Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, February 28 2016
Third Sunday of Lent
Third Sunday of Lent
1. ReadingBook of Exodus
3,1-8a.13-15.]Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. Leading the flock across the desert, he came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
]There an angel of the LORD appeared to him in fire flaming out of a bush. As he looked on, he was surprised to see that the bush, though on fire, was not consumed.
]So Moses decided, "I must go over to look at this remarkable sight, and see why the bush is not burned."
]When the LORD saw him coming over to look at it more closely, God called out to him from the bush, "Moses! Moses!" He answered, "Here I am."
]God said, "Come no nearer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
]I am the God of your father," he continued, "the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
]But the LORD said, "I have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry of complaint against their slave drivers, so I know well what they are suffering.
]Therefore I have come down to rescue them from the hands of the Egyptians and lead them out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the country of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
]"But," said Moses to God, "when I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' if they ask me, 'What is his name?' what am I to tell them?"
]God replied, "I am who am." Then he added, "This is what you shall tell the Israelites: I AM sent me to you."
]God spoke further to Moses, "Thus shall you say to the Israelites: The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. "This is my name forever; this is my title for all generations.
Psalms
103(102),1-2.3-4.6-7.8.11.]Bless the LORD, O my soul;
and all my being, bless his holy name.
]Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits.
]He pardons all your iniquities,
he heals all your ills.
]He redeems your life from destruction,
he crowns you with kindness and compassion.
]The LORD secures justice
and the rights of all the oppressed.
]He has made known his ways to Moses,
and his deeds to the children of Israel.
]Merciful and gracious is the LORD,
slow to anger and abounding in kindness.
]For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so surpassing is his kindness toward those who fear him.
First Letter to the Corinthians
10,1-6.10-12.]I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,
]and all of them were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
]All ate the same spiritual food,
]and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was the Christ.
]Yet God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the desert.
]These things happened as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil things, as they did.
]Do not grumble as some of them did, and suffered death by the destroyer.
]These things happened to them as an example, and they have been written down as a warning to us, upon whom the end of the ages has come.
]Therefore, whoever thinks he is standing secure should take care not to fall.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke
13,1-9.]Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.
]He said to them in reply, "Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans?
]By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!
]Or those eighteen people who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them --do you think they were more guilty than everyone else who lived in Jerusalem?
]By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!"
]And he told them this parable: "There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard, and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none,
]he said to the gardener, 'For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none. (So) cut it down. Why should it exhaust the soil?'
]He said to him in reply, 'Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it;
]it may bear fruit in the future. If not you can cut it down.'"
Bl. Daniel Brottier(Priest (1876-1936))
Blessed Daniel Brottier Priest (1876-1936) Bl. Daniel Brottier was a French Spiritan. He was born in 1876 and ordained to the priestood in 1899. To spead the Gospel beyond France's classrooms and borders, he joined the Spiritan Congregation. Fr. Daniel was sent to Senegal, West Africa. After eight years, his health deteriorated and he returned to France. He raised funds to construct a cathedral in Dakar, Senegal, which was completed in 1936. When World War I broke out, Fr. Daniel became a volunteer chaplain. He attributed his survival on the front lines to the intercession of Saint Therese of Lisieux. When she was canonized, he built a chapel for her in Auteuil. After the war, Fr. Daniel established a project for orphans and abandoned children. The Orphan Apprentices of Auteuil, which began in the suburbs of Paris, serves the French people to this day. He passed away on February 28, 1936, and was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1984.
Sts. Romanus and Lupicinus(Abbots (5th century))
SAINTS ROMANUS and LUPICINUS Abbots (5th century) When Romanus was 35 years old, he left his relatives and spent time at the Ainay Monastery in Lyons, at the conflux of the Saône and Rhone. Many martyrs had been lynched and immolated there by pagans. Their ashes were kept as a reminder that charity and love triumph over sin and death. After completing his novitiate, Romanus retired to the forests of Mount Jura between France and Switzerland. He fixed his abode at a place called Condate, at the conflux of the Bienne and Aliere. He found a spot of ground fit for cultivation and trees bearing wild fruit. He spent his time praying, reading and working. Romanus' brother Lupicinus followed with disciples. Several others soon joined, drawn by the brothers' virtues and holiness. As their numbers increased, the brothers built several monasteries and a nunnery, called La Beaume, which no men could enter. When Romanus passed away, he was buried at La Beaume. Lupicinus was ascetical. He did not use a bed and instead slept on a chair or hard board. He never drank wine; and only put a little oil or milk on his pottage. In the summer, he subsisted on hard bread moistened in water so he could eat it with a spoon. His tunic was made of various skins of beasts sewn together with a cowl. He used wooden shoes, and only wore stocks outside the monastery. After Romanus passed away around the year 460, Lupicinus survived him by almost twenty years. They are now in Heaven and intercede for causes of prayer, conversion and discipline. Their fasting helped them attain purity and lead blameless lives.
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