Today and always, O Lord, look upon us as our Redeemer and not as a just judge, protect us who are weak, and forgive us as you forgave the paralytic. Maronite Liturgy
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Hear, peoples of the earth
Christ walks in the midst of the crowd; pay attention, inhabitants of the world, a woman comes to obtain a cure. From the Sunday of the Hemorrhaging Women, Maronite Liturgy. “Do you wish your prayer to fly toward God? Make for it two wings – fasting and almsgiving!” St Augustine
Lord, we beseech you for all who suffer, who are in pain, difficulty and sorrow. Into their bruised hearts pour your sweet consolation. Maronite Liturgy
For the honor of fasting consists not in abstinence from food, but in withdrawing from sinful practices, since he who limits his fasting only to abstinence from meats is one who especially disparages fasting. St. John Chrysostom
"Look, the whole world has gone after him.” John 12:19
O God, we go forth to meet you like the children of Jerusalem and to praise you with hymns in the monasteries and prayers in the churches. Hosanna Sunday Morning, opening prayer, Maronite Liturgy. Lord, we recall your wonderful sign, when you opened the eyes of the blind man. May this light which you cause to shine on us today be a pledge of the splendor of your eternal light upon our faces. Maronite Liturgy
…"let us celebrate with a feast, because this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again; he was lost, and has been found." Luke 15:23-24
Blessed be Christ, who loves the sick and the poor and has poured out his sweet consolation and his life upon their wounds. Maronite Liturgy
In the Maronite tradition, tomorrow, the 3rd Sunday of Lent, is the Sunday of the Healing of the Hemorrhaging Woman.
He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has saved you; go in peace.” Luke 8:48 |
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