Catholic Missal of the day: Wednesday, February 17 2016

Wednesday of the First week of Lent

Wednesday of the First week of Lent

1. Reading

Book of Jonah

3,1-10.

]The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
]"Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and announce to it the message that I will tell you."
]So Jonah made ready and went to Nineveh, according to the LORD'S bidding. Now Nineveh was an enormously large city; it took three days to go through it.
]Jonah began his journey through the city, and had gone but a single day's walk announcing, "Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed,"
]when the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small, put on sackcloth.
]When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in the ashes.
]Then he had this proclaimed throughout Nineveh, by decree of the king and his nobles: "Neither man nor beast, neither cattle nor sheep, shall taste anything; they shall not eat, nor shall they drink water.
]Man and beast shall be covered with sackcloth and call loudly to God; every man shall turn from his evil way and from the violence he has in hand.
]Who knows, God may relent and forgive, and withhold his blazing wrath, so that we shall not perish."
]When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, he repented of the evil that he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out.

Psalm

Psalms

51(50),3-4.12-13.18-19.

]Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
]Thoroughly wash me from my guilt
and of my sin cleanse me.
]A clean heart create for me, O God,
and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
]Cast me not out from your presence,
and your Holy Spirit take not from me.
]For you are not pleased with sacrifices;
should I offer a burnt offering, you would not accept it.
]My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit;
a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.  

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

11,29-32.

]While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, "This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah.
]Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
]At the judgment the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation and she will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and there is something greater than Solomon here.
]At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because at the preaching of Jonah they repented, and there is something greater than Jonah here."

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Seven Founders of the Servite Order()

The Seven Holy Foundersof the Order of Servites Can you imagine seven prominent men from Boston or London leaving their homes and professions for religious life? That is what happened in the cultured and prosperous city of Florence in the middle of the 13th century. Though prosperous, the city was divided by political strife and the Cathari heresy. In 1240, seven Florentine noblemen, drawn together by friendship and devotion to the Blessed Virgin, gave themselves to common prayer and works of charity. Their call to serve God eventually led them to leave homes and businesses and form a community outside the city. Around the year 1245, they moved to Monte Senario for prayerful seclusion. Their initial difficulties were providing for their dependents, since two were still married and two were widowers. As others came to join them, they laid the foundations for the Servite Order, whose members commit to serve the Church, follow Christ and witness the Gospel. The Blessed Virgin is their Lady and they live a communal life according to the Rule of St. Augustine. With help fromSt. Peter of Verona, O.P., the small group adopted the name "the Servants of Mary." Community members combine monastic life and active ministry. In the monastery, they lead a life of prayer, work and silence. In the active apostolate, they engage in parochial work: teaching, preaching and ministering. Pope Leo XIII canonized the founders as the Seven Founders of the Servite Order in 1888.

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