{"id":74,"date":"2025-03-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/?p=74"},"modified":"2025-04-01T19:16:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T19:16:58","slug":"pick-up-your-cross-daily-readings-march-6-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/?p=74","title":{"rendered":"Pick Up Your Cross | Daily Readings | March 6, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ready to dive deeper into Lent? Join us on March 6, 2025\u2014Thursday after Ash Wednesday\u2014for a soul-stirring journey through today\u2019s readings that demand a choice: life or death, the cross or comfort. Here\u2019s what\u2019s waiting for you: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Reading (Deuteronomy 30:15-20): Moses throws down the gauntlet\u2014choose God\u2019s path and live, or chase emptiness and fade away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Psalm (Psalm 1): \u201cBlessed are they who hope in the Lord\u201d\u2014a vivid promise of roots that run deep and fruit that lasts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gospel (Luke 9:22-25): Jesus calls us to pick up our cross daily\u2014lose your life to find it, because He\u2019s leading the way to resurrection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our 3-5 minute reflection isn\u2019t just talk\u2014it\u2019s a raw, real wrestle with what it means to carry your cross every single day. Whether you\u2019re fired up for Lent or barely hanging on, this is your moment to lean in, find hope, and follow Christ like never before. Hit play, and let\u2019s walk this road 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=\"Pick Up Your Cross | Daily Readings | March 6, 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PMAWAGkWsuE?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>Ready to dive deeper into Lent? Join us on March 6, 2025\u2014Thursday after Ash Wednesday\u2014for a soul-stirring journey through today\u2019s readings that demand a choice: life or death, the cross or comfort. Here\u2019s what\u2019s waiting for you: First Reading (Deuteronomy 30:15-20): Moses throws down the gauntlet\u2014choose God\u2019s path and live, or chase emptiness and fade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74","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\/74","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=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions\/76"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}