Fatima Children Model Loving Penances – Mar 14 – Homily – Fr Alan
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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/p2s2c2a4.htm#1430
Catechism CCC – Humility theological virtue – http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s1c1a7.htm#2540
Catechism CCC – Sacrifice perfects worship – http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c1a3.htm#614
EWTN Fatima Message – Children sacrifices love – https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/fatima-in-lucys-own-words-5427
Vatican Hosea Commentary – Love mercy knowledge – https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0839/__P1O.HTM
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/031426.cfm
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
Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHO9DM0j7EY
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For more on this day in the Liturgical calendar:
- https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2026-03-14
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