March 27 - Friday of the 5th Week of Lent
(Jer.20:10-13; Ps.18:2-7; Jn.10:31-42) "He has rescued the life of the poor from the power of the wicked." As Jeremiah's persecutors surround him on every side but are "put to utter shame" when he calls out to the Lord, so as the Jews "again tried to arrest Him," Jesus again "eluded their grasp." And so when "the breakers of death surged around [us], the destroying floods overwhelmed [us]..." so when our sins seemed to have conquered our souls, the Lord came to save us. Evil is all around. Always there is "terror on every side!" and those who would shout, "Denounce! Let us denounce him!"…
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