{"id":4313,"date":"2018-02-21T01:35:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T06:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=4313"},"modified":"2018-02-18T22:36:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T03:36:48","slug":"mass-readings-february-21th-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/mass-readings-february-21th-2018","title":{"rendered":"Mass Readings for February 21th, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #993300;\">First Reading &#8211;\u00a0Is 55<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\">Thus says the LORD:<br \/>\nJust as from the heavens<br \/>\nthe rain and snow come down<br \/>\nAnd do not return there<br \/>\ntill they have watered the earth,<br \/>\nmaking it fertile and fruitful,<br \/>\nGiving seed to the one who sows<br \/>\nand bread to the one who eats,<br \/>\nSo shall my word be<br \/>\nthat goes forth from my mouth;<br \/>\nIt shall not return to me void,<br \/>\nbut shall do my will,<br \/>\nachieving the end for which I sent it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #993300;\">Gospel &#8211;\u00a0Luke 11<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\">While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them,<br \/>\n\u201cThis generation is an evil generation;<br \/>\nit seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it,<br \/>\nexcept the sign of Jonah.<br \/>\nJust as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites,<br \/>\nso will the Son of Man be to this generation.<br \/>\nAt the judgment<br \/>\nthe queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation<br \/>\nand she will condemn them,<br \/>\nbecause she came from the ends of the earth<br \/>\nto hear the wisdom of Solomon,<br \/>\nand there is something greater than Solomon here.<br \/>\nAt the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation<br \/>\nand condemn it,<br \/>\nbecause at the preaching of Jonah they repented,<br \/>\nand there is something greater than Jonah here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #993300;\">This is the\u00a0Word of the Lord.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Reading &#8211;\u00a0Is 55 Thus says the LORD: Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down And do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, Giving seed to the one who sows and bread to the one who eats, So shall my word be that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":3519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[340],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-scripture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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