Tuesday of Holy Week, April 11, 2017 1st Reading: Book of Isaiah 49:1-6. Hear me, O islands, listen, O distant peoples. The Lord called me from birth, from my mother’s womb he gave me my name. He made of me a sharp-edged sword and concealed me in the shadow of his arm. He made me … [Read more…]
Monday of Holy Week, April 10, 2017 1st Reading: Book of Isaiah 42:1-7. Thus says the LORD: Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased, Upon whom I have put my Spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations, Not crying out, not shouting, not making his … [Read more…]
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, April 09, 2017. 1st Reading: Book of Isaiah 50:4-7. The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear; And I have not … [Read more…]
Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent, April 08, 2017. 1st Reading: Ezekiel 37:21-28 Thus says the Lord GOD: I will take the children of Israel from among the nations to which they have come, and gather them from all sides to bring them back to their land. I will make them one nation upon … [Read more…]
Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent, April 07, 2017, 1st Reading: Book of Jeremiah 20:10-13. I hear the whisperings of many: “Terror on every side! Denounce! let us denounce him!” All those who were my friends are on the watch for any misstep of mine. “Perhaps he will be trapped; then we can prevail, … [Read more…]