March 20, 2026
Have a good day!
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Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel: John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
1
After this, Jesus went from place to place in Galilee. He did not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were looking for a chance to put him to death.
2
But the feast of the Jews, the feast of tents, was near.
10
But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he went up, not publicly, but in secret.
25
Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired?
26
And here he is talking openly and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that the rulers have knowledge that this is truly the Christ?
27
However, it is clear to us where this man comes from: but when the Christ comes no one will have knowledge where he comes from.
28
Then, when he was teaching in the Temple, Jesus said with a loud voice, You have knowledge of me and you have knowledge of where I come from; and I have not come of myself; but there is One who has sent me; he is true, but you have no knowledge of him.
29
I have knowledge of him because I came from him and he sent me.
30
Then they had a desire to take him: but no man put hands on him because his hour was still to come.
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☆ Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22 **
1a
For, not thinking rightly, they said among themselves:*
"Brief and troubled is our lifetime;
12
Let us lie in wait for the righteous one, because he is annoying to us;he opposes our actions,
Reproaches us for transgressions of the law
and charges us with violations of our training.
13
He professes to have knowledge of God
and styles himself a child of the LORD.h
14
To us he is the censure of our thoughts;
merely to see him is a hardship for us,
15
Because his life is not like that of others,
and different are his ways.
16
He judges us debased;
he holds aloof from our paths as from things impure.
He calls blest the destiny of the righteous
and boasts that God is his Father.
17
Let us see whether his words be true;
let us find out what will happen to him in the end.
18
For if the righteous one is the son of God, God will help him
and deliver him from the hand of his foes.
19
With violence and torture let us put him to the test
that we may have proof of his gentleness
and try his patience.
20
Let us condemn him to a shameful death;
for according to his own words, God will take care of him."
21
These were their thoughts, but they erred;
for their wickedness blinded them,
22
And they did not know the hidden counsels of God;
neither did they count on a recompense for holiness
nor discern the innocent souls' reward.
** Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/Wisdom/2?1
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