Mar 26, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
Thursday of the 3rd week of Lent
First reading Jeremiah 7:23-28
On this Thursday of the third week of Lent, the first reading from Jeremiah (7:23-28) presents a powerful call to self-examination and repentance. God’s lament over His people’s refusal to listen—despite His constant, patient calling—resonates deeply during this Lenten season. “They did not listen or pay attention; they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts.” These words confront us with the uncomfortable truth that we, too, can fall into the same pattern. Lent is a sacred time when we are invited to pause and reflect on the state of our hearts. How often do we close our ears to God’s voice, choosing instead to follow our own desires, our own plans, our own pride? How often do we let stubbornness harden our spirits, convincing ourselves that we know better than God? Turning our backs to Him may not always look dramatic—it often happens slowly, subtly, when we fail to pray, to listen, or to love. This season calls us to stop—stop listening to the noise of our selfish hearts, stop justifying our disobedience, and stop resisting the gentle correction of the Lord. God’s command remains the same: “Listen to My voice… and I will be your God, and you will be My people.” Lent is stopping to fall into the same sins by our stubborn behaviour.
Don Giorgio
Mar 25, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
Wednesday of the 3rd week of Lent
First reading Deuteronomy 4:1,5-9
Lent is a sacred season that calls us not only to repentance but to remembrance—a deep, intentional remembering that shapes the way we live every day. In Deuteronomy 4:1,5-9, Moses exhorts the people to be vigilant, to take care, and to never forget the things their eyes have seen—the wonders, the deliverance, the guidance of God. This is not just about holding memories; it is about letting those experiences form the core of who we are and how we live. Lent challenges us to let our interaction with God become a way of life, not just a temporary focus. It is a time to realign our hearts with the truth we have seen and known, to guard against forgetfulness, and to keep our souls awake to God’s enduring presence. And this remembrance is not meant to end with us—it must be shared, passed on, told to our children and grandchildren. The faithfulness of God becomes a story we live and a legacy we leave. In this way, Lent transforms from a season of preparation into a lifelong posture of awareness, humility, and generational witness. Through prayer, fasting, and acts of love, we embody the history of God’s mercy and continue the story in our own time. Let’s reflect: Lent is making the interaction of God with us, the legacy of our life.
Don Giorgio
Mar 24, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
The Annunciation of the Lord
Readings Isaiah 7:10-14,8:10; Hebrews 10:4-10; Gospel Luke 1:26-38
The Annunciation of the Lord changes everything because it marks the moment when eternity touches time, and the Word becomes flesh. In a quiet village of Nazareth, the Creator enters His creation—not with thunder or fire, but through the humble “yes” of a young woman. The Word, through whom all things were made, takes on a human heart, a human face, a human destiny. The Annunciation is the moment when God’s eternal Word steps into the limitations of human history. It’s eternity embracing time. Mary, full of grace, becomes the meeting place between eternity and time, between divine freedom and human cooperation. Her “yes” echoes through the ages, because in it, the eternal plan of salvation finds a home in our world. The Annunciation is a mystery of humility and glory, where the timeless God chooses to write Himself into the human story—not with force, but through a whisper, a choice, and a heart open to His will. In Mary’s obedience and in Christ’s self-offering, God’s saving will begins to unfold in the most astonishing way. The Annunciation is not just an event; it is the dawn of redemption. Let’s reflect: Do I really understand what happened in Annunciation? Word became flesh.
Don Giorgio
Mar 23, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
Monday of the 3rd week of Lent
First reading 2 Kings 5:1-15
In today’s first reading (2 Kings 5:1–15), we witness Naaman’s initial indignation when the prophet Elisha instructs him to perform a seemingly simple act—bathing in the Jordan River. Naaman expected something grander, something more dramatic to match the gravity of his condition. Yet this encounter reveals a profound Lenten truth: it is not the magnitude of our actions, but the spirit in which they are done, that matters before God. Faith transforms even the simplest gesture into a moment of grace. Lent invites us to humility—to trust that God works through ordinary means and to approach our practices not with pride or expectation of spectacle, but with sincere hearts open to healing. When we act in faith, our smallest deeds—acts of charity, words of kindness, silent prayers—become pathways to renewal and instruments of God’s mercy. Let’s reflect: Lent is affirming our faith even in our simple acts of daily life.
Don Giorgio
Mar 23, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
3rd Sunday of Lent
First reading Exodus 3:1-8,13-15
This mysterious scene introduces us to the heart of revelation: God manifests himself as a Presence that calls, that speaks, that sends. He is not a distant, impersonal or abstract God, but a God who sees the suffering of his people, who hears the cry of the oppressed and comes down to free them. The burning bush is a living image of the Incarnation: God enters history without destroying it, but rather sanctifying it. Christ is the bush that burns with divine love, yet takes on our fragile humanity. The same Mystery is renewed in the Eucharist: under the humble signs of bread and wine, the real Presence of the Lord burns. And when God says: ‘I am who I am’, he offers us a very profound truth. He is the Being par excellence, eternal, faithful, present. Not a God constructed by human hands, but He who is, who remains, who accompanies us. To believe in this God means to enter into a living relationship with Him, to trust in his promise, to let ourselves be moulded by his will. Let’s reflect: Lent is being in His living Presence with a living response of relationship.
Don Giorgio
