Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, March 13 2017

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. Euphrasia(Virgin and Martyr († 303))

SAINT EUPHRASIA Virgin and Martyr( 303) St. Euphrasia lived in Nicomedia, modern-day Turkey. She was noble, virtuous and pious. When secular authorities demanded that she perform pagan rites, she refused. As punishment, authorities scourged her and gave her to a barbarian who would rape her. According to tradition, Euphrasia convinced the barbarian that she possessed a plant of miraculous power, but that it only worked if applied by a virgin. Pressing a sprig to her neck, she told the barbarian, "If you strike me with a sword, I will be unharmed." The superstitious lunk brought his sword down with all his might - and decapitated his prize. St. Euphrasia's life may have been embellished over time to accentuate the virtue of holy purity. What is certain is that she lived and died for Jesus Christ. She lives now with the King of Kings in Heaven.

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