Sharing the Word

Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent March 27, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 Today’s First Reading shows us the chaste Susanna, falsely accused by the sinful Jewish elders. The Gospel reading is about the ...

Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord March 25, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Isaiah 7:10-14; 8-10 Today is the Solemnity of the Annunciation, when Gabriel communicated to Mary God’s plans for the coming of our Savior. The reading from ...

Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent March 24, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22 It can be dangerous to be devoted to God. Observant Jews in second century Alexandria–the source of today’s reading–experienced that. Secularized Jews often ...

Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent March 23, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Exodus 32:7-14 Today, a dialogue between Moses and God about the people’s idolatry. God wants to destroy them and start over with a new people. Moses ...

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent March 22, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Isaiah 49:8-15 A passage of comfort and reassurance. God will look out for his people and bring them home from exile. If God can look out ...

Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent March 21, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 Ezekiel proclaims a vision of water flowing down from the temple toward the sea–plentiful enough to make the salt sea fresh, sufficient to ...