Kyrie
Day 19 Sunday, March 8, 2026
Mass Moment
- In the Kyrie: “Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.”
- In the Gloria: “You take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.”
- In the Agnus Dei: “Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.”
We have shared many reflections, to date, about God’s mercy. We have reflected on Christ’s hands wounded by Love (Pope Francis), about how nobody is unwelcome at Christ’s table (Luke 5:29-30), about how God doesn’t forgive with a decree but with a caress (Pope Francis), about how Lent reminds us of God’s unconditional love (Bishop Ricken), about how we are all learning to be human.
Lent is a time to remind ourselves of God’s boundless mercy.
The truth is, the liturgy of the Mass tries to remind us every week of the year. Yet sometimes these words can feel so habitual that they risk getting lost in everything else going on at Church. Today, let us lean into these words. Let us hear once again this consistent reminder of God’s limitless yearning to forgive, and let us feel more deeply his mercy.