Saturday of the Third Week of Lent, Kevin MacDonald, C.Ss.R.
We are in for a treat today with today’s Mass readings. The prophet Hosea’s creative use of poetic language captures our imaginations while Jesus’ evocative example in the Gospel underlines a central tenet for our Christian journey. Hosea is more than just one of the twelve minor prophets of the Christian Old Testament. According to the traditional order of most Hebrew Bibles, Hosea is the first of the Twelve. He is most known for denouncing idolatry. By most accounts, Hosea is writing after the fall of the Northern Kingdom (722 B.C.), when Assyria is the greatest nation of the time. The…
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