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Title: "Rend Your Hearts, Not Your Garments" | Daily Gospel Reflection | Wednesday, February 18, 2026
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Join us for the Daily Mass Readings for Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026, marking the beginning of the Holy Season of Lent.
In today's Gospel (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18), Jesus instructs us on the three pillars of Lenten observance: Almsgiving, Prayer, and Fasting. He warns against practicing our faith to be "seen by others" and calls us to the "secret place" where our Heavenly Father sees and rewards us. The First Reading from Joel (2:12-18) echoes this call with the powerful plea: "Rend your hearts, not your garments."

As we receive the ashes today, let us remember our mortality and turn back to God with our whole hearts.

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📌 TODAY'S MASS READINGS:
📅 Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2026
💜 Season: ASH WEDNESDAY (Start of Lent)
📖 First Reading: Joel 2:12-18 ("Return to me with your whole heart.")
🎵 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14 and 17 ("Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.")
📖 Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:20—6:2 ("Be reconciled to God.")
✝️ Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 (Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving in Secret)

🙏 PRAYER INTENTION:
Lord, as I enter this season of Lent, grant me the grace to strip away my pride and hypocrisy. Help me to fast from sin, give generously to the poor, and pray to You in the silence of my heart. Remember that I am dust, and to dust I shall return, but in Your mercy, raise me up to new life.

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