Today’s Readings – Thursday of Week 2 of Lent - First Reading

Commentary on Jeremiah 17:5-10

The theme of today’s Mass concerns priorities and is about our responsibilities to those around us. It deals with Cain’s question: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” and the story of the beggar (Lazarus) and the rich man.

In the First Reading, Jeremiah makes a strong contrast between two kinds of people:

those who think they are self-sufficient; who are immersed in the material world and ignore the place of God in their lives. They feel they ’have it made’; and

those who put all their trust in God and in the way of life that God suggests.

The lives of the first type are basically arid and empty:

They shall be like a shrub in the desert...


They have no eye for what is really good. Surrounded by luxuries … Continue

Yesterday’s Readings – Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Patron Saint of the Society of Jesus

Note: This commentary focuses on the Gospel passage from Matthew.

Commentary on 2 Samuel 7:4-5,12-14,16; Romans 4:13,16-18,22; Matthew 1:16,18-21,24 (or Luke 2:41-51)

The Entrance Antiphon for today’s feast summarises the result of St Joseph’s encounter with the angel Gab … Continue