Lenten Study 2020

Knowing your Tree of Sin

As we prepare to enter the Season of Lent this week we are beginning a new Homily Series entitled Knowing Your Tree of Sin. Each of us has a tree of sin particular to us that we struggle with and Lent is a good time to come to knowledge of this tree. Each week we will focus on one of the seven deadly sins and six ways this sin can manifest itself in our lives. There will be a saint you can reflect on each day who struggled with this sin but overcame it with God's help. We often forget all saints struggled with the same sins we do but they learned to rely on God to such a degree that they overcame these struggles.

Below you will find a daily reflection in pdf format that you can journal with or an audio version of the reflection that you can listen. Audio version click here. The audio reflections can also be found on the the parish podcast app - PodBean.

Week 0

• Ash Wednesday: Avarice (Greed) - St. Thomas Becket - Matthew 6:1-6

• Thursday after Ash Wednesday: Enslavement - St. Peter Armengol - Luke 9:22-25
• Friday after Ash Wednesday: Stealing - St. Dismus - Isaiah 58: 1-9
• Saturday after Ash Wednesday: Store - St. Matthew - Luke 5:27-32

• 1st Sunday in Lent: Gluttony- St. Monica - Matthew 4:1-11
• 1st Monday in Lent: Food - St. Thomas Aquinas - Matthew 25: 31-46
• 1st Tuesday in Lent: Fill - St. John Climacus - Matthew 6:7-15
• 1st Wednesday in Lent: Empty - St. Maximilian Kolbe - Jonah 1-10
• 1st Thursday in Lent: Consume - St. John XXIII - Matthew 7:7-12
• 1st Friday in Lent: Drink - St. John of God - Ezekiel 18:21-28
• 1st Saturday in Lent: Excess - St. John Vianney - Deuteronomy 26: 16-19

• 2nd Sunday in Lent: Pride- St. Paul the Apostle - Matthew 17:1-9
• 2nd Monday in Lent: Belief- St. Peter - Luke 6:36-38
• 2nd Tuesday in Lent: Better- St. Hubert - Matthew 23:1-12
• 2nd Wednesday in Lent: Embarassment - St. Vincent De Paul - Matthew 20:17-28
• 2nd Thursday in Lent: Self - St. Therese of Liseux - Jeremiah 17:5-10
• 2nd Friday in Lent: Ability - St. Francis of Assisi - Genesis 37: 3-4, 12-13, 17-21
• 2nd Saturday in Lent: Worse - St. Teresa of Avila - Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32

• 3rd Sunday in Lent: Lust- St. Jerome - John 4:5-42
• 3rd Monday in Lent: Want- St. Moses the Ethiopian - Matthew 1: 16-24
• 3rd Tuesday in Lent: Relationship- St. Justina - Matthew 18: 21-35
• 3rd Wednesday in Lent: Body- St. Aldobrandesca - Matthew 5: 17-19
• 3rd Thursday in Lent: Desire- St. Augustine - Jeremiah 7:23-28
• 3rd Friday in Lent: Pleasure- St. Afra - Mark 12:28-34
• 3rd Saturday in Lent: Eyes- St. Mary of Egypt - Luke 1:26-38

• 4th Sunday in Lent: Envy - St. Mary Magdalene - John 9: 1-41
• 4th Monday in Lent: Gifts - St. Bernardine of Siena - John 4:43-54
• 4th Tuesday in Lent: Situation - St. Margaret of Cortona - John 5:1-16
• 4th Wednesday in Lent: Jealousy - St. Elizabeth of Portugal - John 5:17-30
• 4th Thursday in Lent: Possessions - St. Benedict - Exodus 32:7-14
• 4th Friday in Lent: Status - St. Helena - John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
• 4th Saturday in Lent: Gossip - St. John Berchmans - John 7: 40-43

• 5th Sunday in Lent: Sloth- St. Ignatius of Loyola - John 11:1-45
• 5th Monday in Lent: Comfort - St. Brice - John 8:1-11
• 5th Tuesday in Lent: Complain - St. Teresa of Avila - Numbers 24:1-9
• 5th Wednesday in Lent: Easy - St. Norbert - John 8:31-42
• 5th Thursday in Lent: Work - St. Martha - Genesis 17:3-9
• 5th Friday in Lent: Avoidance - St. Frances of Rome - John 10:31-42
• 5th Saturday in Lent: Halt - St. Anthony the Abbot - John 11:45-56

• Palm Sunday: Wrath - St. Francis de Sales - Matthew 26:14-27:66
• Monday of Holy Week - Silence - St. Rita of Cascia - John 12:1-11
• Tuesday of Holy Week - Unforgiveness - St. James - John 13:21-33, 36-38
• Wednesday of Holy Week - Control - St. Catherine of Siena - Matthew 26:14-25
• Holy Thursday - Service, Priesthood, Eucharist - John 13:1-15
• Good Friday - Cross - John 18:1-19:42
• Holy Saturday - Hidden - Matthew 28:1-10