Year C Sirach 10:12-18 Psalm 112 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 Luke 14:1, 7-14 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… I’m guilty… I’ve gotten better… but sometimes… when I’m invited to an open house… a party… a wedding… or a family member’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah… I wonder who else has been invited… I compare...
My Lord,My sins are likeThe highest mountain;My good deedsAre very few,They’re like a small pebble.I turn to You,My heart full of shame,My eyes full of tears.Bestow YourForgiveness and MercyUpon me.~ from Supplication by Sami Yusuf Lent assaults our mistaken sense of ourselves. It challenges the notion that we’re capable and self-sufficient; that we can...