Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, March 15 2016
Tuesday of the Fifth week of Lent
Tuesday of the Fifth week of Lent
1. ReadingBook of Numbers
21,4-9.]From Mount Hor the children of Israel set out on the Red Sea road, to by-pass the land of Edom. But with their patience worn out by the journey,
]the people complained against God and Moses, "Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? We are disgusted with this wretched food!"
]In punishment the LORD sent among the people saraph serpents, which bit the people so that many of them died.
]Then the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned in complaining against the LORD and you. Pray the LORD to take the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people,
]and the LORD said to Moses, "Make a saraph and mount it on a pole, and if anyone who has been bitten looks at it, he will recover."
]Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted it on a pole, and whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.
Psalms
102(101),2-3.16-18.19-21.]LORD, hear my prayer;
let my cry come to you.
]Do not hide your face from me
now that I am in distress.
Turn your ear to me;
when I call, answer me quickly.
]The nations shall revere your name, O LORD,
and all the kings of the earth your glory,
]when the LORD has rebuilt Zion
and appeared in his glory;
]when he has regarded the prayer of the destitute,
and not despised their prayer.
]Let this be written for the generation to come,
and let his future creatures praise the LORD:
]"The LORD looked down from his holy height,
from heaven he beheld the earth,
]to hear the groaning of the prisoners,
to release those doomed to die."
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John
8,21-30.]Jesus said to the Pharisees: "I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come."
]So the Jews said, "He is not going to kill himself, is he, because he said, 'Where I am going you cannot come'?"
]He said to them, "You belong to what is below, I belong to what is above. You belong to this world, but I do not belong to this world.
]That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins."
]So they said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "What I told you from the beginning.
]I have much to say about you in condemnation. But the one who sent me is true, and what I heard from him I tell the world."
]They did not realize that he was speaking to them of the Father.
]So Jesus said (to them), "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own, but I say only what the Father taught me.
]The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him."
]Because he spoke this way, many came to believe in him.
St. Zachary(Pope († 752))
SAINT ZACHARY Pope ( 752) Pope Zachary succeeded Pope Gregory III in 741. When the dukes of Spoleto and Benevento rebelled against King Luitprand, Pope Zachary risked his life to save the clergy and the Roman people. Hence, King Luitprand restored the Church's properties and released the captives without ransom. Pope Zachary maintained the Church's cohesion even while Islamic armies invaded Spain and Anatolia. He established new dioceses in Germany and was the confidant of French and Italian kings. He also exonerated Virgilius, a priest, and restored St. Boniface's relationship with Odilo, the duke of Bavaria. Pope Zachary forbade human trafficking. He paid the ransom for slaves that Venetians sold to the Moors and later outlawed human trafficking in the city-state. He also adorned Rome with sacred buildings, built foundations for the poor and provided oil for the lamps in St. Peter's Church. Hepassed away in March 752.
St. Louise of Marillac(Religious (1591-1660))
Saint Louise of Marillac (1591-1660) St. Louise de Marillac was born on August 12, 1591. She was educated by Dominican nuns in Poissy, north-central France. She desired to become a nun, but took her confessor's advice and married Antony LeGras, an official in the queen's service, in 1613. After Antony's death in 1625, St. Louise met St. Vincent de Paul, who became her spiritual adviser. With docility to the Holy Spirit, she generously devoted her life to working with him. She helped direct his Ladies of Charity in their work of caring for the sick, the poor and the neglected. In 1633, St. Louise set up a training center in her home for the Ladies of Charity. Her center was the beginning of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. She took vows in 1634 and attracted many cooperators. In 1642, St. Vincent approved four members' consecration. The community thus became part of St. Vincent's Congregation of the Missions with St. Louise as superior. The Sisters of Charity were formally approved in 1655. St. Louise traveled all over France and established her Sisters in hospitals, orphanages and other institutions. Since then, the Congregation has spread all over the world. She wascanonized by Pope Pius XI in 1934. She was declared patroness of social workers by Pope John XXIII in 1960.
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