Rend your hearts, not your garments and return to the Lord, our God. For the gracious and merviful is he, slow to anger, rich in kindness and relenting in punishment. (Jl 2: 13)
Đừng xé áo, nhưng hãy xé lòng. Hãy trở về cùng Đức Chúa là Thiên Chúa của anh em, bởi vì Người từ bi và nhân hậu, chậm giận và giàu tình thương, Người hối tiếc vì đã giáng họa.” (Ge 2, 13)

“One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mounth of God.” (Mt 4: 4)
“Người ta sống không chỉ nhờ cơm bánh, nhưng còn nhờ mọi lời miệng Thiên Chúa phán ra.” (Mt 4, 4)

“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst;” (Jn 4: 13-14)
“Ai uống nước này sẽ lại khát. Còn ai uống nước tôi cho, sẽ không bao giờ khát nữa.” (Ga 4, 13-14)

And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, (Jn: 1, 14)
Ngôi Lời đã trở nên người phàm và cư ngụ giữa chúng ta. (Ga 1, 14)

“I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father”. (Jn 15: 15)
“Thầy không còn gọi anh em là tôi tớ nữa, vì tôi tớ không biết việc chủ làm. Nhưng Thầy gọi anh em là bạn hữu, vì tất cả những gì Thầy nghe được nơi Cha Thầy, Thầy đã cho anh em biết. (Ga 15, 15)

Bob Hurd has served as a teacher, composer and liturgist in various pastoral and academic settings, including Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, the Franciscan School of Theology, Berkeley, and St. Patrick’s Seminary, Menlo Park California. He currently teaches in the Graduate Pastoral Ministries Program of Santa Clara University.

His widely used liturgical music is published by OCP and is featured in numerous hymnals in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Australia. In 2005 he received the Good and Faithful Servant award of the Southwest Liturgical Conference and in 2010 he received NPM’s Pastoral Musician of the Year award.

Bob’s articles have appeared in: Worship, Liturgy, Celebration, Liturgical Ministry, Today’s Liturgy, Catechumenate, and Pastoral Music. He has been a contributor to several books, including That They Might Have Life: Power, Empowerment and Leadership in the Church (Crossroads, 1991), The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality (Liturgical Press, 1993), and The Song of the Assembly (Pastoral Press, 2007).

Bob lives in Claremont, California with his wife, Pia Moriarty, who has collaborated with him on much of his bilingual music.

Day: Season of Lent, Ash Wednesday
Ritual: Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, Mystagogia
Scripture: Joel, 2
Topical: Comfort, Commissioning, Discipleship, Eternal Life / Heaven, Love for Others, Meditation, Ministry / Mission, Peace, Petition / Prayer, Retreats