Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, March 17 2019

Second Sunday of Lent

Second Sunday of Lent

1. Reading

Book of Genesis

15,5-12.17-18.

]The Lord God took Abraham outside and said: "Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so," he added, "shall your descendants be."
]Abram put his faith in the LORD, who credited it to him as an act of righteousness.
]He then said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as a possession."
]"O Lord GOD," he asked, "How am I to know that I shall possess it?"
]He answered him, "Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old she-goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon."
]He brought him all these, split them in two, and placed each half opposite the other; but the birds he did not cut up.
]Birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, but Abram stayed with them.
]As the sun was about to set, a trance fell upon Abram, and a deep, terrifying darkness enveloped him.
]When the sun had set and it was dark, there appeared a smoking brazier and a flaming torch, which passed between those pieces.
]It was on that occasion that the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Great River (the Euphrates)."

Psalm

Psalms

27(26),1.7-8.9abc.13-14.

]The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom should I fear?
The LORD is my life's refuge;
of whom should I be afraid?
]Hear, O LORD, the sound of my call;
have pity on me, and answer me.
]Of you my heart speaks; you my glance seeks.
]Hide not your face from me;
]do not in anger repel your servant.
]You are my helper: cast me not off.
]I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD
in the land of the living.
]Wait for the LORD with courage;
be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD.

2. Reading

Letter to the Philippians

3,17-21.4,1.

]Join with others in being imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and observe those who thus conduct themselves according to the model you have in us.
]For many, as I have often told you and now tell you even in tears, conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ.
]Their end is destruction. Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their "shame." Their minds are occupied with earthly things.
]But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
]He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body by the power that enables him also to bring all things into subjection to himself.
]Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, beloved.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

9,28b-36.

]Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain to pray.
]While he was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white.
]And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah,
]who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem.
]Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep, but becoming fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.
]As they were about to part from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good that we are here; let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." But he did not know what he was saying.
]While he was still speaking, a cloud came and cast a shadow over them, and they became frightened when they entered the cloud.
]Then from the cloud came a voice that said, "This is my chosen Son; listen to him."
]After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. They fell silent and did not at that time tell anyone what they had seen.

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St. Patrick(Bishop (c. 385-461))

SAINT PATRICKBishop, Apostle of Ireland(c. 385-461) If the virtue of children reflects an honor on their parents, the name of St. Patrick is illumined by the countless lights of sanctity from Ireland's Church and the saints she sent to other countries. He was born in Bonaven Taberniæ, present-day Kilpatrick, at the mouth of the river Clyde in Scotland, between Dumbarton and Glasgow. He was a Briton and a Roman. His father's name was Calphurnius. He witnessed the Roman empire's collapse and Britain's separation from Rome in 409. Historians say that his mother was Conchessa, St. Martin of Tours' niece. St. Patrick was kidnapped when he was 16, taken to Ireland and forced to tend cattle in the mountains and forests. God quickened him with grace, new spiritual lights and fervor. After six years under one master, God told him to return to Scotland. He found a boat, but could not pay the fare. He was sent back - when the sailors suddenly called him on board. They sailed for three days and reached land. However, they lacked provisions and wandered for 27 days. St. Patrick said they would be saved if they prayed and gave their hearts to God; and later, they found a herd of swine. A few after returning to Scotland, St. Patrick was kidnapped again. He escaped after two months, returned to Scotland and received visions of Ireland's conversion. He became a religious, was formed in Gaul and Italy, met St. Martin and St. Germanus, and was blessed by Pope Celestine. His relatives and the clergy opposed his mission and consecration, yet he persevered. In the character and person of Christ, St. Patrick went to Ireland and preached the Gospel where idolatry and paganism were commonplace. He spread the faith without military force. The kings of Ireland received faith during and after St. Patrick's lifetime. Clergymen were ordained, married and unmarried people lived chastely, religious vocations blossomed and monasteries were founded. Persecution came in the form of piracy and enslavement. Prince Corotick plundered the country of St. Patrick's neophytes and enslaved them. St. Patrick declared that Corotick was separated from Jesus Christ after the neophytes were sold as slaves to the Picts and Scots. The writer Jocelin said that Corotick was eventually overtaken by divine justice. St. Bernard wrote that St. Patrick's metropolitan see was in Armagh. He founded a monastery in Armagh, another called Domnach-Padraig or Patrick's church and a third named Sabhal-Padraig. In the first year of his mission, he preached in the general assembly of the kings and states of all Ireland. The assembly took place yearly in Tara, the chief king's island residence and the principal seat of the Druids. The chief king, the son of Neill, was hostile to St. Patrick, but the Icings of Dublin, Munster and the seven sons of the king of Connaught converted. St. Patrick nominated St. Benignus' father in line for kingship. St. Patrick was buried in Down, Ulster. His relics were rediscovered at his church in 1185. Glastonbury, Lindisfarne, Ripon and Malmesbury in England received Catholicism thanks to Ireland's apostles. Irish saints like Columban, Fiacre, Gall and others evangelized France and Switzerland. In recent times, America and Australia received Catholicism thanks to the sons and daughters of St. Patrick. His monastery of Iona Abbey in western Scotland is a coastal pilgrimage site.

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