Lent, Day 29

“Lent, Day 29”
Psalm 23:4 from the Responsorial Psalm
Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

“Let not your hearts be troubled;
believe in God, believe also in me.”

John 14:1

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for you are with me.

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Lent, Day 21

“Lent, Day 21”
Communion Antiphon from Mark 12:33
Friday of the Third Week of Lent
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

One of the scribes, when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” 

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Lent, Day 20

“Lent, Day 20”
Liturgy of the Hours, Thursday of the Third Week of Lent
Office of Readings, First Responsory from 2 Corinthians 3:18
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, was so glorious that the Israelites could not look intently at the face of Moses because of its glory that was going to fade, how much more will the ministry of the Spirit be glorious? 

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Lent, Day 19

“Lent, Day 19”
Communion Antiphon from Psalm 16:11
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
That he may instruct us in his ways,
and we may walk in his paths.”

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Lent, Day 18

“Lent, Day 18”
Psalm 17:8 from which the Entrance Antiphon is adapted
Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

He found him in a desert land,
and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
he encircled him, he cared for him,
he kept him as the apple of his eye.

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Lent, Day 17

“Lent, Day 17”
Psalm Response from 42:2(3)
Monday of the Third Week of Lent
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

After this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I thirst.”

John 19:28

Athirst is my soul for the living God. 

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Lent, Day 16

“Lent, Day 16”
Entrance Antiphon from Psalm 145:9
Saturday of the Second Week of Lent
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.

Genesis 1:31 (RSV)

How good is the Lord to all, 
compassionate to all his creatures.

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Lent, Day 9

“Lent, Day 9”
Psalm 130:6-7 from the Responsorial Psalm
Friday of the First Week of Lent
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang


“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”

Lamentations 3:24 (RSV)

My soul waits for the Lord 
more than sentinels wait for the dawn. 

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Lent, Day 3

“Lent, Day 3”
Communion Antiphon from Psalm 25:4
Friday after Ash Wednesday
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang


Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
That he may instruct us in his ways,
and we may walk in his paths.”

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