Lent, Day 8

“Lent, Day 8”
Matthew 7:8
Liturgy of the Hours, Magnificat Antiphon
Thursday of the First Week of Lent
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You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:13 (ESV)

Ask and you shall receive, 
seek and you shall find, 
knock and the door shall be opened to you.

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City of God

Icon of the Theotokos

Thursday of the First Week of Advent

Isaiah 26:1-6; Matthew 7:21, 24-27

On that day they will sing this song in the land of Judah: 
“A strong city have we; 
he sets up walls and ramparts to protect us. 

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Whoever Loves Me

Icon of the Sermon on the Mount

12th Week in Ordinary Time, Thursday (Year II)

Matthew 7:21-29

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.”Read the rest

Of Gates and Pearls

Gate of the Mary Garden at the Passionist Monastery in Jamaica, NY

12th Week in Ordinary Time, Tuesday (Year II)

Matthew 7:6, 12-14

Ever since the gates of Eden closed, the children of Adam have been searching for the tree of life from every corner of the earth.… Read the rest