{"id":4344,"date":"2018-02-26T00:31:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T05:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=4344"},"modified":"2018-02-23T17:32:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T22:32:41","slug":"mass-readings-february-26th-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/mass-readings-february-26th-2018","title":{"rendered":"Mass Readings for February 26th, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #993300;\">First Reading &#8211;\u00a0Dn 9<\/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;\">&#8220;Lord, great and awesome God,<br \/>\nyou who keep your merciful covenant toward those who love you<br \/>\nand observe your commandments!<br \/>\nWe have sinned, been wicked and done evil;<br \/>\nwe have rebelled and departed from your commandments and your laws.<br \/>\nWe have not obeyed your servants the prophets,<br \/>\nwho spoke in your name to our kings, our princes,<br \/>\nour fathers, and all the people of the land.<br \/>\nJustice, O Lord, is on your side;<br \/>\nwe are shamefaced even to this day:<br \/>\nwe, the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem,<br \/>\nand all Israel, near and far,<br \/>\nin all the countries to which you have scattered them<br \/>\nbecause of their treachery toward you.<br \/>\nO LORD, we are shamefaced, like our kings, our princes, and our fathers,<br \/>\nfor having sinned against you.<br \/>\nBut yours, O Lord, our God, are compassion and forgiveness!<br \/>\nYet we rebelled against you<br \/>\nand paid no heed to your command, O LORD, our God,<br \/>\nto live by the law you gave us through your servants the prophets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #993300;\">Gospel -Lk 6<\/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;\">Jesus said to his disciples:<br \/>\n&#8220;Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stop judging and you will not be judged.<br \/>\nStop condemning and you will not be condemned.<br \/>\nForgive and you will be forgiven.<br \/>\nGive and gifts will be given to you;<br \/>\na good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing,<br \/>\nwill be poured into your lap.<br \/>\nFor the measure with which you measure<br \/>\nwill in return be measured out to you.&#8221;<\/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;\u00a0Dn 9 &#8220;Lord, great and awesome God, you who keep your merciful covenant toward those who love you and observe your commandments! 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