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My Dear Friends,

Since the reform of the Liturgy in 1970, the Catholic Church went from a one year cycle of Sunday readings to a three year cycle of Sunday readings. Basically, before 1970 and for over 1500 years, the one year cycle meant that you would hear the same readings every year on that particular Sunday. Now, it takes three years for you to hear the same reading on any particular Sunday. This year we are reading from cycle A, so on the third, fourth and fifth Sundays of Lent we read from the Gospel of John. (If during the years of cycle B and C, if we have catechumens coming into the church, we read from cycle A).

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My Dear Friends,

Just as every first Sunday of Lent we read about Jesus' being tempted in the desert, every second Sunday of Lent is the account of the Transfiguration. This one today is from the Gospel of Matthew. The Transfiguration is an important event in the life of Jesus and the apostles in the gospel. We even celebrate the Transfiguration liturgically every August 6th as a feast day of the Lord.

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