Pure Love

Daily Reflections on Divine Mercy

Do you love with pure love? What does this form of love look like? Pure love is one that flows directly from the Heart of Christ to and through your life. This holy love has beautiful characteristics. First, it is plentiful. When we love with the Heart of Christ, we love in abundance. There is no limit to how much love we can share. It’s like the brightness of the sun at noon, casting rays on all below. Second, it’s ingenious: doing what pleases God. It is not cautious or calculated. It does not hesitate or evaluate. Rather, the wisdom of love is immediate and knows in each moment how to radiate God’s love. And third, it is happy. Even when love calls one to heroic sacrifice,e there is great delight in this total self-giving.

Reflect, today, upon how fully you love with a pure and generous heart. Do you give of yourself in abundance? Is it a delight to serve without counting the cost? Do you easily find ways to show Mercy to others and delight in doing so? Ponder these questions today and pray that the Lord shines through all you do.

Lord, please purify my heart and make it holy. Let my heart be joined to Yours so that I may radiate all that You are. Shine through me in abundance and guide me in pure love. Jesus, I trust in You.

Source: https://divinemercy.life/

Catholic Books To Read For Lent

Desert Bloom: Discovering Unexpected Joy in the Wilderness prepares you to experience deep, meaningful transformation, especially if you are entering this Lenten season feeling weary or longing for renewal. Inspired by a desire for you to experience the Lord’s gentleness and compassion, this devotional offers encouragement and challenges you to grow in a way that is loving and hopeful rather than overwhelming.

Who Is Jesus? (Meg Hunter-Kilmer) invites you on a twelve-week journey through the gospels to meet Jesus Christ as he reveals himself in scripture. Whether you’re a lifelong Catholic or exploring Christianity for the first time, this Bible study will help you answer the question Jesus asked his disciples—and still asks each of us today: “Who do you say that I am?” (Mt 16:15).

Training the Tongue and Growing Beyond Sins of Speech | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. – Gossip. Lying. Flattery. Crass words. As we grow in Christian maturity, many of us are aware that we fall frequently into sins of speech. We realize instinctually that these faults are holding us back from the fullness of life. But what can we do about them? Training the Tongue and Growing Beyond Sins of Speech promises to help us attain verbal virtue. As this brief book shows, by cultivating healthy habits, we can effectively crowd out sinful speech and experience the gift of our tongue as God intended.

The Way of the Cross with the Saints uses spiritual methods from saints such as St. Alphonsus Liguori, St. Francis of Assisi, St. John Henry Newman, Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, and Ven. Mary of Agreda. This Lent, trust that by abiding and praying using traditional prayers, Lenten hymns, and meditations, you will have fostered deeper contrition, humility, and appreciation of Christ’s Passion –beautifully bound and thoughtfully edited for you.

Witness A Guided Lent Journal for Prayer and Meditation | Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, OP – This Lent, walk the road to Calvary with those who witnessed the Passion firsthand. Dominican friar and popular Godsplaining podcaster Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, OP, is your guide on that journey in this daily Lenten devotional. Witness brings you face-to-face with the people of the Bible who encountered Christ in his Passion—saints and sinners, friends and enemies, the faithful and the afraid. From the Good Thief to Pontius Pilate, Martha to Barabbas, these figures reveal the depths of the human heart—flawed, fearful, hopeful, and deeply loved.

Crux: A Lenten Journey of Surrender journal may be purchased and used by anyone and is a wonderful add-on for those who want more space to journal, a beautiful space in which to track their progress through the four disciplines, and the opportunity to pray the Examen with prayer prompts in a screen-free way

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Lent 2026 & Liturgical Colours

January 29, 2026

Key Dates for Lent 2026
– Ash Wednesday: February 18, 2026
– Laetare Sunday (Mid-Lent): March 15, 2026
– Palm Sunday: March 29, 2026
– Holy Thursday (End of Lent): April 2, 2026
– Good Friday: April 3, 2026
– Easter Sunday: April 5, 2026

Key Themes and Practices:

– Three Pillars: The season is defined by prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

– Focus: It is a time for repentance, reflection, and renewal, often described as a “spiritual desert” journey to prepare for the Resurrection.

– Themes: Specific themes for 2026 include “On Track for Justice” (Development and Peace, Caritas Canada) and “Release and Reimagine”.

Observances:

– Fasting: Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are mandatory days of fast and abstinence from meat for Catholics.

– Fridays: Abstinence from meat is observed on all Fridays during Lent.

– Devotions: Common practices include Stations of the Cross, reading Scripture, and attending specialized retreats.

The liturgical colour for the season of Lent is traditionally violet or purple. It represents repentance, penance, fasting, and longing. While sometimes referred to as mauve in a general sense, the official liturgical shade is a deeper violet, symbolizing Christ’s pain, suffering, and royal sovereignty.

Key Details About Lenten Colour:

– Symbolism: Violet signifies mourning, humility, and the solemnity of the 40-day, or in some cases, a 46-day, period of preparation for Easter.

– Application: It is used for vestments (chasubles/stoles) and altar cloths.

– Evolution: Historically, black was used, but it shifted to purple to symbolize both penitence and royalty.

– Usage: It is worn from Ash Wednesday until the evening of Holy Thursday, often in a darker, more sombre shade.

While purple is the standard, some traditions may use a deeper shade, and occasionally unbleached linen or darker, more subdued fabrics are used to represent the season’s mourning.

Dates clés du Carême 2026

– Mercredi des Cendres : 18 février 2026

– Dimanche de Laetare (milieu du Carême) : 15 mars 2026

– Dimanche des Rameaux : 29 mars 2026

– Jeudi Saint (fin du Carême) : 2 avril 2026

– Vendredi Saint : 3 avril 2026

– Dimanche de Pâques : 5 avril 2026

Thèmes et pratiques clés :

– Les trois piliers : Ce temps est marqué par la prière, le jeûne et l’aumône.

– Objectif : C’est un temps de repentance, de réflexion et de renouveau, souvent décrit comme un cheminement spirituel en préparation à la Résurrection.

– Thèmes : Les thèmes spécifiques pour 2026 incluent « En route vers la justice » (Développement et Paix, Caritas Canada) et « Se libérer et se réinventer ».

Observances :

– Jeûne : Le mercredi des Cendres et le vendredi saint sont des jours de jeûne et d’abstinence de viande obligatoires pour les catholiques.

– Vendredis : L’abstinence de viande est observée tous les vendredis du Carême.

– Dévotions : Les pratiques courantes incluent le Chemin de Croix, la lecture des Écritures et la participation à des retraites spirituelles.

La couleur liturgique du Carême est traditionnellement le violet. Elle représente le repentir, la pénitence, le jeûne et l’aspiration à la paix. Bien que parfois appelée « mauve » de manière générale, la nuance liturgique officielle est un violet plus foncé, symbolisant la douleur, la souffrance et la souveraineté royale du Christ.

Informations clés sur la couleur du Carême :

– Symbolisme : Le violet signifie le deuil, l’humilité et la solennité des quarante jours, ou parfois des quarante-six jours, de préparation à Pâques.

– Usage : Il est utilisé pour les vêtements liturgiques (chasubles et étoles) et les nappes d’autel.

Évolution : Historiquement, le noir était la couleur de prédilection, mais il a été remplacé par le violet, symbole à la fois de pénitence et de royauté.

Usage : On le porte du mercredi des Cendres jusqu’au soir du jeudi saint, souvent dans une teinte plus sombre et plus solennelle.

Bien que le violet soit la norme, certaines traditions peuvent recourir à une nuance plus foncée, et parfois du lin écru ou des tissus plus sombres et plus discrets sont utilisés pour représenter le deuil de cette période. 

Hi-Lift

January 29, 2026

Acheter chez Princess Auto en 2023, heureusement, j’ai jamais eu d’urgence pour m’en servir. En secourisme, il y a plusieurs utilités, comme lever un poids lourd pour dégager une victime.

Il n’a pas les caractéristiques de celui des pompiers, mais il peut dépendre en cas d’urgence.

Purchased from Princess Auto in 2023, I’ve thankfully never had to use it in an emergency. In first aid, it has several uses, such as lifting a heavy object to free a victim.

It doesn’t have the same features as the fire department’s lift, but it can be useful in an emergency.