Catholic Missal of the day: Thursday, March 21 2019
Thursday of the Second week of Lent
Thursday of the Second week of Lent
1. ReadingBook of Jeremiah
17,5-10.]Thus says the LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh, whose heart turns away from the LORD.
]He is like a barren bush in the desert that enjoys no change of season, But stands in a lava waste, a salt and empty earth.
]Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose hope is the LORD.
]He is like a tree planted beside the waters that stretches out its roots to the stream: It fears not the heat when it comes, its leaves stay green; In the year of drought it shows no distress, but still bears fruit.
]More tortuous than all else is the human heart, beyond remedy; who can understand it?
]I, the LORD, alone probe the mind and test the heart, To reward everyone according to his ways, according to the merit of his deeds.
Psalms
1,1-2.3.4.6.]Blessed the man who follows not
the counsel of the wicked
Nor walks in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the company of the insolent,
]But delights in the law of the LORD
and meditates on his law day and night.
]He is like a tree
planted near running water,
that yields its fruit in due season,
and whose leaves never fade.
Whatever he does, prospers.
]Not so, the wicked, not so;
they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
]For the LORD watches over the way of the just,
but the way of the wicked vanishes.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke
16,19-31.]Jesus said to the Pharisees: "There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day.
]And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
]who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Dogs even used to come and lick his sores.
]When the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried,
]and from the netherworld, where he was in torment, he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.
]And he cried out, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering torment in these flames.'
]Abraham replied, 'My child, remember that you received what was good during your lifetime while Lazarus likewise received what was bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented.
]Moreover, between us and you a great chasm is established to prevent anyone from crossing who might wish to go from our side to yours or from your side to ours.'
]He said, 'Then I beg you, father, send him to my father's house,
]for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they too come to this place of torment.'
]But Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.'
]He said, 'Oh no, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'
]Then Abraham said, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.'"
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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