March 6, 2026
Friday of the Second Week of Lent
Gospel: Mt 21:33-43, 45-56
Despising Worldly Things, Yearning for the Heavenly Homeland

Today is Friday of the Second Week of Lent. Through the Gospel of Saint Matthew, Jesus tells us a parable of a landowner and his tenants.
In life, we often resemble those tenants, attaching great importance to all we currently possess. The root cause lies in sin itself. Because of sin, we frequently fall into various anxieties, so we strive to hold on to everything we have now—for in our eyes, the more we hoard, the safer we feel. Yet we forget: all we possess today, even ourselves, were created by God in His image. At the beginning of creation, God made man in His likeness, to have dominion over all things on earth.
Our faith life is no different. When we are deeply ensnared by the temptations of the devil and its messengers, we harden our hearts like those tenants, refusing to accept the shepherds sent by the Lord to proclaim the Gospel of the Kingdom to us, and all the words that proceed from their mouths by God (Mt 21:34-39). All kinds of evil thoughts arising from our hearts gradually distance us from God; evil thoughts born from within lead us to commit such vices as murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, and slander (Mt 15:19-20). The result of all these evil thoughts is eternal perdition.
Lent is a time that urges us to find ourselves anew, renew ourselves, re-receive the teachings of the Savior, rediscover the unique vocation God has given us, set out again, and live the spirit of the Gospel in daily life. This spirit of the Gospel is no longer the one taught by the Pharisees or the Sadducees, but the one personally taught by the merciful Lord Jesus Christ. This Gospel is love—love conquers sin, love restores us to once again possess the freedom of being children of God. Love enables us to always centre our daily lives on the Word of God and in all places, makes us more like God, and allows those who live with us day and night to see the true face of God through our complete transformation. In this way, we build the Kingdom of God in this changing world.

Grant, we pray, almighty God, that, purifying us by the sacred practice of penance, you may lead us in sincerity of heart to attain the holy things to come. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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