March 4, 2023, Saturday of the 1st Week of Lent-A Deuteronomy 26:16-19 Psalm 119 Matthew 5:43-48 “But I say to you, love your enemies…”  Matthew 5:44 Lord, seriously? I know you have high expectations…

March 3, 2023, Friday of the 1st Week of Lent-A Ezekiel 18:21-28 Psalm 130 Matthew 5:20-26 “…whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgement…”  Matthew 5:22 Lord, you make a…

March 2, 2023, Thursday of the 1st Week of Lent-A Esther C: 12, 14-16, 23-25 Psalm 138 Matthew 7:7-12 “…Knock and the door will be opened to you.”  Matthew 7:7 Lord, you give…

March 1, 2023, Wednesday of the 1st Week of Lent-A Jonah 3:1-10 Psalm 51 Luke 11:29-32 The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time.  Jonah 3:1 Lord, you are a God of second…

February 28, 2023, Tuesday of the 1st Week of Lent-A Isaiah 55:10-11 Psalm 34 Matthew 6:7-15 “… your kingdom come; your will be done…”  Matthew 6:10 Lord, so familiar are these words. Said…

February 27, 2023, Monday of the 1st Week of Lent-A Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18 Psalm 19 Matthew 25:31-46 Be holy… Leviticus 19:1 “…what you did not do for one of these least brothers of…

February 26, 2023, 1st Sunday of Lent-A Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7 Psalm 51 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11 The serpent said to the woman: “You certainly will not die!”  Genesis 3:4 Satan said to him,…

February 25, 2023, Saturday after Ash Wednesday Isaiah 58:9-14 Psalm 86 Luke 5:27-32 And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him.   Luke 5:28 Lord, when you called Levi, the hated…

February 24, 2023, Friday after Ash Wednesday Isaiah 58:1-9 Psalm 51 Matthew 9:14-15 Would that today you might fast so as to make your voice heard on high!  Isaiah 58:4 Lord, today…

February 23, 2023, Thursday after Ash Wednesday ST. POLYCARP, BISHOP MARTYR Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Psalm 1 Luke 9:22-25 …I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. …

February 22, 2023, ASH WEDNESDAY Joel 2:12-18 Psalm 51 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart…  Joel 2:12 Behold, now is a very…

February 21, 2023, Tuesday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time-A Sirach 2:1-11 Psalm 37 Mark 9:30-37 Trust God and he will help you, make straight your ways and hope in him.  Sirach 2:6…