{"id":104,"date":"2025-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/?p=104"},"modified":"2025-04-01T22:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T02:15:12","slug":"the-cross-and-love-law-and-perfection-daily-readings-march-15-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/?p=104","title":{"rendered":"The Cross and Love: Law and Perfection | Daily Readings | March 15, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lent\u2019s climbing higher, and March 15, 2025\u2014Saturday of the First Week\u2014sets the bar: law and love, all-in. These readings push hard-covenant, devotion, radical love. Ready to stretch? Here\u2019s the rise: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Reading (Deuteronomy 26:16-19): God chooses you\u2014keep His law, rise holy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Psalm (Psalm 119): \u201cBlessed are they who follow\u201d\u2014seek Him, live it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gospel (Matthew 5:43-48): Jesus says love your enemies\u2014be perfect like God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our short reflection pulls no punches\u2014Lent\u2019s your call to climb with love. Whether you\u2019re steady or stumbling, this one\u2019s your lift. Watch now, and let\u2019s reach 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 Love: Law and Perfection | Daily Readings | March 15, 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wiX0UcpQUOg?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 climbing higher, and March 15, 2025\u2014Saturday of the First Week\u2014sets the bar: law and love, all-in. These readings push hard-covenant, devotion, radical love. Ready to stretch? Here\u2019s the rise: First Reading (Deuteronomy 26:16-19): God chooses you\u2014keep His law, rise holy. Psalm (Psalm 119): \u201cBlessed are they who follow\u201d\u2014seek Him, live it. Gospel (Matthew 5:43-48): [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104","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\/104","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=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions\/106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}