Friday | First Week of Lent

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Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Matthew 5:20-26
March 11, 2022 | Friday

Today’s Gospel

I tell you, if your sense of right and wrong is not keener than that of the Lawyers and the Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

You have heard that it was said to our people in the past: Do not commit murder; anyone who murders will have to face trial. But now I tell you: whoever gets angry with a brother or sister will have to face trial. Whoever insults a brother or sister is liable to be brought before the council. Whoever calls a brother or sister “Fool!” is liable of being thrown into the fire of hell. So, if you are about to offer your gift at the altar, and you remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar, go at once and make peace with your brother, and then come back and offer your gift to God.

Don’t forget this: be reconciled with your opponent quickly when you are together on the way to court. Otherwise he will turn you over to the judge, who will hand you over to the police, who will put you in jail. There you will stay, until you have paid the last penny.

Today’s Reflection:

Every Christian is called to continually improve his relationship with God. To do this, he must also settle or heal whatever it is that disrupts his relationship with the Lord. This is a daily responsibility. This Christian duty intensifies during the Lenten Season, a time when we reflect more deeply on the passion that Christ endured for us. Moreover, our Lenten obligations do not only remind us to reflect on the state of our relationship with God, but with other people as well. Thus, let us use this season as opportunities to be more mindful of our lapses that interrupts the deepening of our relationship with others and with the Lord. /Vulnerasti, 2022

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