Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, March 26 2019
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. 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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