Catholic Missal of the day: Thursday, March 23 2017
Thursday of the Third week of Lent
Thursday of the Third week of Lent
1. ReadingBook of Jeremiah
7,23-28.]Thus says the LORD: This is what I commanded my people: Listen to my voice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people. Walk in all the ways that I command you, so that you may prosper.
]But they obeyed not, nor did they pay heed. They walked in the hardness of their evil hearts and turned their backs, not their faces, to me.
]From the day that your fathers left the land of Egypt even to this day, I have sent you untiringly all my servants the prophets.
]Yet they have not obeyed me nor paid heed; they have stiffened their necks and done worse than their fathers.
]When you speak all these words to them, they will not listen to you either; when you call to them, they will not answer you.
]Say to them: This is the nation which does not listen to the voice of the LORD, its God, or take correction. Faithfulness has disappeared; the word itself is banished from their speech.
Psalms
95(94),1-2.6-7.8-9.]Come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD;
let us acclaim the Rock of our salvation.
]Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us joyfully sing psalms to him.
]Come, let us bow down in worship;
let us kneel before the LORD who made us.
]For he is our God,
and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides.
]Oh, that today you would hear his voice:
“Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,
as in the day of Massah in the desert,
]Where your fathers tempted me;
they tested me though they had seen my works.”
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke
11,14-23.]Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute, and when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke and the crowds were amazed.
]Some of them said, "By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons."
]Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven.
]But he knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house.
]And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that it is by Beelzebul that I drive out demons.
]If I, then, drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own people drive them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
]But if it is by the finger of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
]When a strong man fully armed guards his palace, his possessions are safe.
]But when one stronger than he attacks and overcomes him, he takes away the armor on which he relied and distributes the spoils.
]Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters."
St. Turibius of Mongrovejo(Bishop (1538-1606))
SAINT TURIBIUS of MONGROVEJO Archbishop of Lima (1538-1606) Turibius Alphonsus Mongrovejo was born on November 6, 1538, in Mayorga, the Kingdom of Leon, Spain. He was a scholastic who was known to make long pilgrimages on foot. He was amaster of canon and civil law and was appointed judge in Granada by King Philip II. He was then nominated by King Philip II as archbishop for the vacant see of Lima. The pope confirmed Turibius, who received holy orders and was consecrated. Turibius arrived in Lima in 1587. He edified Christians and brought order to his episcopal city. He received confessions daily and prepared for Mass with prayer and meditation. He also visited his vast diocese, which he traversed three times. His first visit lasted seven years and the second lasted four. He held provincial councils and framed decrees and regulations that were adopted in neighboring countries. He sought the common good and channeled nearly his entire revenue toward social safety nets. While performing his duties during a third visit, Turibius was seized with a fatal illness. He passed away on March 23, 1606, in Santa, exclaiming as he received the Viaticum: "I rejoiced in the things that were said to me: 'We shall go into the house of the Lord.'"The proofs of his holy life and of the favors granted through his intercession led Pope Innocent XI to beatify him. He was canonized by Pope Benedict XIII in 1726.
Sts. Victorian and Others(Martyrs († 484))
STS. VICTORIAN AND OTHERS Martyrs ( 484) Huneric was the Arian king of the Vandals in Africa. He succeeded his father Genseric in 477. He tolerated Catholicism, but persecuted the clergy and holy virgins in 480. The killings escalated into a general persecution in 484. Victorian, a principal lord, Roman proconsul and Carthaginian governor, was asked by King Huneric to apostatize. Victorian declined and was martyred. The Roman Martyrology joins him with four others who were martyred on that day. Two brothers who were martyred had promised to die together. They were hung and stretched in the air with weights. Alban Butler narrates the event: "One brother, under the excess of pain, begged to be taken down for a brief pause. The other brother, fearing that relief might cause him to deny his faith, cried out, 'God forbid... Is that what we promised Jesus?' The one was so encouraged that he cried out, "No... Increase my tortures..." Two Carthaginian merchants, both named Frumentius, suffered martyrdom around the same time. Another confessor named Liberatus, an eminent physician, was banished together with his wife. The Roman Martyrologies also mention twelve young children who were dragged away, beaten and scourged. They did not renounce the faith and persevered.
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