Mar 17, 2024
(Dn.13:1-9,15-17,19-30,33-62; Ps.23:1-6; Jn.8:1-11)
“Let the man among you who has no sin
be the first to cast a stone at her.”
“Then the audience drifted away one by one, beginning with the elders.” And no one was left to accuse her.
In both our gospel and our first reading a woman is accused of...
Mar 16, 2024
(Jer.31:31-34; Ps.51:3-4,12-15; Heb.5:7-9; Jn.12:20-33)
“Father, glorify your name.”
Jesus cries out in supplication to Him who is “able to save Him from death,” but He prays not to be saved from death, not to be saved from the sacrifice He must make, but only that in His death the Father might glorify His...
Mar 9, 2024
(2Chr.36:14-16,19-23; Ps.137:1-6; Eph.2:4-10; Jn.3:14-21)
“By the streams of Babylon we sat and wept.”
For “practicing all the abominations of the nations and polluting the Lord’s temple,” the people of God “were carried captive to Babylon.” For all their “infidelity” they were forced to watch as...
Mar 4, 2024
(Dn.3:25,34-43; Ps.25:4-9; Mt.18:21-35)
“With contrite heart and humble spirit let us be received.”
The Lord “guides the humble to justice, He teaches the humble His way,” and so it is the prayer of these He receives; upon them He showers His mercy. For His mercy is His justice and it is known by those...
Mar 2, 2024
(Ex.20:1-17; Ps.19:8-11; 1Cor.1:22-25; Jn.2:13-25)
“The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.”
Is it not fear of the Lord, Jesus would instill in the people as He makes “a whip out of cords” and drives those who buy and sell out of the temple? Is His great zeal not to purify His Father’s House of all...