February 20 - Friday after Ash Wednesday
(Is.58:1-9; Ps.51:3-6,18-19; Mt.9:14-15) "Would that today you might fast so as to make your voice heard on high!" Brothers and sisters, in this day of fasting and penance, first we must "acknowledge [our] offense" as David in our psalm. We must cry out to our God: "Against you only have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight." This is our leaven of truth. "A contrite spirit, a heart contrite and humbled" the Lord cannot resist. It is this heart the Lord answers; it is prayer of this soul He hears – to this "cry for help… He will say: Here I am!" "When the day comes that the groom is…
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