Lent: April 4th

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MASS READINGS

April 04, 2020 (Readings on USCCB website)

COLLECT PRAYER

O God, who have made all those reborn in Christ a chosen race and a royal priesthood, grant us, we pray, the grace to will and to do what you command, that the people called to eternal life may be one in the faith of their hearts and the homage of their deeds. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

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Graciously hear the prayers, O Lord, which we make in commemoration of Saint Isidore, that your Church may be aided by his intercession, just as she has been instructed by his heavenly teaching. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

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Recipes (2)

• Paella I
• Paella II

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Activities (3)

• How Sanctity Does Not Come Easily
• Religion in the Home for Elementary School: April
• Religion in the Home for Preschool: April

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Prayers (3)

• Prayer for the Fifth Week of Lent
• Lent Table Blessing 1
• April Devotion: The Blessed Sacrament

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Library (9)

• Church and Internet | Pontifical Council for Social Communications
• Deus ex Machina: How to Think About Technology | Archbishop Charles J. Chaput O.F.M. Cap.
• Ethics in Internet | Pontifical Council for Social Communications
• Saint Isidore of Seville | Pope Benedict XVI
• Spread Christian Values Through the Media | Pope Saint John Paul II
• Statement on the Information Highway by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops | Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
• The Age of Patrology | Sal Ciresi
• The Doctors of the Church | Fr. Stephen McKenna
• Using the Internet in Religious Instruction | Ronald M. Vierling

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Blog & Podcasts (3)

• 55—Isidore of Seville: Last of the Red-Hot Latin Fathers
• Introducing the Church Fathers
• Links on Christian culture

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St. Isidore, who succeeded his brother St. Leander as Archbishop of Seville, was one of the great bishops of the seventh century. He was proficient in all brances of knowledge and was regarded as one of the most learned men of his time; with Cassiodorus and Boethius he was one of the thinkers whose writings were most studied in the Middle Ages, St. Isidore died in 636. Pope Innocent XIII canonized him in 1722 and proclaimed him a Doctor of the Church.

Stational Church

St. Isidore of Seville
Isidore, archbishop of Seville and brother of the saintly Bishop Leander, ranks as the most outstanding person in the Church of Spain during the seventh century. Because of the singular holiness of his life, he was idolized by the people. Wherever he appeared, throngs gathered about him. "Some came to see the miracles that he performed in the name of the Lord. The sick came to be freed from their sufferings, for the power of God emanated from him and he would heal them all" (Bollandists: April 1, 340).

He is regarded as the great restorer of the Spanish Church after the Visigoths returned to the Catholic faith. He also contributed greatly to the development of Spain's liturgy. He presided over the fourth provincial council of Toledo (633), the most important in Spanish history. Rich in merit, he died in 636 after ruling his see 40 years. St. Gregory the Great was one of his personal friends.

—Excerpted from , Pius Parsch.

Patron: Computer technicians; computer users; computers; the Internet; schoolchildren; students.

Symbols: Bees; bishop holding a pen while surrounded by a swarm of bees; bishop standing near a beehive; old bishop with a prince at his feet; pen; priest or bishop with pen and book; with Saint Leander, Saint Fulgentius, and Saint Florentina; with his Etymologia.

Things to Do:

• Read more about St. Isidore in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

• For those who speak or read Latin and are fascinated by words you might take a look at The Etymologies.

• From the Catholic Culture library you may also want to read what Pope Benedict XVI has to say about St. Isidore.