Saint Vincent Archabbey

Dn 3:25,34-43; Ps 25:4-9; Mt 18:21-35:  Humility is truth.  To be humble is to live in the truth of total dependence upon the mercy of

Is 7:10-14;8:10 Ps 40:7-8a,8b,9-11 Heb 10:4-10 Lk 1:26-30:  Behold he comes. Behold the Word, who was with God and who is God, is made flesh and

Mi 7:14,15,18-20; Ps103:1-4,9-12; Lk 15:1-3,11-32:  Distance, great distance, unimaginable distance, this is what the LORD places between us and our sins. In Psalm 103 we hear

Gn 37:3,4,12,13a,17b-28a; Ps 105:16-21; Mt 21:33-43,45-46:  Only the LORD has pure motives.  They are sometimes hidden from our sight, but they are always pure.  All

Jer 17:5-10; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 16:19-31:  They are like chaff which the wind drives away. Who are they?  They are the wicked.  What a great

Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31:5, 6, 14-16; Mt 20:17-28:  Psalm 31 is the prayer of Jeremiah and the prayer of Jesus, and it should be our

2Sm 7:4-5a,12-14a,16; Ps 89:2-5,27,29; Rom 4:13,16-18,22; Mt 1:16,18-21,24a It is the kindness and faithfulness of God that is celebrated in this Lenten Solemnity.  This festival

Dn 9:4-10; Ps 79:8,9,11,13; Lk 6:36-38:  We are our own worst enemy. We remember our iniquities and sometimes even find such memories titillating.  At such moments

Dt 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-5,7-8; Mt 5:43-48:  Our true beatitude is found in following the Law of the LORD.  As Pope John-Paul II proclaimed to the

Ez 18:21-28; Ps 130:1-8,6; Mt 5:20-26:  What is plenteous redemption?  It is something beyond kindness.  It is found with the LORD, the one who will

Est C:12,14-16,23-25; Ps 138:1-8; Mt 7:7-12:  The Lord Jesus continues to teach his disciples about prayer.  The Psalm Response and the First Reading are used

Jon 3:1-10; Ps 51:3,4,12,13,18,19; Lk 11:29-32:  Again the great Psalm of repentance, again we are summoned to pray for mercy.  It is the goodness of

Is 55:10,11; Ps 34:4-7,16-19; Mt 6:7-15:  All through Lent the church prays, “Restore my joy in your salvation; sustain in me a willing spirit.” This urgent

Lv 19:1,2,11-18; Ps 19:8-10,15; Mt 25:31-46:  The words of the LORD are Spirit and Life.  The LORD speaks, and we listen.  His Word is all

Is 58:9-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:27-32:  Who is abounding in kindness?  The LORD is abounding in kindness and him alone!  It is the beginning of

Is 58:1-9; Ps 51:3-6,18,19; Mk 9:14-15:  What a rare thing indeed: a heart contrite and humbled.  Yet, this is what Lent is supposed to produce. 

Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4,6; Lk 9:22-25:  The way of the just is the way of the Christ.  The Lord Jesus identified himself as the Way,

Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-6,12-14,17; 2Cor 5:20-6:2; Mt 6:1-6,16-18If we prayed Psalm 51 every day throughout Lent, perhaps then we would retrieve the joy of God’s

Sir 35:1-12; Ps 50:5-8,14,23; Mk10:28-31:  To praise and to fulfill our vows are the sacrifice, which glorifies God.  We offer this pleasing worship every day

    Sir 17:20-24; Ps 32:1,2,5-7; Mk 10:17-27     Another beatitude abounds for those about to enter into the desert of Lent: “Blessed are