Saints and the Liturgical Year

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March 26, 2017 - Fourth Sunday of Lent:
Today is also known as “Laetare Sunday”.

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who through your Word
reconcile the human race to yourself in a wonderful way,
grant, we pray,
that with prompt devotion and eager faith
the Christian people may hasten
toward the solemn celebrations to come.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-03-26

Resources for Lent from USCCB:
www.usccb.org/lent

Resources for Lent (Week 4) from EWTN:
ewtn.com/faith/lent/week4.asp
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Here’s Scott Hahn’s reflection for the 4th Sunday of Lent, from the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.

EYESIGHT TO THE BLIND

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March 27, 2017 - Monday, 4th Week of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who renew the world
through mysteries beyond all telling,
grant, we pray,
that your Church may be guided by your eternal design
and not be deprived of your help in this present age.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-03-27

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
www.dailytvmass.com

Resources for Lent from USCCB:
www.usccb.org/lent

Resources for Lent (Week 4) from EWTN:
ewtn.com/faith/lent/week4.asp
 
March 28, 2017 - Tuesday, 4th Week of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“May the venerable exercises of holy devotion
shape the hearts of your faithful, O Lord,
to welcome worthily the Paschal Mystery
and proclaim the praises of your salvation.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
www.dailytvmass.com

Read about The Need For Mortification Today and St. Gontran:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-03-28

Resources for Lent from USCCB:
www.usccb.org/lent

Resources for Lent (Week 4) from EWTN:
ewtn.com/faith/lent/week4.asp
 
Sharing this reflection from today’s Euchalette, 4th Sunday of Lent, March 26, 2017, p. 1:

"PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE LIGHT OF FAITH"

"Today’s Entrance Antiphon invites us to rejoice because we are already more than halfway in our Lenten pilgrimage. But even more, we should rejoice for the gift of FAITH, which enables us to “see” the wonderful realities of God’s Kingdom and play our role in it. It is faith which enlightens our existence by giving meaning and value to all our aspirations and actions, and even to our sufferings and our defeats.

And all this, thanks to JESUS, THE LIGHT OF OUR LIFE who today, through St. Paul, invites us to live as CHILDREN OF LIGHT in a world darkened by sin in all its forms and shapes. May this Eucharistic celebration strengthen our faith and our gratitude to the Lord, in imitation of the blind man cured by him."
 
March 29, 2017 - Wednesday, 4th Week of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who reward the merits of the just
and offer pardon to sinners who do penance,
have mercy, we pray, on those who call upon you,
that the admission of our guilt
may serve to obtain your pardon for our sins.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
www.dailytvmass.com

Resources for Lent from USCCB:
www.usccb.org/lent

Resources for Lent (Week 4) from EWTN:
ewtn.com/faith/lent/week4.asp

Read about Converting Our Hearts Everyday:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-03-29
 
March 30, 2017 - Thursday, 4th Week of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“We invoke your mercy in humble prayer, O Lord,
that you may cause us, your servants,
corrected by penance and schooled by good works,
to persevere sincerely in your commands
and come safely to the paschal festivities.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
www.dailytvmass.com

Resources for Lent from USCCB:
www.usccb.org/lent

Resources for Lent (Week 4) from EWTN:
ewtn.com/faith/lent/week4.asp

Read about St. John Climacus and St. Quirinus of Neuss:
catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-03-30
 
March 31, 2017 - Friday, 4th Week of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who have prepared
fitting helps for us in our weakness,
grant, we pray, that we may receive
their healing effects with joy
and reflect them in a holy way of life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
www.dailytvmass.com
Resources for Lent from USCCB:
www.usccb.org/lent

Resources for Lent (Week 4) from EWTN:
ewtn.com/faith/lent/week4.asp

Read about St. Benjamin:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-03-31
 
April 01, 2017 - Saturday, 4th Week of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“May the working of your mercy, O Lord, we pray
direct our hearts aright,
for without your grace
we cannot find favor in your sight.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
www.dailytvmass.com

Resources for Lent from USCCB:
www.usccb.org/lent

Resources for Lent (Week 4) from EWTN:
ewtn.com/faith/lent/week4.asp

Read the Meditation on THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE and THE CROSS:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-04-01
 
April 02, 2017 - Fifth Sunday of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“By your help, we beseech you, Lord our God,
may we walk eagerly in that same charity
with which, out of love for the world,
your Son handed himself over to death.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-04-02

Resources for Lent from USCCB:
www.usccb.org/lent

Resources for Lent (Week 5) from EWTN:
ewtn.com/faith/lent/week5.asp

Saints whose calendar feastday is today and which gives way to the Sunday Liturgy:
April 2 - Saint Francis of Paola, Hermit (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, exaltation of the lowly,
who raised Saint Francis of Paola to the glory of your Saints,
grant, we pray, that by his merits and example
we may happily attain the rewards promised to the humble.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“In an effort to unite himself with the crucified Christ, St. Francis (1416-1507) became a hermit near his birthplace in Calabria, in a cave by the sea. He lived a life of prayer and mortification. He founded the Order of Minim [least] Friars.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Francis of Paola, see link:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/F/stfrancisofpaola.asp

April 2 - St. Pedro Calungsod, Catechist and Martyr - celebrated in advance last April 01, 2017 in the Philippines:

“Pedro Calungsod, was a teen-aged native of the Visayas region of the Philippines. He was one of the boy catechists who went with some Spanish Jesuits missionaries from the Philippines to the Ladrones Islands, later renamed ‘Marianas’ - in 1668 to evangelize the Chamorros. On April 2, 1672, while helping Fr. Diego Luis de San Vitores, the rector of the Mission, to recover a runaway servant and to do some baptism at the Village of Tomhon on the Island of Guam, he was killed by two natives for his being a Christian, for catechizing the Chamorros, and for helping in the administrationof the Sacrament of Baptism. His body was thrown into the deep ocean together with that of the rector who was also killed after him.” (2015 ORDO)
 
grateful_child said:
April 02, 2017 - Fifth Sunday of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“By your help, we beseech you, Lord our God,
may we walk eagerly in that same charity
with which, out of love for the world,
your Son handed himself over to death.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-04-02

Resources for Lent from USCCB:
www.usccb.org/lent

Resources for Lent (Week 5) from EWTN:
ewtn.com/faith/lent/week5.asp
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Here’s Scott Hahn’s reflection for the 5th Sunday of Lent, from the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.

AT LAZARUS’ TOMB

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April 03, 2017 - Monday, 5th Week of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, by whose wondrous grace
we are enriched with every blessing,
grant us so to pass from former ways to newness of life,
that we may be made ready for the glory of the heavenly Kingdom.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
www.dailytvmass.com

Resources for Lent from USCCB:
www.usccb.org/lent

Resources for Lent (Week 5) from EWTN:
ewtn.com/faith/lent/week5.asp

Read about St. Richard of Chichester and a Meditation on Lent:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-04-03
 
April 04, 2017 - Tuesday, 5th Week of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant us, we pray, O Lord,
perseverance in obeying your will,
that in our days the people dedicated to your service
may grow in both merit and number.
through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture Readings & reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
www.dailytvmass.com

Resources for Lent from USCCB:
www.usccb.org/lent

Resources for Lent (Week 5) from EWTN:
ewtn.com/faith/lent/week5.asp

Read about St. Isidore of Seville:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-04-04
 
grateful_child said:
April 02, 2017 - Fifth Sunday of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“By your help, we beseech you, Lord our God,
may we walk eagerly in that same charity
with which, out of love for the world,
your Son handed himself over to death.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-04-02

Resources for Lent from USCCB:
www.usccb.org/lent

Resources for Lent (Week 5) from EWTN:
ewtn.com/faith/lent/week5.asp
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Sharing this reflection from the Euchalette, 5th Sunday of Lent, April 2, 2017, p.4:

OUT OF THE DEPTHS

"The first part of chapter 37 of Ezekiel is an apocalyptic vision of death and life. It portrays in a dramatic way the situation of God’s chosen people in exile, as well as that of the poor ones who had been left behind in the Promised Land to till the soil for foreign masters. Only desolation and despair. No hope of recovery. No joy.

But God has a plan for His people, proclaims Ezekiel – a plan of regeneration and life. Such is the message contained in vv. 4 to 14 of chapter 37, the gist of which is expressed in today’s First Reading. Such was God’s plan for His Chosen People whom He had chastised to make them realize their sinfulness. But such is also God’s plan for all His children who may lie prostrate by affliction, weakness, or punishment.

At every stage in human history, in every country, including our country today, there are social, moral, and spiritual situations that resemble that of the Israelites at the time of the Exile in Babylon. Everywhere there is misery, corruption, discouragement, and even despair. A culture of death seems to prevail. So many scattered dry bones in the desert of life. So many shattered dreams. So many shattered lives . . . . “Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! Lord, hear my voice!” cries out the psalmist, knowing that only God can save him."
(Continued on next post.)
 
OUT OF THE DEPTHS - continuation:

"Many solutions are proposed to solve the innumerable problems that vex mankind and our country. Some proposals are good; some are controversial or even counterproductive. But over and above our plans – even the best – we have to remember the warning of the psalmist: “If the Lord does not build the house, in vain do its builders labor.” We may have wonderful plans and work hard, but unless the Lord blesses our plans and gives us strength to carry them out, nothing worthwhile will happen. There are graves that only God can fill with life. There are dry bones that only the Spirit of God has the power to quicken to freshness. Just as the Lord was the one who wanted and carried out the resurrection of His people, so is He the one who wants our spiritual and social resurrection, both as individuals and as a nation.

But we must do our share. And our share does not simply consist in acknowledging our past shortcomings and betrayals and offering prayers of atonement and supplication. It consists also in rolling up our sleeves and working hard to build that civilization of justice, love, and peace which is the new name for the “Kingdom of God” established by Jesus Christ.

If we do our share, in all sincerity and goodwill, then we shall witness miracles happening in our country and all over the world. The Lord will heal our wounds. He will strengthen our feeble limbs. He will heal our land and make it a beacon for the rest of Asia. Such is God’s promise. Such is our Hope, such is our mission!" (The Euchalette, April 02, 2017, p.4.)
 
April 05, 2017 - Wednesday, 5th Week of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Enlighten, O God of compassion,
the hearts of your children, sanctified by penance,
and in your kindness
grant those you stir to a sense of devotion
a gracious hearing when they cry out to you.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture Readings & reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
www.dailytvmass.com

Resources for Lent from USCCB:
www.usccb.org/lent

Resources for Lent (Week 5) from EWTN:
ewtn.com/faith/lent/week5.asp

April 5 - Saint Vincent Ferrer, Priest (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who raised up the Priest Saint Vincent Ferrer
to minister by the preaching of the Gospel,
grant, we pray,
that, when the Judge comes,
whom Saint Vincent proclaimed on earth,
we may be among those blessed
to behold him reigning in heaven.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“Born in Valencia, Spain, St. Vincent (1350-1419) was a renowned preacher, missionary, and teacher of theology. He converted thousands of sinners, Jews, and Moors.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Vincent Ferrer, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/V/stvincentferrer.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-04-05
 
April 06, 2017 - Thursday, 5th Week of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Be near, O Lord, to those who plead before you,
and look kindly on those who place their hope in your mercy,
that, cleansed from the stain of their sins,
they may persevere in holy living
and be made full heirs of your promise.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
www.dailytvmass.com

Resources for Lent from USCCB:
www.usccb.org/lent

Resources for Lent (Week 5) from EWTN:
ewtn.com/faith/lent/week5.asp

Read about St. Juliana of Cornillon:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-04-06
 
April 07, 2017 - Friday, 5th Week of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Pardon the offenses of your peoples, we pray, O Lord,
and in your goodness set us free
from the bonds of the sins
we have committed in our weakness.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
www.dailytvmass.com

Resources for Lent from USCCB:
www.usccb.org/lent

Resources for Lent (Week 5) from EWTN:
ewtn.com/faith/lent/week5.asp

April 7 - Saint John Baptist de la Salle, Priest (Optional Memorial during Lent):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who chose Saint John Baptist de la Salle
to educate young Christians,
raise up, we pray, teachers in your Church
ready to devote themselves wholeheartedly
to the human and Christian formation of the young.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

"Born in Rheims, France, St. John (1651-1719) is known as the Father of Modern Pedagogy. He opened free schools for poor children and therein introduced new teaching methods. He organized the Brothers of the Christian Schools, which has made great contributions to popular education. (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. John Baptist de la Salle, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/J/stjohnbaptistdelasalle.asp
catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-04-07
 
April 08, 2017 - Saturday, 5th Week of Lent:

Collect (Opening 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,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
www.dailytvmass.com

Resources for Lent from USCCB:
www.usccb.org/lent

Resources for Lent (Week 5) from EWTN:
ewtn.com/faith/lent/week5.asp
 
HOLY WEEK:

"In Holy Week, the Church celebrates the mysteries of salvation accomplished by Christ in the last days of his earthly life, from his messianic entry into Jerusalem, until his blessed Passion and glorious Resurrection. Lent continues until Maundy Thursday.

With the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Thursday of Holy Week begins the Sacred Paschal Triduum, which includes Friday of the Passion of the Lord and Holy Saturday, centers on the Easter Vigil, and concludes with vespers on Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord.

The weekdays of this week are dedicated to the celebration of penance, abstaining from celebration of the sacraments of baptism (except in emergency) and confirmation, since these have their natural place in the Easter Vigil." (Ordo)
 
April 09, 2017 - Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord:

Collect (Opening Prayer of Simple Entrance):

“Almighty ever-living God,
who as an example of humility for the human race to follow
caused our Savior to take flesh and submit to the Cross,
graciously grant that we may heed his lesson of patient suffering
and so merit a share in his Resurrection.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-04-09

“On this day the Church recalls the entrance of Christ the Lord into Jerusalem to accomplish his Paschal Mystery. Accordingly, the memorial of this entrance of the Lord takes place at all Masses, by means of the Procession or the Solemn entrance before the principal Mass or the Simple Entrance before other Masses.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

Resources for Lent from USCCB:
www.usccb.org/lent

Lenten Season 2017 from EWTN:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/holy-week-and-easter.asp
 
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