Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, March 14 2017

Tuesday of the Second week of Lent

Tuesday of the Second week of Lent

1. Reading

Book of Isaiah

1,10.16-20.

]Hear the word of the LORD, princes of Sodom! Listen to the instruction of our God, people of Gomorrah!
]Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil;
]learn to do good. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan's plea, defend the widow.
]Come now, let us set things right, says the LORD: Though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow; Though they be crimson red, they may become white as wool.
]If you are willing, and obey, you shall eat the good things of the land;
]But if you refuse and resist, the sword shall consume you: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken!

Psalm

Psalms

50(49),8-9.16bc-17.21.23.

]"Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you,
for your burnt offerings are before me always.
]I take from your house no bullock,
no goats out of your fold."
]"Why do you recite my statutes,
]and profess my covenant with your mouth,
]Though you hate discipline
and cast my words behind you?"
]"When you do these things, shall I be deaf to it?
Or do you think that I am like yourself?
I will correct you by drawing them up before your eyes.  
]He that offers praise as a sacrifice glorifies me;
and to him that goes the right way I will show the salvation of God.”

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

23,1-12.

]Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples,
]saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses.
]Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice.
]They tie up heavy burdens (hard to carry) and lay them on people's shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to move them.
]All their works are performed to be seen. They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
]They love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues,
]greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation 'Rabbi.'
]As for you, do not be called 'Rabbi.' You have but one teacher, and you are all brothers.
]Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven.
]Do not be called 'Master'; you have but one master, the Messiah.
]The greatest among you must be your servant.
]Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."

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St. Matilde(Queen (c. 875-968))

SAINT MATILDE Queen (c. 875-968) St. Matilde was the daughter of Theodoric, a powerful Saxon count. She was placed in her grandmother Maud's monastery of Erford until being married to Henry, the son of Otho and duke of Saxony. They married in 909 and Henry became king of Germany. Henry repelled incursions by Hungarians and Danes and added Bavaria to his dominion. St. Matilde attended to domestic affairs and advocated for the poor and prisoners. Henry was edified and concurred with her in every pious undertaking. St. Matilde had three sons: Otho, who was later crowned emperor, Henry, the duke of Bavaria, and St. Brunn, the archbishop of Cologne. Her son Otho was crowned king of Germany in 937. In 962, after victories over Bohemians and Lombards, Otho was crowned emperor of Rome. St. Matilde's two oldest sons conspired to confiscate her dowry, pretending she wasted state revenues on the poor. Eventually, they repented and restored her wealth. She became more liberal in almsgiving and founded churches and five monasteries. On her deathbed, St. Matilde received the Sacrament of Reconciliation from her grandson, Abp. William of Mentz. He passed away twelve days before she did while journeying home. She confessed again, received the last sacraments, and lying on a sack-cloth with ashes on her head, passed away on March 14, 968. She is the patron saint of queens, widows and victims of abuse.

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