Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent

"Lost Home on Perelli Drive #35" by James W. Bailey

Evil Digital Photography

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

Readings for Mass

First Reading: Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92, 95

Responsorial Psalm: Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56

Gospel: John 8:31-42

Saint Vincent Ferrer, priest - Commemoration

From Ash Wednesday by James W. Bailey

Hoping against all odds...you become the loaded dice of your life's gamble...Knowing that the odds are always in favor of the house...you still pray that you'll come up a loser...in spite of your substantial advantage...But when your personal dice hit the craps table...they come up snake eyes every time...Hoping to win despite the odds...even when they are in your favor...becomes your thrill of losing...Only when you have lost everything...do you have a chance of winning anything.