March 01, 2021, Monday
Monday of the Second Week of Lent (Violet)
CYCLE B - YEAR I
RDGS: DN 9:4-10/ PS 79:8. 9. 11. 13
GOSPEL: LK 6:36-38
"Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
"Stop judging and you will not be judged.
Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.
Forgive and you will be forgiven.
Give and gifts will be given to you;
a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing,
will be poured into your lap.
For the measure with which you measure
will in return be measured out to you."
GOSPEL REFLECTION:
Jesus invites us to be as God is – nothing less! He does not intend to overwhelm us or cause us to feel frustrated by such an enormous invitation but wants us to wonder at the immensity of God's capacity to love. In our humanity, we are not infinite, but we are called to great love and hope. The invitation reaches us as we are in our lives, calling us into the life of God.
We get from life what we put into it. The challenge of Jesus is more – to be merciful is to live in a way that makes the first move towards forgiveness, that is, to be non-judgemental of others and to always want to give. Mercy doesn’t count what it gives nor look for anything in return. Mercy is the heart of God’s love. Allow the word ‘mercy’ to enter into your heart at prayer; just repeat it and let it move from lips to heart. As mercy takes hold of you, you will live by it.
PRAYER:
Lord, keep me from jumping to judgment. You alone know all that is my heart and in the hearts of those, I am tempted to condemn.
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