{"id":146,"date":"2025-03-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/?p=146"},"modified":"2025-04-01T22:45:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T02:45:25","slug":"mercy-lifts-us-a-prayer-that-justifies-daily-readings-march-29-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"Mercy Lifts Us: A Prayer That Justifies | Daily Readings | March 29, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lent is raw, and March 29, 2025\u2014Saturday of the Third Week\u2014pulls you close: a return, a plea, a humbling truth. These readings weave a climb\u2014repentance, mercy, grace. Ready to bow? Here\u2019s the beat: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First Reading (Hosea 6:1-6): Israel turns\u2014God seeks mercy. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Psalm (Psalm 51): \u201cMercy I desire\u201d\u2014a heart\u2019s enough. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gospel (Luke 18:9-14): Jesus lifts the lowly\u2014pride falls. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our story unfolds\u2014Lent is your time to kneel and rise. Proud or broken, this one\u2019s your pulse. Watch now, and let\u2019s lift 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=\"Mercy Lifts Us: A Prayer That Justifies | Daily Readings | March 29, 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SfsWYYgKw-M?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 raw, and March 29, 2025\u2014Saturday of the Third Week\u2014pulls you close: a return, a plea, a humbling truth. These readings weave a climb\u2014repentance, mercy, grace. Ready to bow? Here\u2019s the beat: Our story unfolds\u2014Lent is your time to kneel and rise. Proud or broken, this one\u2019s your pulse. Watch now, and let\u2019s lift [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146","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\/146","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=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions\/148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}