March 13, 2026
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Friday of the Third Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Mark 12:28ad-34
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And one of the scribes came, the question to him, Which law is the first of all?
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Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord;
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And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.
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The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.
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And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he:
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And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.
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And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.
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☆ Hosea 14:1-9
(Hosea 14:2-10)**
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O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.
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Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.
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Assyria will not be our salvation; we will not go on horses; we will not again say to the work of our hands, You are our gods; for in you there is mercy for the child who has no father.
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I will put right their errors; freely will my love be given to them, for my wrath is turned away from him.
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I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.
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His branches will be stretched out, he will be beautiful as the olive-tree and sweet-smelling as Lebanon.
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They will come back and have rest in his shade; their life will be made new like the grain, and they will put out flowers like the vine; his name will be like the wine of Lebanon.
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As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.
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He who is wise will see these things; he who has good sense will have knowledge of them. For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the upright will go in them, but sinners will be falling in them.
**(Hosea 14:2-10)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/hosea/14?2
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