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During the next two weeks the Gospel for each Lenten weekday Mass is from St. John. We shall read, day after day, about the growing hostility against Jesus that climaxed in the horror of Good Friday. The tragedy begins today on a happy note—a continuation of yesterday’s Laetare Sunday spirit. —The Vatican II…
Lent: March 31st
Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent
During the next two weeks the Gospel for each Lenten weekday Mass is from St. John. We shall read, day after day, about the growing hostility against Jesus that climaxed in the horror of Good Friday. The tragedy begins today on a happy... More
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Lent: March 30th
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Today is the halfway mark of the Sundays of Lent; Easter is enticingly near. This Sunday is known as Laetare Sunday for the first word of the Introit or Entrance Antiphon, Laetare (rejoice); it is a Sunday of... More
Sunday: a day of rest.
Lent: March 29th
Saturday of the Third Week of Lent
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 28th
Friday of the Third Week of Lent
Good Friday is three weeks away. The conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders of his time continues to intensify as the Third Week of Lent draws to an end. In today’s gospel reading, one of the Temple scribes gives Jesus an... More
Lent: March 27th
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 26th
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 25th
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord
Again Lent's austerity is interrupted as we solemnly keep a feast in honor of the Annunciation. The Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord is a mystery that belongs to the temporal rather than to the sanctoral cycle in the... More
Lent: March 24th
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 23rd
Third Sunday of Lent
For the Third Sunday of Lent there is an option to read Luke 13:1-9 for the Cycle C instead of the Samaritan Woman at the Well. "Sir," the man replied "leave it one more year and give me time to dig round it and manure it: it may... More
Sunday: a day of rest.
Lent: March 22nd
Saturday of the Second Week of Lent
The Roman Martyrology commemorates Blessed Clemens August von Galen, Bishop of Münster (1933-1946). Bishop Clemens was fiercely anti-Communist, and an outspoken opponent of the Stalinist regime. A strong nationalist who... More
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Lent: March 21st
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
