August 13 - Thursday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ez.12:1-12; Ps.78:7,56-59,61-62; Mt.18:21-19:1) "As captives they shall go into exile." "The prince who is among them shall shoulder his burden and set out in darkness, going through a hole he has dug in the wall, and covering his face lest he be seen by anyone." O the woe of the "rebellious house"! How their sins eat away at their souls like hands digging holes in a wall; how they must hide their faces from the light of day and from the Lord's glorious face. Into what hell they cast themselves with no means of escape, their burden too heavy to bear. The house of Israel "turned back and were…
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