Daily Readings

Thursday of the Second Week of Lent

Reading I Jer 17:5-10     Thus says the LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings,     who seeks his strength in flesh,     whose heart turns away from the LORD. He is like a barren bush in the desert     that enjoys no change of season, But stands in a lava waste,     a salt and empty earth. Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,     whose hope is the LORD. He is like a tree planted beside the waters     that stretches out its roots to the stream: It fears not the heat when it comes,     its leaves stay green; In the year of drought it shows no distress,     but still bears fruit. More tortuous than all else is the human heart,     beyond remedy; who can understand it? I, the LORD, alone probe the mind     and test the heart, To reward everyone according to his ways,     according to the merit of his deeds. Responsorial Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 R.    (40:5a)  Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. Blessed the man who follows not     the counsel of the wicked Nor walks in the way of sinners,     nor sits in the company of the insolent, But delights in the law of the LORD     and meditates on his law day and night. R.    Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. He is like a tree     planted near running water, That yields its fruit in due season,     and whose leaves never fade.     Whatever he does, prospers. R.    Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. Not so, the wicked, not so;     they are like chaff which the wind drives away. For the LORD watches over the way of the just,     but…

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