“I do not take pleasure in the death of anyone, says the Lord God” (Ezekiel 18:32). Has it ever occurred to you that the father was more prodigal than the sons? Yes he was. His sincere and generous love made it so. So strong a love that he had to embrace, kissed the younger irrespective … [Read more…]
Thursday of the Third Week of Lent, March 23, 2017. 1st Reading: Jeremiah 7:23-28 Thus says the LORD: This is what I commanded my people: Listen to my voice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people. Walk in all the ways that I command you, so that you may prosper. … [Read more…]
“… look, I have slaved for you all these years. Never have I disobeyed your orders. Yet you have never given me even a young goat to celebrate with my friends” v.29. “… after squandering your property with harlots, you killed the fattened calf” v.30. What do you think, whom amongst the two sons was … [Read more…]
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent, March 22, 2017. 1st Reading: Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 Moses spoke to the people and said: “Now, Israel, hear the statutes and decrees which I am teaching you to observe, that you may live, and may enter in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God … [Read more…]
“Come now,” says the Lord, “let us reason together” Is. 1:18. “Yet even now, return to me with your whole heart ….” Joel 2:12. How do you feel about God – wicked or kind, loving or hostile? One who thinks of me or has altogether forgotten and neglected me. Don’t you know that the kind … [Read more…]