Today’s Readings – Thursday of Week 3 of Lent - First Reading

Commentary on Jeremiah 7:23-28

The theme of today’s readings is expressed in the final line of the Gospel:

Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. (Luke 11:23)


Jeremiah makes strong statements about how God’s people do not listen to his words. The covenant was:

Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; walk only in the way that I command you, so that it may be well with you.


But that is not what has happened, says Jeremiah, in spite of so many messengers and prophets sent to speak to the people:

Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but, in the stubbornness of their evil will, they walked in their own counsels and looked backward rather than forward.


As the Gospel of today indicate … Continue

Yesterday’s Readings – Wednesday of Week 3 of Lent - First Reading

Commentary on Deuteronomy 4:1,5-9

Moses reminds the Israelites of the great treasure they have in their laws and customs, a treasure full of “wisdom and discernment". These laws are life-giving and will bring the people closer to their God:

For what other great nation has a go … Continue