{"id":113,"date":"2025-03-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/?p=113"},"modified":"2025-04-01T22:21:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T02:21:17","slug":"the-cross-and-humility-cleanse-your-heart-daily-readings-march-18-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/?p=113","title":{"rendered":"The Cross and Humility: Cleanse Your Heart | Daily Readings | March 18, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lent is deepening, and March 18, 2025\u2014Tuesday of the Second Week\u2014stirs the soul: repentance, truth, and humility. These readings call us near\u2014cleansing, honesty, service. Ready to turn? Here\u2019s the grace: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First Reading (Isaiah 1:10, 16-20): Wash clean\u2014God\u2019s mercy awaits obedience. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Psalm (Psalm 50): \u201cTo the upright I will show\u201d\u2014praise over pretense. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gospel (Matthew 23:1-12): Jesus lifts the humble\u2014serve, don\u2019t strut. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our short reflection stirs it up\u2014Lent is your time to bow low. Whether you\u2019re stained or proud, this one\u2019s your call. Watch now, and let\u2019s grow 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 Humility: Cleanse Your Heart | Daily Readings | March 18, 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/16By8no-DM0?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 is deepening, and March 18, 2025\u2014Tuesday of the Second Week\u2014stirs the soul: repentance, truth, and humility. These readings call us near\u2014cleansing, honesty, service. Ready to turn? Here\u2019s the grace: Our short reflection stirs it up\u2014Lent is your time to bow low. Whether you\u2019re stained or proud, this one\u2019s your call. Watch now, and let\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113","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\/113","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=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions\/115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}