Saturday, Second Week of Lent

St. Luke 15.1-3,11-32: "We had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found".
"Only the heart of Christ who knows the depths of his Father's love could reveal to us the abyss of his mercy".
CCC#1439

Friday, Second Week of Lent

St. Matthew 21.33-43,45-46: "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone".
On the foundation  of Christ "the Church is built by the apostles and from it the the Church receives solidarity and unity" (CCC# 756).
"If we open our eyes, isn't what is said in the parable actually a description of our present world?" (Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth).

Thursday, Second Week of Lent

St. Luke 16.19-31: There was a rich man...And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus".
"Graciously accept this oblation of our service, that of your whole family; order our days in your peace, and command that we be delivered from eternal damnation and counted among the flock of those you have chosen" (Roman Missal, Eucharistic Prayer I).
CCC# 1035

Wednesday, Second Week of Lent

St. Matthew 20.17-28: "Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?"
"The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many".

Tuesday, Second Week of Lent

St. Matthew 23. 1-12: "All who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be exalted".
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Monday, Second Week of Lent

St. Luke 6.36-38: "Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful".
The heart that offers itself to the Holy Spirit turns injury into compassion.
CCC# 2843.

Second Sunday of Lent (Year B)

St. Mark 9. 2-9 "Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, 'This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!'"