Wednesday of the Second Week in Lent
Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31:5, 6, 14-16; Mt 20:17-28“In your hands is my destiny.” Psalm 31 is the prayer of Jeremiah and the prayer of Jesus,
Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31:5, 6, 14-16; Mt 20:17-28“In your hands is my destiny.” Psalm 31 is the prayer of Jeremiah and the prayer of Jesus,
Is 1:10, 16-20; Ps 50:8,9,16,17,21,23; Mt 23:1-12“Offers praise as a sacrifice” This is the gift of a holy Lent. The LORD God corrects us by
Dn 9:4-10; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13; Lk 6:36-38“May your compassion quickly come!” We are our own worst enemy. We remember our iniquities and sometimes
Dt 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-5, 7-8; Mt 5:43-48“Do not utterly forsake me.” Can there be a more unimaginable punishment? What can it mean to be utterly
Ez 18:21-28; Ps 130:1-8, 6; Mt 5:20-26“Plenteous redemption” What is plenteous redemption? It is something beyond kindness. It is found with the LORD, the one
1Kgs 3:4-13; Ps 119:9-14; Mk 6:30-34“Within my heart I treasure your promise.” The Father’s promise of life eternal in his Son, Jesus Christ, through the
Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40“Lift up, O gates, your lintels…” Never has the city of Jerusalem been so open. The gates are
1Kgs 2:1-4, 10-12; 1 Chronicles 29:10,11ab,11d-12a,12bcd; Mk 6:7-13“It is yours to give grandeur and strength.” The nation of Israel, a world power under King David
2Sm 24:2, 9-17; Ps 32:1,2,5,6,7; Mk 6:1-6?“With glad cries of freedom you will ring me around!” Saint John Bosco could have easily prayed the words
2Sm 18:9,10,14b,24,25a,30-19:3; Ps 86:1-6; Mk 5:21-43“Save your servant who trusts in you.” Could we pray the words of today’s responsorial psalm, “Incline your ear, O
2Sm 12:1-7a,10-17; Ps 51:12-17; Mk 4:35-41“Give me a pure heart, O God!” David the King, the man after God’s own heart, let his lust overwhelm

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