Apr 4, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
Friday of the 4th week of Lent
First reading Wisdom 2:1,12-22
On this Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent, the reading from the Book of Wisdom exposes the inner logic of the godless—their cynical view of life, their rejection of the afterlife, and their deep resentment toward the righteous. The virtuous man, by simply living with integrity and proclaiming his trust in God, becomes an unwelcome reminder of a truth they wish to ignore. His very presence is a rebuke, and so they plot his downfall, thinking to silence what disturbs their conscience. Yet their plan is rooted in blindness, for they cannot perceive the hidden wisdom of God or the enduring promise prepared for those who remain faithful. Lent invites us to recognize this same spiritual battle in our own time—between a world often indifferent or hostile to faith and those who quietly witness to God’s truth. This Lent is our moment to choose the path of the just, to stand firm in hope even when misunderstood or rejected, and to let the Cross of Christ—once a symbol of shame—be our source of strength and final victory. Let’s reflect: Lent is to overcome the challenges of the godless by riaffirming the faith in the love of God.
Don Giorgio
Apr 2, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
Thursday of the 4th week of Lent
First reading Exodus 32:7-14
By today’s reading we are invited to pause and look honestly at the state of our hearts. The reading from Exodus reminds us how easily the human heart strays, seeking security or satisfaction in what is tangible, controllable, or familiar—golden calves of our own making. This temptation is not foreign to us. These idols may be subtle: success, comfort, self-image, or even certain relationships. We are prone to shaping false gods that suit our desires: the idol of success that demands constant performance, the idol of control that fears surrender, the idol of pleasure that numbs our spiritual hunger, or the idol of self that resists any form of conversion. These idols are not merely external distractions—they dwell deep within us, subtly taking God’s place in our priorities, affections, and decisions. Lent is a grace-filled opportunity to name these idols with humility and courage, to recognize how they have distorted our vision and hardened our hearts. Lent invites us to name these false gods, to recognize where we have traded truth for illusion, and to let them go. In doing so, we make space again for the God who does not abandon His people, who calls us back not to punish but to restore. Lent is restoring God’s place in our life by removing the idols we created in our heart.
Don Giorgio
Apr 1, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
Wednesday of the 4th week of Lent
First reading Isaiah 49:8-15
On this Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent, the words of Isaiah echo with tender power: “I will never forget you.” As we journey through Lent, we are invited to fix our eyes on the future promised by God—a future not marked by uncertainty, but by the “favourable time,” the “day of salvation.” This day is not distant or abstract; it is made visible and real in the Cross of Christ. In Jesus’ self-giving love, we see the fulfilment of Isaiah’s prophecy—a God who remembers us even when we forget Him, who binds Himself to us with an unbreakable promise of mercy. The Cross is not simply a symbol of suffering, but the definitive revelation of divine love—a love so deep, so enduring, that God declares, “I will never forget you.” Lent, then, becomes our time to embrace this love anew, to return to the heart of God who, in the suffering and resurrection of Jesus, says to each of us: “You are not forgotten. You are mine”. Lent calls us to receive that love with open hearts, to trust that even in our brokenness, we are not forgotten but eternally held in the compassionate gaze of the Father. Lent is believing that I will never be forgotten by God.
Don Giorgio
Mar 31, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
Tuesday of the 4th week of Lent
First reading Ezekiel 47:1-9,12
The reading from Ezekiel 47 on this Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent presents a striking image of the mercy of God flowing like a river from the Temple—gentle at first, then deep and strong, bringing life wherever it goes. This living water is a symbol of God’s grace that never runs dry, a mercy that seeks not only to cleanse but to renew and transform. As we journey through Lent, we are invited to step into this river, to open the dry and hardened places of our hearts to its healing flow. Lent is a sacred season of encounter—where God’s mercy meets our weakness and bears fruit. Like the trees growing along the riverbanks in the prophet’s vision, whose leaves never wither and whose fruit is plentiful, we too can become sources of nourishment, consolation, and love for others when we are rooted in God’s mercy. Every prayer offered, every sin confessed, every act of charity becomes a channel through which this divine water flows through us and beyond us. The more we allow this mercy to penetrate our lives, the more we will find ourselves transformed into instruments of peace, agents of compassion, and signs of hope in a thirsty world. Let’s reflect: Lent is opening up of our heart to the boundless mercy of God.
Don Giorgio
Mar 30, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
Monday of the 4th week of Lent
First reading Isaiah 65:17-21
“No more will the sound of weeping or the sound of cries be heard in her” (Isaiah 65:19)—this tender promise reveals the heart of God’s desire for His people: not only to forgive, but to heal; not only to cleanse, but to restore joy. On this Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent, we are invited to enter into that vision of newness. God is not simply erasing the past—He is creating something altogether new: new heavens, a new earth, a new heart within each of us. The sorrow that once echoed through the streets of our lives—the weeping caused by sin, by loss, by fear—is silenced by the mercy of a God who makes all things new. Through Christ, we are offered the grace to become a new creation. Lent is the sacred season when we allow that transformation to begin. Through repentance, prayer, and acts of charity, we take part in this transformation. Let us not only long for the day when no more cries will be heard, but let us also become people who dry the tears of others, who carry peace instead of judgment, and who, renewed in Christ, become living signs of the world God is already bringing to birth. Let’s reflect: Lent is the transformation of heart to be part of new heavens and new earth which God created in Jesus.
Don Giorgio
