Isaiah 50:4-7 | Psalm 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 | Philippians 2:6-11 | Matthew 26:14—27:66 or 27:11-54

​Today, we’re entering the most solemn week of our liturgical year. The readings invite us to reflect on Jesus’ journey to the Resurrection through the Cross. Let’s pray for patient endurance, humility, and discernment. 

Ezekiel 37:12-14 | Psalm 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 | Romans 8:8-11 | ​John 11:1-45

​As our Lenten journey builds up, we’re all being called to reflect on how death gives way to new life. Today, Jesus is shown to us not just as someone who heals and sustains life, but as the one who brings life back even when it’s been lost.

​1 Samuel 16:1B, 6-7, 10-13A | Psalm 23: 1-3A, 3B-4, 5, 6 | Ephesians 5:8-14 | John 9:1-41

​The readings for this Sunday actually hit close to home for me personally. Laetare Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Lent, is that moment in the season when the Church pauses and invites us to rejoice because Easter is already drawing near. Our readings give us a simple picture of what this celebration is about. The prophet Samuel reminds us that the way God sees is not the same as the way we see. The Apostle Paul invites us to live as children of light because of our baptism. Finally, the Gospel of John encourages us to ask for the grace to have our eyes opened so we can truly recognize Jesus as the Son of Man, the Messiah.

Exodus 17:3-7 | Psalm 95:1-2, 6--9 | Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 | John 4:5-42 Or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42

​Two weeks ago, we stood in the desert, facing our hunger, weakness, and need for God. Last week, we climbed the mountain and glimpsed His glory. Now, on this Third Sunday of Lent, we come to the water source—the place of encounter and renewal. The readings invite us to examine our attitude of gratitude. Do we recognize God’s presence in both dryness and revelation? Christ offers Himself as living water, quenching our deepest thirst. From desert to mountain to wellspring, Lent teaches us to be grateful for God’s faithful presence and the new life He gives in Christ.

Genesis 12:1-4A | Psalm 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 | 2 Timothy 1:8B-10 | Matthew 17:1-9

​Last Sunday, we reflected on how Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert, where He was tempted three times by the devil. In that barren and desolate place, He answered every test by standing firmly on the Word of God. The desert reminds us that the Christian life is not sustained by emotion but by discipline—prayer, fasting, and works of piety—especially in this sacred Season of Lent. Yet the journey does not end in the wilderness. From the dryness of the desert, the Lord now leads us to another scene. He brings us from heat and hunger to height and glory. After the struggle comes revelation; after the testing, light. We move from the silence of temptation to the radiance of a mountain-top encounter with Him.