Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, February 26 2018

Monday of the Second week of Lent

Monday of the Second week of Lent

1. Reading

Book of Daniel

9,4b-10.

]"Lord, great and awesome God, you who keep your merciful covenant toward those who love you and observe your commandments!
]We have sinned, been wicked and done evil; we have rebelled and departed from your commandments and your laws.
]We have not obeyed your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, our fathers, and all the people of the land.
]Justice, O Lord, is on your side; we are shamefaced even to this day: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel, near and far, in all the countries to which you have scattered them because of their treachery toward you.
]O LORD, we are shamefaced, like our kings, our princes, and our fathers, for having sinned against you.
]But yours, O Lord, our God, are compassion and forgiveness! Yet we rebelled against you
]and paid no heed to your command, O LORD, our God, to live by the law you gave us through your servants the prophets.

Psalm

Psalms

79(78),8.9.11.13.

]Remember not against us the iniquities of the past;
May your compassion quickly come to us,
For we are brought very low.
]Help us, O God our savior,
because of the glory of your name;
deliver us and pardon our sins
for your name's sake.
]Let the prisoners' sighing come before you;
with your great power free those doomed to death.
]Then we, your people and the sheep of your pasture,
will give thanks to you forever;
through all generations we will declare your praise.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

6,36-38.

]Jesus said to his disciples: "Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
]Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven.
]Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you."

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St. Porphyry(Bishop († 420))

ST PORPHYRY Bishop ( 420) St. Porphyry was a wealthy citizen of Thessalonica. He pursued a religious vocation at 25 years old and trained in one of the Sceté Desert's religious houses. After five years, he went to Palestine and lived in solitude for another five years. Ill-health from austerities made St. Porphyry transfer to Jerusalem. Despite his condition, he visited the Holy Places daily: thinking, says his biographer, so little of his sickness that he seemed to be afflicted in another body. Around this time, God inspired him to sell everything he had and give to the poor. As a reward for his total abandonment to God's will, St. Porphyry was restored to perfect health. In 393, St. Porphyry was ordained and entrusted with caring for the relics of the True Cross. Three years later, he was consecrated bishop of Gaza. He obtained conversions through work and miracles, but especially through prayer. When an imperial edict obtained by St. John Chrysostom leveled the pagan temples, St. Porphyry built a church on a former temple and paved its way using the temple's marble.

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St. Alexander of Alexandria()

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