Monday of the Second Week of Lent Reading 1 Dn 9:4b-10 Responsorial Psalm 79:8, 9, 11 and 13 Gospel: Lk 6:36-38 Perhaps you are feeling a little tired of[…]

Second Sunday of Lent: Reading 1: Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 116:10, 15, 16-17, 18-19 Reading 2: Rom 8:31b-34 Gospel: Mk 9:2-10 The Transfiguration is a[…]

Saturday of the First Week of Lent: Reading 1: Deuteronomy 26:16-19 Responsorial Psalm: 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8 Gospel: Matthew 5:43-48 No religion or worldview places more esteem on man than[…]

Friday of the First Week of Lent Reading Reading 1: Ez 18:21-28 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7bc-8 Gospel: Mt 5:20-26 This Friday the Church shows no signs[…]

Reading 1: 1 Pt 5:1-4 Responsorial Psalm 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6 Gospel Mt 16:13-19 The biblical origins of the seat of Peter: It can be traced back to the[…]

Wednesday of the First Week of Lent Reading: Reading 1: Jonah 3:1-10, Responsorial Psalm: 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19 Gospel: Luke 11:29-32 Today’s readings are a tale of two generations. On[…]

DAY 6 Tuesday of the First Week of Lent Reading I: Isaiah 55:10–11 Psalm: 34:4–5, 6–7, 16–17, 18–19 Gospel: Matthew 6:7–15 Prayer is a relationship. In fact, it is[…]

Monday of the First Week of Lent Reading I: Leviticus 19:1–2, 11–18 Psalm: 19:8, 9, 10, 15 Gospel: Matthew 25:31–46 Today’s readings remind us of the centrality of charity[…]

First Sunday of Lent St. Luke offers us the model for our Lenten journey when he tells us that Jesus was led into the desert for forty days of[…]

DAY 4 Saturday after Ash Wednesday It is straightforward to diagnose vices in other people. Exhibiting the same level of scrutiny toward ourselves is decidedly less appealing. Such is[…]