Saturday of the First week of Lent

Book of Deuteronomy

Moses spoke to the people, saying: "This day the LORD, your God, commands you to observe these statutes and decrees. Be careful, then, to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.
Today you are making this agreement with the LORD: he is to be your God and you are to walk in his ways and observe his statutes, commandments and decrees, and to hearken to his voice.
And today the LORD is making this agreement with you: you are to be a people peculiarly his own, as he promised you; and provided you keep all his commandments,
he will then raise you high in praise and renown and glory above all other nations he has made, and you will be a people sacred to the LORD, your God, as he promised."

Psalms

Blessed are they whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the LORD.
Blessed are they who observe his decrees,
Who seek him with all their heart.
You have commanded that your precepts
be diligently kept.
Oh, that I might be firm in the ways
of keeping your statutes!
I will give you thanks with an upright heart,
when I have learned your just ordinances.
I will keep your statutes;
do not utterly forsake me.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

Jesus said to his disciples: "You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.
But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.
For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same?
And if you greet your brothers only, what is unusual about that? Do not the pagans do the same?
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect."

St. Zachary(Pope (+ 752))

SAINT ZACHARY Pope (+ 752) 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. Out of respect for Pope Zachary, King Luitprand restored the Church's properties and sent back the captives without ransom. Pope Zachary disciplined and reformed several churches. He also mediated among churchmen for the greater good. When St. Boniface appealed to Pope Zachary against a priest named Virgilius, Pope Zachary examined Virgilius in Rome. Virgilius was exonerated and St. Boniface's relationship with Odilo, the duke of Bavaria, was restored. Virgilius was later consecrated bishop of Salzburg. Pope Zachary was generous to God. When Venetian merchants brought slaves to Rome to sell to the Moors in Africa, Pope Zachary paid the merchants their price and freed the slaves. He also adorned Rome with sacred buildings and foundations for the poor and pilgrims. Every year, he gave a considerable amount of oil for the lamps in St. Peter's Church. Pope Zachary passed away in March 752. He was canonized because of his heroic virtues and the miracles proceeding from his intercession.

St. Louise of Marillac(Religious (1591-1660))

Saint Louise of Marillac (1591-1660) St. Louise de Marillac was born in France on August 12, 1591. She was educated by the Dominican nuns in Poissy. 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, 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, 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 of its members' consecration. The community thus became part of St. Vincent's Congregation of the Missions, with Sr. Louise as superior. The Sisters of Charity were formally approved in 1655. Sr. 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. St. Louise of Marillac wascanonized by Pope Pius XI in 1934. She was declared Patroness of Social Workers by Pope John XXIII in 1960.

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