Friday after Ash Wednesday
The Word: Isaiah 58:1-9 and Matthew 9:14 -15
Theme: A Call for Genuine Piety
Reflection: We are already in the third day of our Lenten walk with the Lord. Let us pause awhile and ponder on the journey so far. Some may ask: Is it not too early to think of that? Others may agree with me. Then the fact of the matter is not how long the walk is, but how well so far. Today’s first reading from the prophecy of Isaiah (58:1-9) reminded us of the obstacles to salvation. The said reading being part of the third Isaiah expounded in details what is required of us Christians (Catholics in particular) this season.
Here the author presents before us two kinds of fasting, and warned strongly against the sort of fast that does not impress God (cf. Is. 58:5), while endorsing the nature that pleases the Lord in the following verse of the said scriptural passage. He further objected outward piety while calling on us to practice interior life of holiness without “public show-off.” In this season of Lent, while carrying out our Lenten observances let us ask God in His mercy to give us the grace for interior piety and not outward eye service to please man. For in doing this our reward will be great. Remember to journey with the Lord today in the Fourteen Stations of the Cross. PEACE BE WITH YOU!
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
“We must fast with our whole heart, that is to say, willingly, wholeheartedly, universally and entirely" – St. Francis de Sales
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