Browsing the March 2021 archive of Lenten Reflections
Physician vs Hard Heart
Posted by Father Jeremy Bock on 3/11/21
“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” - Psalm 139:23-24
Prayer: O Lord, You are the divine physician, You know me through and through, You know ... Read More »
Lord I Love Your Commands
Posted by Father Jeremy Bock on 3/10/21
“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light for my path.” - Psalm 119:105
“Rather, the law of the Lord is his joy; and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted near streams of water, that yields its fruit in season; Its leaves never wither; whatever he does ... Read More »
Whole Burnt Offering
Posted by Father Jeremy Bock on 3/09/21
“Lord, you will open my lips; and my mouth will proclaim your praise. For you do not desire sacrifice or I would give it; a burnt offering you would not accept. My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit; a contrite, humbled heart, O God, you will not scorn.” ... Read More »
Unexpected Healing
Posted by Father Jeremy Bock on 3/08/21
“It was good for me to be afflicted, in order to learn your statutes. The law of your mouth is more precious to me than heaps of silver and gold.” - Psalm 119:71-72
Prayer: Lord, from generation to generation Your ways have amazed us, they confound and surprise us. ... Read More »
Cleansing the Temple
Posted by Father Jeremy Bock on 3/07/21
“I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God almighty and the Lamb. The city had no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gave it light, and its lamp was the Lamb. The nations will walk by its light, and ... Read More »
Not Just About You
Posted by Father Jeremy Bock on 3/06/21
Reflection for Saturday Daily Mass readings can be found on USCCB website by clicking here.
“O give thanks to the Lord for He is good: for his love endures for ever. Who can tell the Lord’s mighty deeds? Who can recount all his praise? They are happy who do what ... Read More »
Bitterness of Heart
Posted by Father Jeremy Bock on 3/05/21
"My wounds are foul and festering, the result of my own folly. I am bowed and brought to my knees, I go mourning all the day long. ... O Lord, you know all my longing: my groans are not hidden from you. My heart throbs, my strength is spent; ... Read More »
The Human Heart
Posted by Father Jeremy Bock on 3/04/21
“More tortuous than all else is the human heart, beyond remedy; who can understand it? I, the LORD, alone probe the mind and test the heart.” - Jeremiah 17:9-10
Prayer: Lord, You alone know my heart, it’s depths, its riches, what I am capable of, and You also know my wounds, my sins, the tainted inclinations that I ... Read More »
Love & Serve
Posted by Father Jeremy Bock on 3/03/21
“No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” - John 15:13
Prayer: (Beginning from St. Augustine’s Confessions) “Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was outside, and it ... Read More »
Purify My Heart
Posted by Father Jeremy Bock on 3/02/21
“O Lord, You search me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You discern my thoughts and reflections from afar.” - Psalm 139:1-2
“In this you rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith, ... Read More »