Saturday of the Third week in Lent Luke 18:9-14 “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled; and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” Now about certain persons who consider themselves to be just, while disdaining others, he told also this parable:  “Two men ascended to the temple, in order to pray. One was a Pharisee, […]

Friday of the Third week in Lent Mark 12:28-34 “For the first commandment of all is this:…………” And one of the scribes, who had heard them arguing, drew near to him. And seeing that he had answered them well, he questioned him as to which was the first commandment of all. And Jesus answered him: “For

Thursday of the Third week in Lent Luke 11:14-23  ”If it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then certainly the kingdom of God has overtaken you.”    And he was casting out a demon, and the man was mute. But when he had cast out the demon, the mute man

Wednesday of the Third week in Lent Matthew 5:17-19 “Do not think that I have come to loosen the law or the prophets.” Do not think that I have come to loosen the law or the prophets. I have not come to loosen, but to fulfill.  Amen I say to you, certainly, until heaven and

Tuesday of the Third week in Lent Matthew 18:21-35 ‘Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I also had compassion on you?’ Then Peter, drawing near to him, said: “Lord, how many times shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Even seven times?”  Jesus said to

Monday of the Third week in Lent Luke 4:24-30 “No prophet is accepted in his own country.” Then he said: “Amen I say to you, that no prophet is accepted in his own country.  In truth, I say to you, there were many widows in the days of Elijah in Israel, when the heavens were

Third Sunday in Lent John 4:5-42 “All who drink from this water will thirst again. But whoever shall drink from the water that I will give to him will not thirst for eternity. Instead, the water that I will give to him will become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life.”

Saturday of the Second week in Lent Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 “For this brother of yours was dead, and has revived; he was lost, and is found. ” Now tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to him, so that they might listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This one accepts

Friday of the Second week in Lent Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46 “The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and it shall be given to a people who shall produce its fruits.”  Listen to another parable. There was a man, the father of a family, who planted a vineyard, and surrounded it with a

Thursday of the second week in Lent Luke 16:19-31 “But now he is consoled, and truly you are tormented.” A certain man was wealthy, and he was clothed in purple and in fine linen. And he feasted splendidly every day.   And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, covered