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Podcast: Lectio Div Catholic Gospel
Episode: "O God, be merciful to me a sinner." | Saturday of the Third Week of Lent
Description: A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke
“But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’”
Jesus tells the parable about those convinced of their own righteousness. He compares the prayers in the temple of two people: a Pharisee and a tax collector. The Pharisee took a position in the temple and spoke a prayer to himself: “O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity—g...