Thursday of the First week of Lent

Book of Esther

Psalms

I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart,
for you have heard the words of my mouth;
in the presence of the angels I will sing your praise;
I will worship at your holy temple.
I will give thanks to your name,
because of your kindness and your truth.
for you have made great above all things
your name and your promise.
When I called, you answered me;
you built up strength within me.
Your right hand saves me.
The LORD will complete what he has done for me;
your kindness, O LORD, endures forever;
forsake not the work of your hands.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

Jesus said to his disciples: "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asks for a loaf of bread,
or a snake when he asks for a fish?
If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him.
Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets."

St. Euphrasia(Virgin and Martyr (+ 303))

SAINT EUPHRASIA Virgin and Martyr(+ 303) Euphrasia lived in Nicomedia during the reign of Maximian. 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 was inspired to outwit her captor. She bargained with the barbarian, saying that she possessed a plant of miraculous power, but that it was only effective if applied by a virgin. To prove her claim, she pressed a plant to her neck and said, "If you strike me with a sword, I shall be unharmed."The barbarian thus fetched a sword and brought it down with all his might - decapitating her. St. Euphrasia suffered martyrdom. Her story may have been embellished like how St. George is said to have killed a dragon. Her cult was broadened because of miracles received through her intercession.

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