Today's readings are here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022512.cfm
Jesus said, "I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."
The reason why the second Person of the Trinity became man was to call sinners, that is, us who have committed the sins in the first reading: oppression, false accusation, malicious speech, lack of concern for the poor and hungry, treating Sunday, the Lord's Day, like every other day (which shows that God is not first place in our hearts).
Lent is about, first, recognizing the love of Christ for us in his call, and, second, repenting so that we can stop doing the things in the first reading and start doing their opposite: using any power we may have for the good of others; getting all the facts so that, if we have to accuse someone of something, our accusation is true; using our tongue to say kind and loving things about others; caring for the poor and hungry and doing what we can to alleviate their suffering; treating Sunday as a day of worship and rest because God, not work, is first place in our hearts.
Lent is about the rebirth of our commitment to God, both in our hearts and in our actions. May God open our eyes to see his unconditional love for us in Christ's call to sinners, so we can repent in our hearts and show our repentance by a change in the things we do.
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