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Lent: March 20th
Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Solemnity of St. Joseph is usually celebrated on March 19, but has been transferred to March 20 since the liturgy of the... More
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Lent: March 19th
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Today is the halfway mark of the Sundays of Lent. This Sunday is known as Laetare Sunday for the first word of the Introit or Entrance Antiphon laetare (rejoice); it is a Sunday of joy. The celebrant... More
Lent: March 18th
Saturday of the Third Week of Lent; Optional Memorial of St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Confessor and Doctor
The gifts received by us from God are derived not from ourselves but from the Holy Spirit, and are to be used, in a spirit of humility, in the service of the Church and of our brothers. The parable of the Pharisee and the... More
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Lent: March 17th
Friday of the Third Week of Lent; Optional Memorial of St. Patrick, Bishop and Confessor (Solemnity Australia, Ireland, Feast New Zealand, Scotland, Wales)
This day is not all about leprechauns, shamrocks and green beer. This is a day to honor and pray to St. Patrick (b. between 387-390 and died between 461-464). He was an influential saint who, 1,500 years ago, brought... More
Lent: March 16th
Thursday of the Third Week of Lent
Today, the mid-point of Lent, was celebrated with somewhat joyful spirit in ancient times. This day was a breathing space in the center of Lent’s austerities. Today’s ancient Entrance Antiphon and Opening Prayer express this... More
Lent: March 15th
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent
Today we have a venerable Lenten Mass. This Mass is best understood by remembering that the ancient catechumens (or prospective converts) used to come for instructions to the first part of Lenten Masses. The catechumens heard the... More
Lent: March 14th
Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent
The point at which we most quickly become Pharisees is in refusing forgiveness. Failing often in greater or lesser ways, everyone must constantly ask forgiveness of God and men. Besides, the duty of forgiveness is binding upon all... More
Lent: March 13th
Monday of the Third Week of Lent
The Liturgy today is concerned with Baptism. Water by itself cannot cleanse leprosy; but God can use it to do so. If God can cleanse the leprosy of the body with water there is no reason why he cannot use it to wash leprosy of soul.... More
Lent: March 12th
Third Sunday of Lent
Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.... More
Lent: March 11th
Saturday of the Second Week of Lent
The Roman Martyrology today commemorates the martyred priest, St. Eulogius of Cordoba, Spain (d. 859), who was slain by the Moors. A noted scholar of Scripture, Eulogius was arrested in 850 after writing... More
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Lent: March 10th
Friday of the Second Week of Lent
Today’s first reading and Gospel draw a parallel between Joseph, sold into slavery by his brothers and Jesus, the well-beloved Son of the Father, put to death by the religious leaders of the Jews. Together with the prediction of the... More
