Reflection
Changing for the Good
TUESDAY, SECOND WEEK OF LENT Changing for the Good Cease to do evil, learn to do good. —Isaiah 1:16-17 As much as the coronavirus has caused tremendous disruptions to our lives, it has also given us the chance to take…
Good Advice
MONDAY, SECOND WEEK OF LENT Good Advice Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. -Luke…
Listening to the Beloved
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT Listening to the Beloved Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!” —Mark 9:7 In the Transfiguration story, God speaks to Jesus’…
Don’t Wait to Feel Loving
SATURDAY, FIRST WEEK OF LENT Don’t Wait to Feel Loving You have heard that it was said, “You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.” But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute…
Priorities
FRIDAY, FIRST WEEK OF LENT Priorities Leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift. —Matthew 5:24 Perhaps more than any time in recent history,…
Good Things
THURSDAY, FIRST WEEK OF LENT Good Things Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you… how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to…
Always a Good Prayer
WEDNESDAY, FIRST WEEK OF LENT Always a Good Prayer Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and steadfast spirit within me. —Psalm 51:10 We could recite this verse from the psalms every day of the…
Enough for Each Day
TUESDAY, FIRST WEEK OF LENT Enough for Each Day Give us this day our daily bread. —Matthew 6:11 Jesus knew the story of his ancestors, the Israelites, who wandered in the desert for 40 years. He knew God fed them…
Who Here Needs Your Help?
MONDAY, FIRST WEEK OF LENT Who Here Needs Your Help? Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me. —Matthew 25:40 In…
Angels Tending
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Angels Tending He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts, and the angels waited on him. —Mark 1:13 A year into the worldwide pandemic now, it may…