selfishness, greed and dishonesty. The people that are humble before God are exalted. This is so because God does not care about worldly desires, but instead focuses on your spiritual friendship with Him. In the parable, the tax collector was willing to admit the wrong that he committed. During Lent Jesus is calling us to do the same. We should be kind, generous and selfless to others. But we should do it in a manner to proclaim the glory of God, not to exalt ourselves. During this Lenten Season, ask God to help us to be humble and meek so to better prepare ourselves to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus.

4^th Sunday of Lent, March 14                                   Luke 15; 1-3, 11-32 

Jesus spoke to the people in many parables to help them understand His teachings. We are all sinners during our lifetime. We strive to do our best but often we are challenged along the way. We rely on our earthly family and our Heavenly family for support and guidance.

 Many families have gone through a similar parable of the “Lost Son” in their own lives. As young adults, many (including myself), have made mistakes. We turned our backs on our family and God, as we set off to start our new life, often a life of dissipation. We caused great pain to those we love along the way. It is easy to be deceived with worldly goods and pressures. We won’t always say the right words or perform the right deed. It deeply saddens God when we become lost. At some point spiritually we may feel dead. We allow our mistakes to separate us from our family and our Heavenly Father. We must remember that God can heal our broken spirits, our broken hearts, and our broken lives. We must return to God with an open heart and seek forgiveness. By choosing to rebuke sin and to avoid things that cause us to sin, we will be healed. We must choose to never be separated from our Heavenly Father.

 This parable refers to one family who overcame a great challenge with forgiveness and love. As this father rejoiced at the return of his young son, so does our Heavenly Father rejoice at our return to Him. As this father will leave his worldly inheritance, so does God the Father leave his heavenly inheritance to his children. We, God’s children shall inherit the Kingdom of God, Heaven. He gives us eternal life. Even with our impurities, God loves us. God will rejoice and celebrate, just as the father did in this parable, upon our return home. He will rejoice because we are alive again, no longer dead, no longer lost. Thank you Heavenly Father for your forgiveness, your healing, and your LOVE.

 Gladys Nehf