A Lenten Reflection

Give up complaining——focus on gratitude.

Give up pessimism——become an optimist.
Give up harsh judgments——think kindly thoughts.
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Give up worry——trust Divine Providence.
Give up discouragement——be full of hope. • Jambo You(th) is a weekly news letter aimed at helping the Youth in moulding their daily
Give up bitterness——turn to forgiveness. lives in Christ.
Give up hatred——return good for evil. • Our vision is expressed in just two phrases: GOOD CHRISTIANS and RESPON-
Give up negativism——be positive. SIBLE CITIZENS.
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Give up anger——be more patient.
Give up pettiness——become mature. Pep-up : Stories for Reflection
To the Young : Peace in the Bible
Give up gloom——enjoy the beauty that is all around you.
A Prayer : Slow me down Lord
Give up jealousy——pray for trust.
Saint of the Week : St. Peter Damian
Give up gossiping——control your tongue.
Lent : A Lenten Reflection
Give up sin——turn to virtue. Last Drop : Peace
Give up giving up——hang in there!
Lenten Penance!
An Irishman moves into a tiny hamlet in County Kerry, walks into the pub and promptly orders
Last Drop three beers. The bartender raises his eyebrows, but serves the man three beers, which he
PEACE ! drinks quietly at a table, alone. An hour later, the man has finished the three beers and orders
three more. This happens yet again. The next evening the man again orders and drinks three
Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is
beers at a time, several times. Soon the entire town is whispering about the Man Who Orders
dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner Three Beers. Finally, a week later, the bartender broaches the subject on behalf of the town. “I
of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods don’t mean to pry, but folks around here are wondering why you always order three beers.” ‘Tis
caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last odd, isn’t it?” the man replies, “You see, I have two brothers, and one went to America, and the
where human rights are respected, where people are fed, and where individuals other to Australia. We promised each other that we would always order an extra two beers
and nations are free. whenever we drank as a way of keeping up the family bond.” The bartender and soon the
The XIVth Dalai Lama whole town was pleased with this answer, and soon the Man Who Orders Three Beers became
a local celebrity and source of pride to the hamlet, even to the extent that out-of-towners would
come to watch him drink. Then, one day, the man comes in and orders only two beers. The
There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children. There is bartender pours them with a heavy heart. This continues for the rest of the evening - he orders
no duty more important than ensuring that their rights are respected, that their only two beers. The word flies around town. Prayers are offered for the soul of one of the broth-
welfare is protected, that their lives are free from fear and want and that they grow ers. The next day, the bartender says to the man, “Folks around here, me first of all, want to
up in peace. offer condolences to you for the death of your brother. You know-the two beers and all…” The
Kofi Annan man ponders this for a moment, then replies, “You’ll be happy to hear that my two brothers are
alive and well… It’s just that I, myself, have decided to give up drinking for Lent.”
Lesson: Does our Lenten observance make any difference in our daily life that could be
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 Peace in the Bible
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God." - Matthew 5:9
"...be at peace with one another." - Mark 9:49
"The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace." - Exodus 14:14
"And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you
afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your
land." - Leviticus 26:6
"The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." - Numbers 6:26
"And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye
go." - Judges 18:6
"And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die." -
Judges 6:23
"For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy
in the Holy Ghost." - Romans 14:17
"Now the God of peace be with you all.”- Romans 15:33
"For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints." -
1 Corinthians 14:33
"Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ," -
Galatians 1:3 , Ephesians 1:2, 1 Corinthians 1:3 ,2 Thessalonians 1:2
"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye are called in one body;
and be ye thankful." - Colossians 3:15
"Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me,
do: and the God of peace shall be with you." - Philippians 4:9
"And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace." - James
3:18
"Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus
our Lord," - 2 Peter 1:2
"Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ:" - Romans 5:1
"The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness." -
Psalms 72:3
" - Psalms 122:8
"Peace be within thy walls, [and] prosperity within thy palaces.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. For my brethren and
companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace [be] within thee.- Psalms 122:6 - 8
"For the sake of friends and kindred dear,
My heart's desire is peace to thee;
And for the house of God,
my prayer shall seek thy good continually." - Psalm 122
The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war. Vijalakshmi Pandit
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Slow me down, Lord!
Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind. Steady
my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal reach of time. Give me,
amidst the confusion of my day, the calmness of the everlasting hill.
Break the tension of my nerves and muscles with the soothing music
of the singing streams that live in my memory. Help me to know
the magical restorative power of sleep. Teach me the art of taking
minute vacations…of slowing down to look at a flower, to chat with
a friend, to read a few lines from a good book. Remind me, each
day, of the fable of the hare and the tortoise that I may know that
the race is not always to the swift; that there is more to life than
increasing its speed. Let me look upwards unto the branches of the
towering tress, and know that they grow tall because they grow
slowly and well. Slow me down, Lord, and inspire me to send my
roots deep into the soil of life’s enduring values, that I may grow
towards the stars of my greater destiny. Help me to be generous in
fulfilling Your Holy Will. Give me grace to practice my religious
duties to the edification of my neighbour. Make me serve You faith-
fully all the days of my life that I may thus deserve to enjoy Your
blessed eternity. Amen.
SAINT for the WEEK
February 21 St. Peter Damian
Born in Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Italy in 1007, he lost both parents when he was
young and was put in the care of a brother, who ensured him an excellent education. In 1035
he became a monk in the branch of the Benedictine Order known as the Camaldolese, they
lived in cells as hermits, somewhat like Carthusians, and spent time in manual labour and
study. He rose to be abbot of the community (1043) and to be responsible for other founda-
tions. He proved an excellent spiritual father and was much called upon for advice. In 1057 he
was made a cardinal and bishop of Ostia (the port of Rome) and served as a diplomat on be-
half of the even more vigorous reforming Pope, Gregory VII [Hildebrand]. Aware that all this
was taking him further from his monastic roots, he begged to be allowed to return to his cho-
sen way of life; this was granted and he spent his old age in his monastery happily making
wooden spoons (presumably without symbolic significance). Even in these last years he was
called in as a peace-maker, this time in his native city of Ravenna. He died at Faenza in 1072.
Deeply devoted to the Virgin Mary and to Christ's Passion, he has some link to England in that
he wrote the hymn in honour of St. Gregory the Great "Anglorum iam Apostolus" ["Apostle of
the English"].
Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace. Buddha
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