Catholic Daily Reading 2 March 2020
Daily Reading for Monday March 2, 2020
Reading 1, Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18
Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 19:8, 9, 10, 15
Gospel, Matthew 25:31-46
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Reading 1, Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:
2 ‘Speak to the whole community of Israelites and say: “Be holy, for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.
11 “You will not steal, nor deal deceitfully or fraudulently with your fellow-citizen.
12 You will not swear by my name with intent to deceive and thus profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
13 You will not exploit or rob your fellow. You will not keep back the labourer’s wage until next morning.
14 You will not curse the dumb or put an obstacle in the way of the blind, but will fear your God. I am Yahweh.
15 “You will not be unjust in administering justice. You will neither be partial to the poor nor overawed by the great, but will administer justice to your fellow-citizen justly.
16 You will not go about slandering your own family, nor will you put your neighbour’s life in jeopardy. I am Yahweh.
17 You will not harbour hatred for your brother. You will reprove your fellow-countryman firmly and thus avoid burdening yourself with a sin.
18 You will not exact vengeance on, or bear any sort of grudge against, the members of your race, but will love your neighbour as yourself. I am Yahweh.
Catholic Daily Reading 2 March 2020
Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 19:8, 9, 10, 15
8 The precepts of Yahweh are honest, joy for the heart; the commandment of Yahweh is pure, light for the eyes.
9 The fear of Yahweh is pure, lasting for ever; the judgements of Yahweh are true, upright, every one,
10 more desirable than gold, even than the finest gold; his words are sweeter than honey, that drips from the comb.
Gospel, Matthew 25:31-46
31 ‘When the Son of man comes in his glory, escorted by all the angels, then he will take his seat on his throne of glory.
32 All nations will be assembled before him and he will separate people one from another as the shepherd separates sheep from goats.
33 He will place the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left.
34 Then the King will say to those on his right hand, “Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take as your heritage the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world.
35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you made me welcome,
36 lacking clothes and you clothed me, sick and you visited me, in prison and you came to see me.”
37 Then the upright will say to him in reply, “Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?
38 When did we see you a stranger and make you welcome, lacking clothes and clothe you?
39 When did we find you sick or in prison and go to see you?”
40 And the King will answer, “In truth I tell you, in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.”
41 Then he will say to those on his left hand, “Go away from me, with your curse upon you, to the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
42 For I was hungry and you never gave me food, I was thirsty and you never gave me anything to drink,
43 I was a stranger and you never made me welcome, lacking clothes and you never clothed me, sick and in prison and you never visited me.”
44 Then it will be their turn to ask, “Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty, a stranger or lacking clothes, sick or in prison, and did not come to your help?”
45 Then he will answer, “In truth I tell you, in so far as you neglected to do this to one of the least of these, you neglected to do it to me.”
46 And they will go away to eternal punishment, and the upright to eternal life.’
Daily Devotional for 2 March 2020 – Lenten Weekday
Topic; ‘Revved Up for Lent’
Scripture: I am the LORD. – Leviticus 19:16
Message: Our inner engines are revved for this Lenten journey of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Perhaps we are trying to free ourselves from a list of rules or minutiae beyond our reach as we prepare our Lenten practices.
Yet today’s Scriptural reading from the Book of Leviticus is legislative and creates in us a tendency to skip over this passage with a personal “Not Applicable.” But Leviticus is a call to mainstream God’s thinking into our own, to dig deeper into the challenges of our everyday life, to “be holy [as] God [is] holy” (verse 2). These laws can be far more demanding than we realize, stretching our commitment to life and to one another. Four times today we hear the proclamation, “I am the Lord.” May these four words be our strength during this Lenten walk and sustain us until Easter and beyond!
Catholic Daily Reading 2 March 2020
