Second Sunday of Lent

"Lost Home on Perelli Drive #11" by James W. Bailey

Evil Digital Photography

Perelli Drive - An East New Orleans Lenten Season Memorial Art Project

Readings for Mass

First Reading: Genesis 22:1-2, 9, 10-13, 15-18

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 116:10, 15, 16-17, 18-19

Second Reading: Romans 8:31-34

Gospel: Mark 9:2-10

From Ash Wednesday by James W. Bailey

Lying to yourself is the truth of all lies...To convince yourself of your dishonesty...requires believing the most obscene of truths...The most obscene truth...is to believe how honest you are...despite every lie you tell yourself...that you refuse to believe.