40 Shades of Lent by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Tuesday, Second Week in Lent, 03 March 2026 Isaiah 1:10, 16-20 + + + Matthew 23:1-12
Praise and glory to you, O Lord, God our Father! You are most gracious and kind despite our sins you still call us to come to you.
Come now, let us set things right, says the Lord: Though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow; though they be crimson red, they may become white as wool (Isaiah 1:18).
You are indeed a loving God, dear Father, inviting us your sinful children to "come now", inviting us to a conversation, always believing change is possible even if most often we are not willing to come to you; give us the humility and firm resolve to accept finally your invitation to come and set things right so that we may become a people of justice; let us come to you, Lord to be reconciled, to wash myself clean, to start anew in you again.
O dear Jesus, you have been inviting me for so long to come to you, to return to you but I still refuse to believe, refusing to accept and welcome you because I feel I am doomed and hopeless; open my heart to you, Jesus, make me "willing and obedient" to set things right. Amen.
