Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, March 21 2017
Tuesday of the Third week of Lent
Tuesday of the Third week of Lent
1. ReadingBook of Daniel
3,25.34-43.]Azariah stood up in the fire and prayed aloud:
]"For your name's sake, do not deliver us up forever, or make void your covenant.
]Do not take away your mercy from us, for the sake of Abraham, your beloved, Isaac your servant, and Israel your holy one,
]To whom you promised to multiply their offspring like the stars of heaven, or the sand on the shore of the sea.
]For we are reduced, O Lord, beyond any other nation, brought low everywhere in the world this day because of our sins.
]We have in our day no prince, prophet, or leader, no holocaust, sacrifice, oblation, or incense, no place to offer first fruits, to find favor with you.
]But with contrite heart and humble spirit let us be received;
]As though it were holocausts of rams and bullocks, or thousands of fat lambs, So let our sacrifice be in your presence today as we follow you unreservedly; for those who trust in you cannot be put to shame.
]And now we follow you with our whole heart, we fear you and we pray to you.
]Do not let us be put to shame, but deal with us in your kindness and great mercy.
]Deliver us by your wonders, and bring glory to your name, O Lord"
Psalms
25(24),4bc-5ab.6-7bc.8-9.]Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;
]teach me your paths,
]guide me in your truth and teach me,
]for you are God my savior.
]Remember that your compassion, O LORD,
and your love are from of old.
]In your kindness remember me,
]because of your goodness, O LORD.
]Good and upright is the LORD;
thus he shows sinners the way.
]He guides the humble to justice,
he teaches the humble his way.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew
18,21-35.]Peter approached Jesus and asked him, "Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?"
]Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.
]That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants.
]When he began the accounting, a debtor was brought before him who owed him a huge amount.
]Since he had no way of paying it back, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, his children, and all his property, in payment of the debt.
]At that, the servant fell down, did him homage, and said, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back in full.'
]Moved with compassion the master of that servant let him go and forgave him the loan.
]When that servant had left, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a much smaller amount. He seized him and started to choke him, demanding, 'Pay back what you owe.'
]Falling to his knees, his fellow servant begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.'
]But he refused. Instead, he had him put in prison until he paid back the debt.
]Now when his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were deeply disturbed, and went to their master and reported the whole affair.
]His master summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to.
]Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant, as I had pity on you?'
]Then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers until he should pay back the whole debt.
]So will my heavenly Father do to you, unless each of you forgives his brother from his heart."
St. Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello((1791-1858))
SAINT BENEDETTA CAMBIAGIO FRASSINELLO (1791 - 1858) Saint Benedetta Cambiagio Frasinello was born on 2 October 1791 in Langasco, Genoa, Italy. She founded a school for the formation of young women and also a religious congregation, and did both with the generous collaboration of her husband. This is unique in the annals of Christian sanctity. Benedetta was a pioneer determined to give young women a quality education. She envisioned families in a "new Christian society" and championed women's rights to education.Call to marriage, then to religious life From her parents, Benedetta received a Christian formation and a living faith. They raised her in Pavia, Northern Italy. At twenty years old, she had a mystical experience that made her desire a life of prayer, penance and consecration to God. However, she obeyed her parents and married Giovanni Frassinello in 1816. The couple agreed to live chastely as brother and sister. They cared for Benedetta's younger sister Maria who was dying from intestinal cancer. They began living a supernatural parenthood unique in the history of the Church.Congregation founded by wife, who is supported by her husband Maria passed away in 1825. Giovanni entered the Somaschi Fathers founded by St. Jerome Emiliani and Benedetta entered the Ursuline Congregation of Capriolo. Benedetta left the Congregation a year later because ofill health. When she returned to Pavia, she was miraculously cured by St. Jerome Emiliani. With the Bishop's approval, Benedetta dedicated herself to educating younggirls. She asked her father for help, but he refused. Bishop Tosi of Pavia asked Giovanni to leave the Somaschi novitiate and help Benedetta. After a vow of perfect chastity before the bishop, they began their common work of forming and educating the city's poor and abandoned girls. Benedetta became the first woman involved in this kind of work. The Austrian government recognized her as a "Promoter of Public Education."Benedictine Sisters of Providence Benedetta's pioneering work was opposed by some misguided clerics. In 1838, she turned over the institution to the bishop of Pavia. Together with Giovanni and five companions, she moved to Ronco Scrivia in the Genoa region. There, they opened a school for girls that was a refinement of what they had done in Pavia. Eventually, Benedetta founded the Congregation of the Benedictine Sisters of Providence. In her rule, she stressed the education of young girls. She instilled the spirit of unlimited confidence and abandonment to Providence and of love of God through poverty and charity. The Congregation grew quickly since it performed a needed service. Benedetta was able to guide the development of the Congregation until her death. On March 21, 1858, she passed away in Ronco Scrivia. Today the Benedictine Nuns of Providence are present in Italy, Spain, Burundi, Ivory Coast, Peru and Brazil. They are at the service of young people, the poor, the sick and the elderly. The foundress also opened a house of the order in Voghera. Forty years after the death of Benedetta, the bishop separated this house from the rest of the Order. The name was changed to the Benedictines of Divine Providence who honour the memory of the Foundress. Benedetta was canonized by John Paul II on May 19, 2002.
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