Daily Homily, February 24, 2026
Fr. Larry Richards of The Reason For Our Hope Foundation Podcast
Father Larry Richards
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🗓️ 24 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | The first reading is a reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. |
| 0:06.0 | Thus says the Lord, just as from the heavens the rain, snow come down, and do not return there till they are watered the earth, |
| 0:15.0 | making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to the one who sows and bread to the one who eats. |
| 0:24.4 | So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth. |
| 0:29.2 | It shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, |
| 0:32.2 | achieving the end for which I send it. |
| 0:35.2 | The word of the Lord, thanks be to God. |
| 0:41.1 | From all their distress, God rescues the just. From all their distress, God rescues the just. Glorify the Lord with me. Let us together extol his name. I sought the Lord and he answered me and |
| 0:47.3 | delivered me from all my fears. From all their distress, God rescues the just. Look to him that you may be radiant with joy and your |
| 0:56.9 | faces may not blush with shame. For the poor one called out, the Lord heard and from his distress |
| 1:02.7 | he saved him. From all their distress, God rescues the just. The Lord has eyes for the just, |
| 1:09.7 | the ears for their cry, the Lord confronts the |
| 1:12.6 | evildoers to destroy remembrance of them from the earth. From all their distress, God |
| 1:17.9 | rescues the just. When the just cry out, the Lord hears them, and from all their distress, |
| 1:23.5 | he rescues them. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted, and those who are crushed in spirit he saves. |
| 1:31.0 | From all their distress, God rescues the just. My brothers and sisters, may our Lord be with you, |
| 1:37.6 | and with your spirit, a reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. Glory to you, |
| 1:48.2 | O Lord. Jesus said to his disciples, |
| 1:55.8 | in praying, do not babble on like the pagans who think they will be heard because of their many words. |
| 2:03.8 | Do not be like them. Your father knows what you need before you ask him. This is how you are to pray. |
| 2:14.0 | Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those |
| 2:21.9 | who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. If you forgive men |
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