Fatima Children Model Loving Penances - Mar 14 - Homily - Fr Alan
Fr. Alan B. Maria Wharton gives the homily for Saturday of the Third Week of Lent (Mar 14, 2026), urging listeners to examine their hearts during Lent, prioritizing love and humility over mere external sacrifices as illustrated by Hosea, the Pharisee-tax collector parable, and the Fatima children. In this midpoint Lenten homily, Fr. Alan reflects on the readings from Hosea, which call for returning to the Lord with confidence in His healing and resurrection power, and emphasizes that God wants love, not just sacrifice. He contrasts the proud Pharisee, who boasts of his fasting and tithing, with the humble tax collector who begs for mercy and goes home justified. Drawing from Psalm 51's contrite heart, Fr. Alan shares the Fatima children's story, where they offered sacrifices out of love for Jesus and sinners, not pride. Lenten practices like fasting must stem from charity and humility to please God and prepare for Easter resurrection. Catechism CCC – Interior penance necessity – http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p2s2c2a... Catechism CCC – Humility theological virtue – http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/25... Catechism CCC – Sacrifice perfects worship – http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/61... EWTN Fatima Message – https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/libr... Vatican Hosea Commentary – Love mercy knowledge – https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG083... 00:00 - Lenten Journey Midpoint 00:40 - Hosea Return Invitation 01:45 - Love Not Sacrifice 02:45 - Heart in Practices 03:00 - Pharisee Tax Collector 04:30 - Psalm Contrite Heart 04:45 - Fatima Children Story 07:00 - Sacrifices from Love 08:15 - Proper Lenten Spirit 09:45 - Christ Mary Model Ave Maria! Mass: Saturday 3rd Week of Lent - Wkdy Readings: - http://usccb.org/bible/readings/03142... 1st: Hosea 6:1-6 Resp: Psalms 51:3-4, 18-19, 20-21 Gsp: Luke 18:9-14 More on the Readings: https://airmaria.com/r?m=1757 ** For more on this day in the Liturgical calendar: https://www.catholicculture.org/cultu... * * Find Our Lady's Chapel homily videos on the following social media platforms: Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-938867 Facebook: / ourladyschapel YouTube: / @ourladyschapel-newbedfordma YouTube: / franciscanfriars AirMaria: https://airmaria.com/ By the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate http://marymediatrix.com To Subscribe to this channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... To contribute to Franciscanfriars and AirMaria: https://airmaria.com/contribute/ To learn more about Mary and share with others subscribe to our magazine Missio Immaculatae at https://missiomagazine.com/ Interested in Franciscan Spirituality as a layperson? See our MIM movement https://marymediatrix.com/mim/ For information on becoming a friar: https://marymediatrix.com/vocations/
