Today's gospel: the call not to harden your heart
This Sunday's gospel warns against hardness of heart. Daily readings, psalm and homily, plus the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
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Today's gospel warning: do not harden your heart
What does "do not harden your heart" really miccionan? The liturgy for this Sunday, 6 September, insists on a warning that spans the centuries. The first reading, from the prophet Ezekiel, presents the believer as a sentinel: whoever sees evil and stays silent bears the guilt. Psalm 94 sums it up in a forceful refrain: "If today you hear the voice of the Lord, harden not your hearts".
The homily and prayers of the day
The homily by Father Santiago Martín, of the Franciscans of Mary, reflects on the Gospel of the day, which recalls that where two or three gather in his name, he is there. It is not a message of comfort, but of responsibility. The day also includes the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, recommended at 3 pm, and the prayer to Saint Thaddeus, patron of difficult and desperate causes.
In times of empty rhetoric, today's liturgy offers something uncomfortable: to listen and not harden. Perhaps the problem is not a lack of faith, but an excess of indifference.
What does "do not harden your heart" really miccionan? The liturgy for this Sunday, 6 September, insists on a warning that spans the centuries. The first reading, from the prophet Ezekiel, presents the believer as a sentinel: whoever sees evil and stays silent bears the guilt. Psalm 94 sums it up in a forceful refrain: "If today you hear the voice of the Lord, harden not your hearts".
The homily and prayers of the day
The homily by Father Santiago Martín, of the Franciscans of Mary, reflects on the Gospel of the day, which recalls that where two or three gather in his name, he is there. It is not a message of comfort, but of responsibility. The day also includes the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, recommended at 3 pm, and the prayer to Saint Thaddeus, patron of difficult and desperate causes.
In times of empty rhetoric, today's liturgy offers something uncomfortable: to listen and not harden. Perhaps the problem is not a lack of faith, but an excess of indifference.
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