04 March 2021, Thursday
FIRST READING
"Cursed be the man who puts his faith in a mortal. Blessed be the man who puts his faith in the Lord ”
Reading from the book of the prophet Jeremiah (17, 5-10)
Thus says the Lord: Cursed be the man who puts his faith in a mortal, who leans on a being of flesh, while his heart turns away from the Lord. He will be like a bush on a desolate land, he will not see happiness coming. His home will be the arid places of the desert, a salty, uninhabitable land.
Blessed is the man who puts his faith in the Lord, whose trust the Lord is. He will be like a tree, planted near the waters, which grows its roots towards the current. It does not fear when the heat comes: its foliage remains green. In the year of the drought, it is without worry: it does not fail to bear fruit.
Nothing is more false than the heart of man, it is incurable. Who can know him? I, the Lord, who penetrates the hearts and scrutinizes the loins, in order to render to each one according to his conduct, according to the fruit of his deeds.
The Word of the Lord.
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