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Gulf Pine Catholic • March 6, 2020 7 L enten A ctivities cont . from page 6 Thanks to Jesus, Mary, St. Jude, and St. Anthony, for answered prayers. CS Thanks to St. Jude and St. Joseph for prayers answered. BMN > St. Joseph Altars > • Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral: March 19: The Saint Joseph Altar originated in Sicily many centuries ago. During a period of drought, famine, and starvation, the people turned to St. Joseph, asking for his help. Their prayers were answered, the rains came and the crops prospered. In Thanksgiving, families of farm- ers and fishermen built altars in their homes in honor of St. Joseph to share their prized possessions, food. The St. Joseph Altar Committee of the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is proud to announce the St. Joseph Altar will be on display at the Sacred Heart Center on Thur., March 19, St. Joseph ʼ s Day, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Lunch will be served at 12 noon, donations are appreciated. We invite everyone to join us, view the altar, have lunch and enjoy the fellowship. • D’Iberville, Sacred Heart Parish: March 19-22. Open for viewing in gym, 10482 Lemoyne Blvd., Thurs. March 19, following Mass, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Lunch for saints served at 12 noon w_guests following. Altar open, for viewing only, on Fri., Mar. 20, Sat., Mar. 21, & Sun., Mar. 22, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. For more info, contact Jackie or Lee Landry, 228-918-3820. • Moss Point, St. Joseph the Worker Parish: March 21 & 22, Viewing after Masses, St. Joseph parish hall • Pascagoula, Our Lady of Victories Parish: March 18 • Waveland, St. Clare Parish: St. Clare Altar So- ciety will sponsor a public St. Joseph Altar, Thurs., March 19. The altar will be blessed following the 8:30 a.m. Mass & the Altar will remain open to public until 6 p.m. Following close of Altar, very simple tasting of blessed food will take place. All are invited to attend. > Stations of the Cross > • Bassfield, St. Peter Parish: Fridays, 6:30 p.m. • Biloxi, St. Mary Parish: Fridays, 6:30 p.m. followed by as soup supper. Good Fri- day, April 10, Stations, 12 p.m., followed by soup lunch • D’Iberville, Sacred Heart Parish: Fridays 5:30 p.m. • Gautier, St. Mary Parish: Wednesdays 5:30 p.m. • Hurley, St. Ann Mission: Fridays, 7 p.m. • Long Beach, St. Thomas the Apostle Parish: Seniors 4 p.m.; Children 5 p.m.; Adults 7 p.m. • Moss Point, St. Joseph the Worker Parish: Fridays, 7 p.m. • Pascagoula, Our Lady of Victories Parish: Fridays 5 p.m. • Waveland, St. Clare Parish: Fridays 6 p.m. • White Cypress, St. Matthew the Apostle Parish: Fridays 6:30 p,m. Never engage in dialogue with the devil, pope says BY JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christians should follow the example of Jesus in the desert by never trying to dialogue with the devil when tempted, Pope Francis said. “Jesus does two things with the devil: he drives him away or, as in this case, responds with the word of God. Beware: never dialogue with temptation, never dialogue with the devil,” the pope said March 1 during his Sunday Angelus address. Before praying the Angelus prayer with pilgrims in St. Peter ʼ s Square, the pope reflected on the Sunday Gospel reading from Matthew, which recounted the devil ʼ s tempta- tion of Jesus in the desert after Jesus fasted for 40 days and 40 nights. In responding to the sinister propositions with “the word of God and not his own word,” Jesus teaches the proper way to con- Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 1, 2020. CNS photo/Reuters front the devil, who often adds his voice to “the many voices that try to tame one ʼ s con- science,” the pope said. “When tempted we often begin to dia- logue with the temptation, to dialogue with the devil: ‘Yes, but I can do this, then I ʼ ll confess, ʼ then this and that,” he explained. Enticements, he added, usually come with an invitation to “let us be tempted to experi- ence the thrill of transgression” and present an alternative to the path laid out by God. “But all this is deceptive,” Pope Francis said. “Very soon we realize that the further away we go from God, the more defenseless and helpless we feel in the face of the great problems of existence.” The pope prayed that Mary would help Christians be vigilant against temptation dur- ing the Lenten season, help them not "submit to any idol of this world" and help them fol- low Jesus in the fight against evil, so they, too, would succeed as victors like Jesus.