Love Your Enemies | Catholic Daily Readings and Reflection | February 28, 2026

Join us for today's Catholic Mass Readings, featuring the daily Mass readings from the Holy Bible and a Catholic reflection. Find peace and enhance your faith with daily Scripture. Experience the presence of Jesus Christ in the Gospel and find peace in a special rendition of the Psalm created for today's liturgy from the USCCB.Catholic Daily Readings and Reflection | Saturday of the First Week of Lent | February 28, 2026Name them. The people who have hurt you. The ones who betrayed your trust, stabbed you in the back, made your life miserable. The person whose name still makes your stomach clench.Got them? Good. Now pray for them.Not against them. For them. Ask God to bless them, prosper them, bring them to repentance and salvation.This is what Jesus demands. Love your enemies. Pray for those who persecute you. Why? So that you may be children of your Father in heaven. God makes his sun rise on the evil and the good. He sends rain on the just and unjust. If you want to be God's child, you have to act like your Father.Then comes the terrifying standard: Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.You cannot do it. That is the point.📖 ReadingsFirst Reading: Deuteronomy 26:16-19Responsorial: Psalm 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8Gospel: Matthew 5: 43-48⏱️ Timeline00:00 Introduction00:15 Reading I - Deuteronomy 26:16-1901:03 Psalm Response - Psalm 11904:54 Gospel - Matthew 5: 43-4805:41 Reflection - Love Your Enemies🎧 Prefer to listen on the go? The Christus Dominus Daily Bread podcast is now available: Video Podcast: Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/7H4YZ5ZIq4rVVF3670Av3t YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTPJP7WEcCSTIO2N4N_AoIsxmzIYRYiSt Audio Podcast: Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/christus-dominus-daily-bread/id1826298886#CatholicDailyReadings #Lent2026 #LoveYourEnemies #SermonOnTheMount #BePerfect #PrayForPersecutors #SaturdayReflection #FirstWeekOfLent