Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, March 26 2018
Monday of Holy Week
Monday of Holy Week
1. ReadingBook of Isaiah
42,1-7.]Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased, Upon whom I have put my Spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations,
]Not crying out, not shouting, not making his voice heard in the street.
]A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoldering wick he shall not quench,
]Until he establishes justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait for his teaching.
]Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spreads out the earth with its crops, Who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk on it:
]I, the LORD, have called you for the victory of justice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed you, and set you as a covenant of the people, a light for the nations,
]To open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.
Psalms
27(26),1.2.3.13-14.]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?
]When evildoers come at me
to devour my flesh,
My foes and my enemies
themselves stumble and fall.
]Though an army encamp against me,
my heart will not fear;
Though war be waged upon me,
even then will I trust.
]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.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John
12,1-11.]Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
]They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served, while Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him.
]Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine aromatic nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair; the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
]Then Judas the Iscariot, one (of) his disciples, and the one who would betray him, said,
]Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days' wages and given to the poor?
]He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief and held the money bag and used to steal the contributions.
]So Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Let her keep this for the day of my burial.
]You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me."
](The) large crowd of the Jews found out that he was there and came, not only because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
]And the chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus too,
]because many of the Jews were turning away and believing in Jesus because of him.
St. Ludger(Bishop (c. 743-809))
SAINT LUDGER Bishop (c. 743-809) St. Ludger was a nobleman from Friesland. He was born around 743 and was educated by St. Gregory, St. Boniface's disciple. St. Ludger studied at St. Gregory's monastery in Utrech and wore the clerical tonsure. In response to the Holy Spirit's prompting, he trained for four and a half years with Alcuincin in York. In 773, St. Ludger returned to Friesland. When St. Gregory passed away in 776, St. Ludger was ordained a priest. After his ordination, he preached the Gospel in Friesland. Providentially, he founded several monasteries and churches. When the pagan Saxons ravaged the country, St. Ludger travelled to Rome to consult Pope Adrian I. The Saxons opposed foreign influence and St. Ludger was forced to retire to Monte Casino for three and a half years. Hence, he donned the habit of the Order and conformed to its rule. In 787, Charlemagne defeated the Saxons and conquered Friesland and the coast of the Germanic Ocean as far as Denmark. St. Ludger returned to East Friesland and converted the Saxons to the Faith, including the province of Westphalia. He founded the monastery of Werden, twenty-nine miles from Cologne. In 802, Hildebald, the Archbishop of Cologne, consecrated St. Ludger to the Bishopric of Munster. St. Ludger afterward appointed five cantons from Friesland and founded the Monastery of Helmstad in the duchy of Brunswick. When charges were brought against St. Ludger for wasting the Church's donations, he was summoned to court by Emperor Charlemagne. The chamberlain sent to fetch him reported that St. Ludger would attend after praying. By the time St. Ludger finished praying, Emperor Charlemagne was frustrated and asked, "Why did you make me wait so long?" St. Ludger replied that his respect for Charlemagne was profound, but God was infinitely above him. While we are occupied with Him, it is our duty to forget everything else. This answer, and St. Ludger's account of himself, made the Emperor dismiss the charges. St. Ludger was favored with the gifts of miracles and prophecy. His last sickness, though painful, did not hinder his daily activities. Up to the last day of his life, Passion Sunday, St. Ludger preached very early in the morning, said Mass towards nine, and preached again before night. He passed away on March 26, midnight, at the hour he foretold.
Bl. Maddalena Caterina Morano((1847-1908))
BLESSED MADDALENA CATERINA MORANO (1847-1908) Blessed Maddalena Caterina Morano came from a large family in Chieri, Italy. Her father and older sister passed away when she was 8 years old. She worked and received education simultaneously. In 1866, she received her diploma as an elementary school teacher. Maddalena studied Christian doctrine and wanted to be a saint. She postponed entering religious life to provide for her family and worked as a rural school teacher in Montaldo. She taught catechism at the local parish for 12 years. In 1878, after securing her mother's retirement, Maddalena entered the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, a congregation founded six years earlier by Don Bosco. She was a model religious and took first vows after a brief but intense novitiate. In 1881, with Don Bosco's blessing, she was sent to Trecastagni (Diocese of Catania), Sicily, and was put in charge of an existing institute for women. She gave the institute a new orientation inspired by Salesian principles. Sicily became Mother Maddalena's second home, where she carried out a varied and fruitful apostolate. She opened new houses, set up after-school activities and sewing classes, trained teachers and conducted apostolic activities. Her real love, though, was for catechism class. She was convinced that the formation of Christian conscience was the basis of personal maturity and all social improvement. She coordinated catechetical instruction in eighteen of Catania's churches and trained lay and religious catechists. Mother Maddalena spent 25 years in Sicily and served her community as local and provincial superior. She was an attentive mother and cared for many local vocations, faithfully living the charism of Mother Maria Mazzarello, the institue's co-foundress. She passed away in Catania at 61 years old on March 26, 1908.She was beatified in Catania on November 5, 1994, by Pope John Paul II.
St. Margaret Clitherow()
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