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40 Shades of Lent by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Thursday in the Second Week of Lent, 29 February 2024 Jeremiah 17:5-10 ><))))*> + ><))))*> + ><))))*> Luke 16:19-31
Teach us, Father, to realize anew our priorities in life this Lent; make us begin anew in this holy season to prioritize on you and spirituality than material things especially wealth. Probe our hearts, O God, and remove our many attachments to things that pass and fade, that hinder us from growth and maturity, preventing us from experiencing fulfillment in you.
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.
Jeremiah 17:5-8
When you become the priority in our lives, God, then we become more responsible with our neighbors too; we become concerned with everyone, especially the poor and those in need, we become our brother's keeper, thinking about the good of others unlike the rich man in today's parable; grant us the grace in Jesus Christ to have a heart that feels the hunger and thirst of the poor, the pains and anguish of the sick and dying, enabling us to do good in others. Amen.
