Thursday – 5th Week in Ordinary Time – A
In today's readings, we see how the Lord is patient with us when it takes us a while to trust in his mercy. But he also tries to bring the best out of us. In today's first reading from the Book of Kings, we see Solomon's steady decline into idolatry. We are told that "when Solomon was old, his wives had turned his heart to strange gods, and his heart was not entirely with the Lord his God, as the heart of his father David had been" (1 Kings 11:4).