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Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, March 26 2022

Saturday of the Third week of Lent

Book of Hosea

6,1-6.

Come, let us return to the LORD, it is he who has rent, but he will heal us; he has struck us, but he will bind our wounds.
He will revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, to live in his presence.
Let us know, let us strive to know the LORD; as certain as the dawn is his coming, and his judgment shines forth like the light of day! He will come to us like the rain, like spring rain that waters the earth."
What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your piety is like a morning cloud, like the dew that early passes away.
For this reason I smote them through the prophets, I slew them by the words of my mouth;
For it is love that I desire, not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than holocausts.


Psalms

51(50),3-4.18-19.20-21ab.

Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
Thoroughly wash me from my guilt
and of my sin cleanse me.
For you are not pleased with sacrifices;
should I offer a burnt offering, you would not accept it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit;
a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.
Be bountiful, O LORD, to Zion in your kindness
by rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem;
Then shall you be pleased with due sacrifices,
burnt offerings and holocausts.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

18,9-14.

Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else.
"Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector.
The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, 'O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity--greedy, dishonest, adulterous--or even like this tax collector.
I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.'
But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, 'O God, be merciful to me a sinner.'
I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."


St. Ludger(Bishop (c. 743-809))

SAINT LUDGER Bishop (c. 743-809) St. Ludger was born in Friesland about the year 743. His father, a nobleman, committed Ludger to the care of St. Gregory, St. Boniface's disciple. Ludger was educated in the see of Utrecht, in St. Gregory's monastery, and received the clerical tonsure. Desiring further sanctity and transcendence, responsive to the will and callings of the Master, Ludger went to England and spent four and a half years training with Alcuin, the rector of a famous school at York. In 773, Ludger returned to Friesland. When St. Gregory passed away in 776, Alberic, the successor, compelled Ludger to receive Holy Orders. After ordination, Fr. Ludger preached the Gospel in Friesland, where he converted great numbers, founded several monasteries, and built several churches. When the pagan Saxons ravaged the country, Fr. Ludger travelled to Rome to consult Pope Adrian II, and what he thought God required. He then retired for three and a half years to Monte Casino, where he wore the habit of the Order and conformed to the practice of the rule. In 787, Charlemagne overcame the Saxons and conquered Friesland and the coast of the Germanic Ocean as far as Denmark. Fr. Ludger, hearing this, returned into East Friesland, where he converted the Saxons to the Faith, as he also did the province of Westphalia. Fr. Ludger founded the monastery of Werden, twenty-nine miles from Cologne. In 802, Hildebald, Archbishop of Cologne, consecrated Fr. Ludger Bishop of Munster. Bp. Ludger then appointed five cantons from Friesland he had converted, and founded the Monastery of Helmstad in the duchy of Brunswick. Being accused of wasting his income and neglecting the adornment of churches, Bp. Ludger was ordered to appear at court. The morning after his arrival, Emperor Charlemagne's chamberlain brought him word that his attendance was required. The Saint, being at his prayers, told the officer that he would follow him as soon as he finished. By the time hewas ready, the courtiers represented Bp. Ludger's devotion as contempt of his Majesty. When the audience finally transpired, Emperor Charlemagne,with some emotion, asked Bp. Ludger why he made him wait so long. The bishop answered that he had profound respect for his Majesty, but God was infinitely above him; that while we are occupied with Him, it is our duty to forget everything else. This answer made such an impression that the Emperor he dismissed Bp. Ludger and disgraced his accusers. St. Ludger was favored with the gifts of miracles and prophecy. His last sickness, though excruciating, did not hinder him from continuing his functions to the last day of his life: Passion Sunday. That day, Bp. 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 had foretold, and was interred at Werden Abbey.


Bl. Maddalena Caterina Morano (1847-1908)()


BLESSED MADDALENA CATERINA MORANO (1847-1908) Blessed Maddalena Caterina Morano was born in 1847 to a large family in Chieri, near Turin, Italy. When she was eight, her father and older sister passed away, and so young Maddalena had to work. However, she applied herself to study as well, and in 1866 she received her diploma as an elementary school teacher. Her studies increased her knowledge of Christian doctrine and her longing to be a saint. She wished to enter religious life, but the needs of her family required her to wait. For 12 years she worked as a rural school teacher in Montaldo and taught catechism in the local parish. In 1878, having set aside enough savings for her mother's future needs, Maddalena entered the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, a congregation founded six years earlier by Don Bosco. She was a model religious, and after a brief but intense novitiate, she took her first vows. In 1881, with Don Bosco's blessing, she was sent to Trecastagni (Diocese of Catania), Sicily, and put in charge of an existing institute for women, to which she gave a new orientation inspired by the principles of the Salesian method. Sicily became her 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, since 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 to bring the Christian message to needy boys and girls. She spent twenty-five 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, co-foundress of the institute. She passed away in Catania at the age of 61 on 26 March 1908. She was beatified on November 5, 1994 at Catania by St. Pope John Paul II.


St. Margaret Clitherow()


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Published: 2022-02-17T15:27:50Z | Modified: 2022-02-17T15:27:50Z