Today’s homily: Wednesday II in Lent (2026)

On this Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent, the Church places upon our lips the urgent plea of the Introit: “Forsake me not, O Lord.” At the Roman stations of St George in the Velabrum and St Cecilia in Trastevere, we contemplate courage and surrender—dragon-slaying fortitude and silent martyrdom. The Epistle from Esther reveals God’s hidden providence in the face of annihilation, while the Gospel draws us into Christ’s deliberate ascent to Jerusalem and His piercing question: “Can you drink the chalice?” Lent is thus unveiled as an ascent with Christ toward Calvary—fasting not merely from food but from pride, ambition, and self-will—so that, purified through sacrifice, we may behold the face of the Just One. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/03/04/todays-mass-march-04-second-wednesday-of-lent/