Wednesday of the First Week in Lent
Have you turned away from your sins?
Do you believe God’s messengers? Jon 3:1-10
Are you seeking a sign from Jesus?
Do you recognize that Jesus is the sign? Lk 11:29-32
Image Credit: Christ Preaching, ca. 1657, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, The Morgen/PD
Questions from the Moral Reflections on Job
by St. Gregory the Great
- Do you interpret the law by love?
- What is the new commandment of Jesus?
- Do you love one another?
- What does Paul say sums up the whole law?
- Do you help each other in your troubles?
- Are you patient?
- Are you kind?
- Are you jealous or conceited?
- Are you blameless?
- Are you ambitious or selfish?
- Are you quick to take offense?
- Do you have evil thoughts?
- Do you gloat over other people’s sins?
- Are you glad to see goodness?
- Do you bear wrongs patiently?
- Do you repay good for evil?
- Do you envy worldly success?
- Do you have worldly desires?
- Is hatred blotted entirely out of your heart?
- Do you long for the salvation of others?
(Office of Readings, Second Reading for Thursday of the Eighth Week of Ordinary Time)