Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, March 16 2026

Monday of the Fourth week of Lent

Book of Isaiah

Thus says the LORD: Lo, I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; The things of the past shall not be remembered or come to mind.
Instead, there shall always be rejoicing and happiness in what I create; For I create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight;
I will rejoice in Jerusalem and exult in my people. No longer shall the sound of weeping be heard there, or the sound of crying;
No longer shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not round out his full lifetime; He dies a mere youth who reaches but a hundred years, and he who fails of a hundred shall be thought accursed.
They shall live in the houses they build, and eat the fruit of the vineyards they plant.

Psalms

I will extol you, O LORD, for you drew me clear
and did not let my enemies rejoice over me.
O LORD, you brought me up from the nether world;
you preserved me from among those going down into the pit.
Sing praise to the LORD, you his faithful ones,
and give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger lasts but a moment;
a lifetime, his good will.
At nightfall, weeping enters in,
but with the dawn, rejoicing.
Hear, O LORD, and have pity on me;
O LORD, be my helper.”
You changed my mourning into dancing;
O LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

At that time Jesus left [Samaria] for Galilee.
For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his native place.
When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves had gone to the feast.
Then he returned to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. Now there was a royal official whose son was ill in Capernaum.
When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, who was near death.
Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe."
The royal official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."
Jesus said to him, "You may go; your son will live." The man believed what Jesus said to him and left.
While he was on his way back, his slaves met him and told him that his boy would live.
He asked them when he began to recover. They told him, "The fever left him yesterday, about one in the afternoon."
The father realized that just at that time Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live," and he and his whole household came to believe.
(Now) this was the second sign Jesus did when he came to Galilee from Judea.

St. Heribert(Archbishop (c. 970-1021))

Saint HeribertArchbishop (c. 970-1021) St. Heribert was the son of Hugo, the count of Worms, Germany. He was educated at the school of the Worms Cathedral and at the Benedictine Gorze Abbey in Lorraine, France. He returned to Worms Cathedral, became provost and was ordained in 994. In 994, Fr. Heribert was appointed chancellor of Italy by Otto III. In 998, he was consecrated archbishop of Cologne. He became the chancellor of Germany that year and served until Otto's passing on January 23, 1002. Heribert also counselled Emperor Henry and mediated on the latter's behalf. Abp. Heribert not only built the monastery of Deutz on the Rhine, but also wrought miracles. The miracle he is best known for is ending a drought. He is the patron saint of farmers. Abp. Heribert passed away in Cologne on March 16, 1021. He was buried in Deutz. He was canonized by Pope St. Gregory VII around 1074.

St. Abraham and St. Mary((4th century))

SAINT ABRAHAM, Hermit (+ c. 360) and SAINT MARY (+ c. 360) St. Abraham was a rich nobleman of Edessa. Out of human respect for his parents, he married; but then retired to a cell in a monastery. He served as a religious for fifty years and donated his inheritance to the poor. St. Abraham was ordained a priest by Edessa's bishop. He served as a spiritual director, but was also sent to cities that rejected priests. Fr. Abraham was insulted, beaten and banished three times; yet he always returned. Many received baptism during his three-year ministry. St. Abraham spoke with God at every moment of the day. As with all saints, his apostolate was an overflow of the interior life (St. Josemaria Escriva). He sometimes listened as a form of prayer where God's voice echoes in the depths of the conscience (CCC). He prayed in the morning and afternoon and during visits to the oratory. St. Abraham's brother passed away and left an only daughter, Mary. He raised her for 20 years until she fell into sin and fled. After two years of searching, he and St. Ephrem found her and brought her home. Mary received the gift of miracles while St. Abraham ministered. He passed away in 360 and Mary passed away five years later. They continue living in Heaven with Jesus Christ and the saints.

St. Finnian Lobhar(Abbot (+ c. 560))

Saint Finnian Lobhar Abbot(+ c. 560) St. Finnian was born in Bregia, Leinster, Ireland. He ministered during an era of pagan kingship and Christian expansion. He was ordained a priest by Bishop Fathlad. Fr. Finnian's ministry healed spiritual illnesses. Many sought his confessional and his prayers. The mother of a leprous boy obtained her son's healing through Fr. Finnian's prayers. Fr. Finnian contracted leprosy during his ministry and was known as Lobhar ("the Leper"). After serving in Clonmore, Fr. Finnian became the abbot of Swords Abbey near Dublin. He may have relocated to Clonmore later on. Tradition credits him with founding a church in Innisfallen as well as a monastery.

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