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“While he was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him and was filled with compassion.” Luke 15:20
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Our Father Read:Luke 15:1-3,11-32 |
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Volume 3, Sat.Mar.6,2010 |
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Colette was the daughter of a carpenter named DeBoilet at Corby Abbey in Picardy, France. She was born on January 13, christened Nicolette, and called Colette. Orphaned at seventeen, she distributed her inheritance to the poor. She became a Franciscan tertiary, and lived at Corby as a solitary. She soon became well known for her holiness and spiritual wisdom, but left her cell in 1406 in response to a dream directing her to reform the Poor Clares. |
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My father was a stern disciplinarian. He would admonish us — sometimes gently, but more often sternly — when we would come home late. But still he would always stay up to wait until all 10 of us children would come home. Sometimes, he would get angry when we didn’t do well in our studies but that spurred me to do better in school. He taught me to be industrious and I had to work as a student to help in the expenses of our big family.
He was also a tower of moral propriety, which he passed on to us through sermons that were sometimes spoken condescendingly. When I reflected at the times when I resented his words, tears would roll down my cheeks in repentance for rejecting his well-meaning sermons. Looking back now, it was the values and character traits he passed on to me that gave me success and integrity.
In many aspects, my dad is my image of God the Father, Abba. God’s words in Scriptures may sometimes come as sharp admonitions but they are wise counsel. His tough love can be painful but it’s a wealthy source of valuable lessons. Our God is a God of discipline but He is also our endearing Abba. |
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Reflection:
“Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children; for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline?” (Hebrews 12:7)
Abba, Father, thank You for disciplining us as Your children.
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TODAYS SAINT: St. Colette |
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Today’s Bible Reading : 1st reading :Micah 7:14-15, 18-20 Gospel Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
Gospel: Mark 1:7-11 |
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The Bible in one year:Deuterronomy 1-2, Mark 10:1-31 |
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She received the Poor Clares habit from Peter de Luna, whom the French recognized as Pope under the name of Benedict XIII, with orders to reform the Order and appointing her Superior of all convents she reformed. Despite great opposition, she persisted in her efforts. She founded seventeen convents with the reformed rule and reformed several older convents. She was reknowned for her sanctity, ecstacies, and visions of the Passion, and prophesied her own death in her convent at Ghent, Belgium. A branch of the Poor Clares is still known as the Collettines. She was canonized in 1807. Her feast day is March 6th. |
