Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Lent Jer 18:18-20Mt 20:17-28 “Listen to me, O Lord.” There is something very human in this passage. It is not only about grand persecution. It is about the quiet experience of being targeted, misrepresented, or taken advantage of. Sometimes the ‘pit’ is not dramatic. It looks like someone repeatedly... Continue Reading →
3 March, Tuesday — Let Mercy Have The Last Word
Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Lent Isa 1:10,16-20Mt 23:1-12 “Cease to do evil. Learn to do good, search for justice, help the oppressed…” These words are not theoretical to me. They are my job. As a prosecutor, I have always believed my work is about upholding the rule of law and serving justice. Not... Continue Reading →
2 March, Monday – The Struggle is Necessary
Monday of the 2nd Week of Lent Dan 9:4-10Lk 6:36-38 To us, Lord, the look of shame belongs, to our kings, our princes, our ancestors, because we have sinned against you. To the Lord our God mercy and pardon belong, because we have betrayed him, and have not listened to the voice of the Lord our... Continue Reading →
1 March, Sunday – Called and Loved, Called to Love
2nd Sunday of Lent Gen 12:1-42 Tim 1:8-10Mt 17:1-9 ...who has saved us and called us to be holy -- not because of anything we ourselves have done but for his own purpose and by his own grace. This grace had already been granted to us, in Christ Jesus. The 3 passages for this second... Continue Reading →
28 February, Saturday — Let us follow His ways to love as He loves
Saturday of the 1st Week of Lent Deu 26:16-19Mt 5:43-48 …you will be a people consecrated to the Lord… We are in the early days of the Lenten season, in preparation for the celebration of our Lord Jesus Christ’s resurrection. Today’s readings have much to offer our prayer, fasting and almsgiving practices. When read together,... Continue Reading →
27 February, Friday — To forgive and forget is divine
Friday of the 1st Week of Lent Eze 18:21-28Mt 5:20-26 “All the sins he committed will be forgotten from then on.” There is a common saying, “To err is human, to forgive is divine,” which I feel is really incomplete. I know a lot of people -- I admit I am guilty as well --... Continue Reading →
26 February, Thursday — What if I asked for a stone?
Thursday of the 1st Week of Lent Est 4:17Mt 7:7-12 “Is there a man among you who would hand his son a stone when he asked for bread?” As I reflected on the Gospel today, I imagined it being read to a cheeky child who, after being read to, asks, “Then what if I asked... Continue Reading →
25 February, Wednesday — Change is difficult
Wednesday of the 1st Week of Lent Jon 3:1-10Lk 11:29-32 "...there is something greater than Jonah here." Back when I was a young adult, I underwent what one might term a transformation of a certain aspect of myself. Over the years that I spent in school, I had been wondering about friends' responses to things... Continue Reading →
24 February, Tuesday — Being present in prayer
Tuesday of the 1st Week of Lent Isa 55:10-11Mt 6:7-15 "So you should pray like this:..." On a particularly cold Saturday a few weeks ago, a warning for ice was issued in the northeast region of the Netherlands. For some reason, I missed the warning and was therefore shocked when I slipped and fell almost... Continue Reading →
23 February, Monday — The choice is yours, and mine.
Monday of the 1st Week of Lent Lev 19:1-2,11-18Mt 25:31-46 “...in so far as you did this to one of the least of these….. in so far as you neglected to do it to one of the least of these...” The choices we make, more than the words we speak, determine where we will spend... Continue Reading →
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