Wis 2:1a,12-22; Ps 34:17,18,21,23; Jn 7:1,2,10,25-30 When the LORD confronts the evildoers something changes, drastically. Sometimes the evildoers become more resolute. They inflict even more
Ex 32:7-14; Ps 106:19-20, 21-22, 23; Jn 5:31-47 The LORD remembered his people and favored them even in their infidelity. This responsorial psalm remembers the
Is 7:10-14; 8:10; Ps 40:7-8a, 8b-9,10,11; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38 Behold he comes. Behold the Word, who was with God and who is God,
Ez 47:1-9,12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 5:1-16 “Behold the deeds of the LORD, the astounding things he has wrought on earth.” This faith acclamation
Is 65:17-21; Ps 30:2,4-6,11-12a,13b; Jn 4:43-54 Those who are preserved from going down into the pit cannot hold back. They cry out to all who
Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51:3-4, 18-21; Lk 18:9-14 Why is the LORD not pleased with sacrifices? Why does he not spurn a humbled and contrite heart?
Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6-17; Mk 12:28-34 Every now and then we get a glimpse of what the LORD has in store for us. It is
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
Dt 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Mt 5:17-19 Without the Word of the LORD there would be no People of God. The glory of
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
2Kgs 5:1-15; Ps 42:2,3;43:3,4; Lk 4:24-30 Those, as desperate as a leper, know what it’s like to thirst for the living God. Commander Naaman was
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
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 prayer. When
Is 1:10,16-20; Ps 50:8,9,16,17,21,23; Mt 23:1-12 This is the gift of a holy Lent. The LORD God corrects us by drawing our attention to the
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
Dt 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-5,7,8; Mt 5:43-48 Can there be a more unimaginable punishment? What can it mean to be utterly forsaken? If the LORD utterly
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 During Lent we learn how to pray. Not that we don’t know how to pray, but we can always
