{"id":101,"date":"2025-03-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/?p=101"},"modified":"2025-04-01T22:12:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T02:12:26","slug":"the-cross-and-mercy-turn-and-reconcile-daily-readings-march-14-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/?p=101","title":{"rendered":"The Cross and Mercy: Turn and Reconcile | Daily Readings | March 14, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lent\u2019s pressing on, and March 14, 2025\u2014Friday of the First Week\u2014cuts like a blade: mercy\u2019s yours, but you\u2019ve got to turn. These readings burn bright\u2014repentance, forgiveness, reconciliation. Ready to shift? Here\u2019s the heat: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Reading (Ezekiel 18:21-28): God offers life if you turn\u2014He wants you back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Psalm (Psalm 130): \u201cIf you, O Lord, mark iniquities\u201d\u2014mercy\u2019s your dawn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gospel (Matthew 5:20-26): Jesus says fix the anger, heal the breach\u2014now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our short reflection digs in\u2014Lent\u2019s your crossroads to choose mercy. Whether you\u2019re stuck or stepping up, this one\u2019s your spark. Watch now, and let\u2019s turn it around together!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"The Cross and Mercy: Turn and Reconcile | Daily Readings | March 14, 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hWMELpHJ2pc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lent\u2019s pressing on, and March 14, 2025\u2014Friday of the First Week\u2014cuts like a blade: mercy\u2019s yours, but you\u2019ve got to turn. These readings burn bright\u2014repentance, forgiveness, reconciliation. Ready to shift? Here\u2019s the heat: First Reading (Ezekiel 18:21-28): God offers life if you turn\u2014He wants you back. Psalm (Psalm 130): \u201cIf you, O Lord, mark iniquities\u201d\u2014mercy\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christus-dominus-bread-of-life","category-daily-readings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}