Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent

"Lost Home on Perelli Drive #14" by James W. Bailey

Evil Digital Photography

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

Readings for Mass

First Reading: Jeremiah 18:18-20

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 31:5-6, 14, 15-16

Gospel: Matthew 20:17-28

From Ash Wednesday by James W. Bailey

A poem...Point of word breaks down the fabricated barrier...steals the reclusive emotion...marshals the counteractive force...Point of word demolishes the pseudo‑scientific variable...rips the woven fabric...challenges the supreme notion...Point of word is spoken before it is pronounced...pronounced before it is learned...learned before it is understood.