Saints and the Liturgical Year

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April 07, 2014 - 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

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

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
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-07

Lenten Season, 2014 - provided by EWTN:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/
 
April 8, 2014 - 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

Read about St. Julie Billiart, Religious:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-08

Lenten Season, 2014 - provided by EWTN:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/
 
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April 06, 2014 - 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-06

Lenten Season, 2014 - provided by EWTN:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/
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Sharing this reflection on today’s Scripture Readings from today’s Euchalette, 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, hear my voice!’ cries out the psalmist, knowing that only God can save him." (p.4.)
(Read on for continuation of thought.)
 
"Out of the Depths" - continued:

"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 shortcoming 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 … Such is God’s promise. Such is our Hope, such is our mission!" (Euchalette, 4/06/14, p.4.)
 
April 9, 2014 - 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 and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

Read about St. Mary of Clophas & St. Gaucherius from:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-09

Lenten Season, 2014 - provided by EWTN:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent
 
April 10, 2014 - 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

Read about St. Fulbert from:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-10

Lenten Season, 2014 - provided by EWTN:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/
 
April 11, 2014 - 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

April 11 - Saint Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, for whose honor the Bishop Saint Stanislaus
fell beneath the swords of his persecutors,
grant, we pray,
that we may persevere strong in faith even until 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.”

“St. Stanislaus (1030 - 1079) was the Bishop of Cracow, Poland. A champion of the liberty of the Church and human rights, he defended the poor and downtrodden. When he reproached King Boleslaus the Bold for his immoral life, the king himself killed St. Stanislaus during mass.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Stanislaus, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/S/ststanislaus.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-11

Lenten Season, 2014 - provided by EWTN:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/
 
April 12, 2014 - 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 reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

Read about St. Julius from:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-12

Lenten Season, 2014 - provided by EWTN:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/
 
April 13, 2014 - 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-13

“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.)
 
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 14, 2014 - Monday of Holy Week:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that, though in our weakness we fail,
we may be revived through the Passion of your Only Begotten 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-14

Lenten Season, 2014 - provided by EWTN:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/
 
April 15, 2014 - Tuesday of Holy Week:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
grant us so to celebrate
the mysteries of the Lord’s Passion
that we may merit to receive your pardon.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-15

Lenten Season, 2014 - provided by EWTN:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/
 
April 16, 2014 - Wednesday of Holy Week:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who willed your Son to submit for our sake
to the yoke of the Cross,
so that you might drive from us the power of the enemy,
grant us, your servants, to attain the grace of the resurrection.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-16

Lenten Season, 2014 - provided by EWTN:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/
 
April 17, 2014 - Thursday of Holy Week (Holy Thursday):
Today, we have the Chrism Mass in the morning and the Mass of the Lord’s Supper in the evening.

The Chrism Mass:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who anointed your Only Begotten Son with the Holy Spirit
and made him Christ and Lord,
graciously grant
that, being made sharers in his consecration,
we may bear witness to your Redemption in the world.
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.”

"1. The Chrism Mass is one of the principal expressions of the fullness of the Bishop’s priesthood and signifies the close unity of the priests with him. During this Mass, which he celebrates with priests of the diocese, the Bishop consecrates the Chrism and blesses the other oils.
  1. This Mass takes place on Thursday morning. The concelebrants may also (con)celebrate the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper…
  2. Those receiving communion at the Chrism Mass may receive again in the evening, at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper …
  3. The Easter Triduum begins with the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, ending with the conclusion of Vespers on Easter Sunday…" (Excerpt from Ordo.)
The Sacred Paschal Triduum begins this evening with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper:

“This Mass is, first of all, the memorial of the institution of the Eucharist, that is of the memorial of the Lord’s Passover, by which under sacramental signs he perpetuated among us the sacrifice of the New Law.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who have called us to participate
in this most sacred Supper,
in which your Only Begotten Son,
when about to hand himself over to death,
entrusted to the Church a sacrifice new for all eternity,
the banquet of his love,
grant, we pray,
that we may draw from so great a mystery,
the fullness of charity and 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-17

Lent and Easter, 2014 - provided by EWTN:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/

The Sacred Paschal Triduum:
"CHRIST REDEEMED US ALL and gave perfect glory to God principally through His paschal mystery: dying He destroyed our death and rising He restored our life. Therefore, the Easter Triduum of the passion, burial, and resurrection of Christ is the culmination of the entire liturgical year. Thus the solemnity of Easter has the same kind of preeminence in the liturgical year that Sunday has in the week. The Easter Triduum begins with the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, reaches its high point in the Easter Vigil, and closes with the evening prayer on Easter Sunday. (General Norms, 18 - 19.)

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
“On this day, when *‘Christ our paschal lamb was sacrificed’ *(1Cor 5:7), what had long been promised in signs and figures was at last revealed and brought to fulfillment. The true lamb replaced the symbolic lamb, and the many offerings of the past gave way to the single sacrifice of Christ.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)
 
April 18, 2014 - Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday):

For today’s Celebration for Good Friday, and for the Divine Mercy Novena which starts today, see below:

Excerpts from the ORDO:
  1. “Today, Friday of the Passion of the Lord and, if possible, also on Holy Saturday until the Easter Vigil, the sacred Paschal Fast and abstinence are observed everywhere to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus, to prepare ourselves to renew our baptismal promises, and to share more deeply in his Resurrection.”
  2. “The celebration of the Passion of the Lord takes place on the afternoon of this day, about three o’clock (unless a later hour is chosen for a pastoral reason). The celebration of the Lord’s Passion consists of three parts, namely, the Liturgy of the Word, the Veneration of the Cross, and Holy Communion…”
  3. “The narrative of the Lord’s Passion is read in the same way as on the preceding Sunday.”
  4. “Only one cross should be used for the Veneration of the Holy Cross, as this contributes to the full symbolism of the rite. The cross is with the image of the crucified Christ.”
  5. “After the celebration, the altar is stripped, but the Cross remains on the altar with two or four candlesticks. The faithful may continue to venerate the Holy Cross and spend some time in adoration.”
Prayer:
“Remember your mercies, O Lord,
and with your eternal protection sanctify your servants,
for whom Christ your Son,
by the shedding of his Blood,
established the Paschal Mystery.
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-18

Lent and Easter, 2014 - provided by EWTN:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/

For Divine Mercy Novena and Indulgence, see quote below:
Amiciel said:
For those who have a devotion to the Divine Mercy, the Novena to the Divine Mercy starts today, Good Friday, in preparation for the Divine Mercy Sunday on April 27th. The Novena may be found in St. Faustina’s diary, 'Divine Mercy in My Soul’, # 1209 - 1229.

The Novena is also available from this link:
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/novena.htm

For the Divine Mercy Sunday Indulgence, see link:
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/indulgence.htm
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April 19, 2014 - Holy Saturday:

"1. On Holy Saturday the Church waits at the Lord’s tomb in prayer and fasting, meditating on his Passion and Death and on his Descent into Hell, and awaiting his Resurrection.
  1. The Chruch abstains from the Sacrifice of the Mass, with the sacred table left bare, until after the solemn Vigil, that is, the anticipation by night of the Resurrection, when the time comes for paschal joys, the abundance of which overflows to occupy fifty days.
  2. Holy Communion may only be given on this day as Viaticum." (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)
Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-19

"*Baptism, the original and full sign of which is immersion, efficaciously signifies the descent into the tomb by the Christian who dies to sin with Christ in order to live a new life.‘We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.’’’ * (CCC 628.)

Lent & Easter, 2014 - provided by EWTN:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/
 
April 19, 2014 - The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night (Solemnity):
Excerpts from the Daily Roman Missal, MTF:
  1. “By most ancient tradition, this is the night of keeping vigil for the Lord (Ex 12:42), in which, following the Gospel admonition (Lk 12:35-37), the faithful, carrying lighted lamps in their hands, should be like those looking for the Lord when he returns, so that at his coming he may find them awake and have them sit at his table.”
  2. “The entire celebration of the Easter Vigil must take place during the night, so that it begins after nightfall and ends before daybreak on the Sunday.”
  3. “Anyone who participates in the Mass of the night may receive Communion again at Mass during the day.”
The Vigil Celebration has four parts:
  1. First Part - The Solemn Beginning of the Vigil or Lucernarium (The Blessing of the Fire and Preparation of the Candle.)
  2. Second Part - The Liturgy of the Word
    Collect Prayer:
    “O God, who make this most sacred night radiant
    with the glory of the Lord’s Resurrection,
    stir up in your Church a spirit of adoption,
    so that, renewed in body and mind,
    we may render you undivided service.
    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.”
  3. Third Part - Baptismal Liturgy which includes Renewal of Baptismal Promises
  4. Fourth Part - The Liturgy of the Eucharist
A very blessed Easter Celebration to all!
 
April 20, 2014 - Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord:

Collect (Opening Prayer) - Mass during the Day:

“O God, who on this day,
through your Only Begotten Son,
have conquered death
and unlocked for us the path to eternity,
grant, we pray,
that we who keep
the solemnity of the Lord’s Resurrection
may, through the renewal brought by your Spirit,
rise up in the light 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-20

Lent and Easter, 2014 - provided by EWTN:
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/

HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE!
 
April 21, 2014 - Monday within the Octave of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):

“O God, who give constant increase
to your Church by new offspring,
grant that your servants may hold fast in their lives
to the Sacrament they have received in faith.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-21
 
grateful_child said:
April 21, 2014 - Monday within the Octave of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):

“O God, who give constant increase
to your Church by new offspring,
grant that your servants may hold fast in their lives
to the Sacrament they have received in faith.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-21
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April 21 - Saint Anselm, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Optional Memorial outside of Octave of Easter):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who led the Bishop Saint Anselm
to seek out and teach the depths of your wisdom,
grant, we pray,
that our faith in you may so aid our understanding,
that what we believe by your command
may give delight to our hearts.
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.”

“St. Anselm (1033-1109) was born in Aosta, Italy, and died in England. He was in the Benedictine monastery of Le Bec in Normandy for about thirty years. In 1093 he was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury and named Primate of England. In his defense of the Church he suffered much, including exile. He is called the Father of Scholastic Theology, and his doctrinal works are among the most noteworthy examples of theology and medieval mysticism.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Anselm, see link:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/A/stanselm.asp
 
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