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40 Shades of Lent by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Wednesday, Third Week in Lent, 26 March 2025 Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 + + + Matthew 5:17-19
“However, take care and be earnestly on your guard not to forget the things which your own eyes have seen, nor let them slip from your memory as long as you live, but teach them to your children and to your children’s children” (Deuteronomy 4:9).
God our loving Father, you encompass the whole Earth and universe where nothing is hidden from you nor escapes your notice even the smallest of particles in your whole creation most especially us, your beloved children, that, though we are sinful, you loved us beyond measure, mindful of us always.
But, we are all beings of forgetfulness. easily forgetting even your most recent blessings as well as intimacy and bond with us in Jesus Christ your Son; many times, we get distracted by so many concerns we forget you that we disregard one another in love and kindness; we easily forget your mercy and forgiveness that we return to our wayward life of sin quickly; most of all, we turn away from you as we refuse to love you when we get impatient in life, believing there could be better and other ways to fulfillment.
Direct us, dear God into becoming more loving like you, into desiring the Cross of your Son Jesus Christ for our love in him so that we may never forget to love you always in others for it is in our love for one another especially the weakest where our greatness as a nation is recognized. Amen.
