March 9, 2023. Gospel Luke 16:19-31. Thursday of the second week of Lent.

Luke 16:19-31 “16:19. There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and feasted sumptuously every day. 16:20. And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores, 16:21. Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. And no one did give him: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 16:22. And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell. Abraham's bosom. . .The place of rest, where the souls of the saints resided, till Christ had opened heaven by his death. 16:23. And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom: 16:24. And he cried and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame. 16:25. And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things “in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted and thou art tormented. 16:26. And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you cannot, nor from thence come hither. 16:27. And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren, 16:28. That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments. 16:29. And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them. 16:30. But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance. 16:31. And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.” Excerpt From The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-bible-douay-rheims-complete/id955129088 This material may be protected by copyright.