Friday of the Week of Lent IV Today’s readings: Jeremiah 23:1-8; Romans 8:28-39; John 6:52-59 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says the LORD. Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people… “behold, I will attend to you for

Thursday of the Week of Lent IV Today’s readings: Jeremiah 22:13-23; Romans 8:12-27; John 6:41-51 “Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words. And He who searches the hearts of men knows

Wednesday of the Week of Lent IV Today’s readings: Jeremiah 18:1-11; Romans 8:1-11; John 6:27-40 “Then they said to Him, ‘What must we do to be doing the works of God?’ Jesus answered them, ‘This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent…for this is the will of my Father,

Tuesday of the Week of Lent IV Today’s readings: Jeremiah 17:19-27; Romans 7:13-25; John 6:16-27 “Thus said the Lord to me, ‘Go and stand in the Benjamin Gate…and say, “Hear the Word of the Lord… Take heed for the sake of your lives and do not bear a burden on the Sabbath day or do any

Monday of the Week of Lent IV Today’s readings: Jeremiah 16:1-21; Romans 7:1-12; John 6:1-15 And when they had eaten their fill, Jesus told His disciples, “Gather up the fragments left over, that nothing may be lost.” So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets…” (John 6:12-13). One of the first things I learned in

Sunday of the Week of Lent IV Today’s readings: Jeremiah 14:1-22; Galatians 4:21–5:1; Mark 8:11-21 “The Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, seeking from Him a sign from heaven to test him. And He sighed deeply in His spirit and said, ‘Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign

Saturday of the Week of Lent III Today’s readings: Jeremiah 13:1-11; Romans 6:12-23; John 8:47-59 “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 6:23). I’ve heard complaints that folks don’t like Lent because there’s too much focus on sin! Sin is not

Friday of the Week of Lent III Today’s readings: Jeremiah 11:1-8, 14-17; Romans 6:1-11; John 8:33-47 “Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by