{"id":83,"date":"2025-03-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/?p=83"},"modified":"2025-04-01T19:20:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T19:20:53","slug":"the-cross-and-mercy-healing-through-fasting-daily-readings-march-8-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/?p=83","title":{"rendered":"The Cross and Mercy: Healing Through Fasting | Daily Readings | March 8, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lent\u2019s kicking into gear, and March 8, 2025\u2014Saturday after Ash Wednesday\u2014is raw and real. Today\u2019s readings grab you by the soul and won\u2019t let go: mercy, healing, and a call that cuts through the noise. Ready to dive in? Here\u2019s the heat: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Reading (Isaiah 58:9b-14): Break chains, feed the hungry, and God turns your dark into daylight\u2014fasting that actually matters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Psalm (Psalm 86): \u201cTeach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth\u201d\u2014a cry for guidance from the broken. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gospel (Luke 5:27-32): Jesus calls a sinner to feast with Him, because the sick need a Savior, not a scolding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our short reflection rips the mask off\u2014mercy\u2019s messy, fasting\u2019s fierce, and the cross is our cure. Whether you\u2019re stumbling through Lent or all in, this one\u2019s for you. Hit play, and let\u2019s get real 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 Mercy: Healing Through Fasting | Daily Readings | March 8, 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H-JfErCheA0?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 kicking into gear, and March 8, 2025\u2014Saturday after Ash Wednesday\u2014is raw and real. Today\u2019s readings grab you by the soul and won\u2019t let go: mercy, healing, and a call that cuts through the noise. Ready to dive in? Here\u2019s the heat: First Reading (Isaiah 58:9b-14): Break chains, feed the hungry, and God turns your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","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\/83","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=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions\/85"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}