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…]
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent, April 06, 2017. 1st Reading: Book of Genesis 17:3-9. When Abram prostrated himself, God spoke to him: “My covenant with you is this: you are to become the father of a host of nations. No longer shall you be called Abram; your name shall be Abraham, for I … [Read more…]
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent, April 05, 2017. 1st Reading: Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92, 95 King Nebuchadnezzar said: “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you will not serve my god, or worship the golden statue that I set up? Be ready now to fall down and worship the statue I had made, … [Read more…]