{"id":65,"date":"2025-03-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/?p=65"},"modified":"2025-04-01T19:10:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T19:10:46","slug":"ash-wednesday-return-to-me-lent-begins-daily-readings-march-5-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/?p=65","title":{"rendered":"Ash Wednesday | Return to Me | Lent Begins | Daily Readings | March 5, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Step into Lent with us on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Today\u2019s readings call us to repentance, mercy, and a deeper walk with God: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Reading (Joel 2:12-18): Rend your hearts and return to God\u2019s mercy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Psalm (Psalm 51): \u201cBe merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second Reading (2 Corinthians 5:20\u20146:2): Now is the time for reconciliation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gospel (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18): Live your faith humbly, for God alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for a 3-5 minute reflection that\u2019s raw, real, and rooted in today\u2019s call to begin Lent with purpose. Whether you\u2019re new to the faith or a lifelong Catholic, this is your invitation to start fresh.<\/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=\"Ash Wednesday | Return to Me | Lent Begins | Daily Readings | March 5, 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q0fiI4UzcRs?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>Step into Lent with us on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Today\u2019s readings call us to repentance, mercy, and a deeper walk with God: First Reading (Joel 2:12-18): Rend your hearts and return to God\u2019s mercy. Psalm (Psalm 51): \u201cBe merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.\u201d Second Reading (2 Corinthians 5:20\u20146:2): Now is the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65","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\/65","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=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions\/67"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}