{"id":95,"date":"2025-03-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/?p=95"},"modified":"2025-04-02T02:04:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T02:04:25","slug":"the-cross-and-repentance-heed-the-call-daily-readings-march-12-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/?p=95","title":{"rendered":"The Cross and Repentance: Heed the Call | Daily Readings | March 12, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lent\u2019s ramping up, and March 12, 2025\u2014Wednesday of the First Week\u2014drops a warning you can\u2019t ignore. These readings call it straight: repent, break, listen. Ready to turn? Here\u2019s the fire: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Reading (Jonah 3:1-10): Nineveh repents, God relents\u2014mercy\u2019s on the table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Psalm (Psalm 51): \u201cA heart contrite and humbled\u201d\u2014God wants your real mess. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gospel (Luke 11:29-32): Jesus is the sign\u2014don\u2019t miss Him like they did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our short reflection cuts deep\u2014Lent\u2019s your \u201cforty days\u201d to shift gears. Whether you\u2019re stalled or sprinting, this one\u2019s your wake-up. Watch now, and let\u2019s turn it around 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 Repentance: Heed the Call | Daily Readings | March 12, 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u5FgjPvfiGE?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 ramping up, and March 12, 2025\u2014Wednesday of the First Week\u2014drops a warning you can\u2019t ignore. These readings call it straight: repent, break, listen. Ready to turn? Here\u2019s the fire: First Reading (Jonah 3:1-10): Nineveh repents, God relents\u2014mercy\u2019s on the table. Psalm (Psalm 51): \u201cA heart contrite and humbled\u201d\u2014God wants your real mess. Gospel (Luke [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95","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\/95","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=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions\/97"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}