Holy Angels - Woodbury, NJ
  • Home
    • Holy Angels Parish
    • About Us >
      • Parish History >
        • Most Holy Redeemer
        • St. Patrick's Church
        • St. Matthew's Church
      • Clergy & Staff
    • Becoming Catholic
    • Parish Registration
    • New Parishioners
    • Mission Statement
    • How to Find Us
  • Worship
    • Mass Schedule & Locations
    • Live Stream Archives
    • Mass Cards
  • Sacraments
    • Baptism
    • Sponsors & Godparents
    • Confirmation
    • Reconciliation
    • Anointing of the Sick
    • Vocations
    • Mass Schedule & Locations
  • Formation
    • Religious Education >
      • Contact Info
      • Required Prayers
    • Becoming Catholic
  • Ministries
    • Compassionate Outreach
    • Pastoral & Community Life
    • Youth Group
  • Events
    • Bulletin Archives
    • Parish Calendar
    • South Jersey Catholic Ministries Appeal >
      • South Jersey Catholic Ministries Appeal Website
    • Holy Angels School
    • Stewardship >
      • Ministries
      • Ways to Give >
        • Electronic Giving
        • Parish Envelopes
        • Catholic Strong
        • #iGiveCatholic
        • House of Charity
    • Diocesan Events
  • Photo Galleries
    • Saint Patrick Church
  • How Do I...?
  • Forms Library
  • Donate
  • Ways to Give
  • Link Page

Saturday after Ash Wednesday - Revove from our lives....

3/4/2017

0 Comments

 
Today's Reading
    Thus says the LORD:
If you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech; 
If you bestow your bread on the hungry  and satisfy the afflicted; 
Then light shall rise for you in the darkness,  and the gloom shall become for you like midday; 

Then the LORD will guide you always  and give you plenty even on the parched land. 
He will renew your strength,  and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring whose
water never fails. 


The ancient ruins shall be rebuilt for your sake,  and the foundations from ages past you
shall raise up; 
 "Repairer of the breach," they shall call you, "Restorer of ruined homesteads."
Picture
If you hold back your foot on the sabbath from following your own pursuits on my holy day; 
If you call the sabbath a delight, and the LORD's holy day honorable; 
If you honor it by not following your ways,  seeking your own interests, or speaking with malice
Then you shall delight in the LORD,  and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; 
I will nourish you with the heritage of Jacob, your father,  
for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

​Isaiah 58:9b-14
Reflection
Today's readings  can be summed up in one word: Mercy. This word has been shaped in recent years by our culture. Even during the Year of Mercy, the media did not always tell the whole story of mercy. We have been told that showing and receiving mercy makes us feel good because of the love we experience from another. This is true, but mercy is so much more. It is the struggle of conversion to the one receiving mercy. It is the journey with another when giving mercy. Mercy is all about conversion. 
  
In the Gospel, Jesus is constantly calling us to conversion. In today's readings He says, "I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners" (Luke 5:32). We are all sinners and Jesus calls us to repent. We have the beatitudes and the 10 commandments and the Holy Spirit in our hearts to guide us to truth. Jesus never shows mercy without also calling to conversion. Isaiah is speaking to the people of God's mercy. They are shamefully taking it for granted and now in their time of exile they have an opportunity to change. He gives them conditions: If you convert, then God will be your delight, your strength and He will even restore you to your beloved homeland.

We are now in Lent, a time of mercy, but this mercy means we must convert. Today, take the time to reflect on the ways God is showing you mercy. Ask yourself, how can you convert? Isaiah gives us a slew of ways in today's reading. Now go one step further: forgive and show mercy to your neighbor in return for the mercy God has shown to you.
All content is created by "Array of Hope".  If you would like to directly receive all of the content created by this
​ministry you can sign up at 
www.arrayofhope.net
0 Comments

    Lenten Reflections

    Daily reading and a Lenten reflection including tips on how to live out the hope of Christ's resurrection.
    Sundays you will receive a short inspirational video from one of our Array of Hope Presenters.  

    Invite your friends and family to experience Easter of Hope too!

    Archives

    April 2017
    March 2017

    Categories

    All
    1st Week
    2nd Week
    3rd Week
    4th Week
    5th Week
    Adultery
    Angel
    Annunciation
    Ash Wednesday
    Bed
    Believe
    Broken
    Child
    Commandments
    Communication
    Consistent
    Darkness
    Death
    Deuteronomy
    Dialogue
    Division
    Exalts
    Fasting
    Forget
    Forgiveness
    Free
    Gabriel
    Goats
    Good Friday
    Healing
    Help
    Holy Thursday
    Holy Week
    Humbly
    I AM
    Isaiah
    Jesus
    John
    Jonah
    Lazarus
    Least
    Life
    Lift Up
    Light
    Lord's Supper
    Luke
    Man Born Blind
    Martha
    Mary
    Mat
    Matthew
    Mercy
    Mighty Works
    Mother
    Neighbor
    Prayer
    Prodigal
    Rain
    Remove
    Repentance
    Resurrection
    Rich Man
    Sacraments
    Sacred Triduum
    Saint Joseph
    Samaritan
    Saturday
    Seeking God
    Sheep
    Signs
    Signs & Wonders
    Sin
    Sinners
    Son Of Man
    Sunday
    Tradition
    Tranfiguration
    Transgression
    Triduum
    Truth
    Unfaithful Servant
    Vigilant
    Well
    Word

    RSS Feed

Connect with us

Parish Office
81 Cooper Street 
Woodbury, NJ
Phone 856-845-0123
 Office Hours: 9:00am - 4:00pm Monday-Friday
​Fax: 856-845-7409
Email: mail@holyangelsnj.org 
Click Here For Directions and Maps
Picture
Picture
Helpful Links
  • ​​Parish Mass Schedule 
  • MassTimes (For Travelers)
  • How Do I...?
  • Sunday Bulletins
  • How to Find Us
  • Wedding Guidelines
  • Facebook
  • Holy Angels Catholic School
  • Religious Education
  • Diocese of Camden
  • Daily Mass Readings
  • Liturgy of the Hours
  • Bible
  • South Jersey Catholic Cemeteries
  • Common Prayers
  • Rosary Guide
  • Vatican Website
  • U.S.C.C.B.

Picture