Catholic Missal of the day: Wednesday, March 9 2016

Wednesday of the Fourth week of Lent

Wednesday of the Fourth week of Lent

1. Reading

Book of Isaiah

49,8-15.

]Thus says the LORD: In a time of favor I answer you, on the day of salvation I help you; and I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people, To restore the land and allot the desolate heritages,
]Saying to the prisoners: Come out! To those in darkness: Show yourselves! Along the ways they shall find pasture, on every bare height shall their pastures be.
]They shall not hunger or thirst, nor shall the scorching wind or the sun strike them; For he who pities them leads them and guides them beside springs of water.
]I will cut a road through all my mountains, and make my highways level.
]See, some shall come from afar, others from the north and the west, and some from the land of Syene.
]Sing out, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth, break forth into song, you mountains. For the LORD comforts his people and shows mercy to his afflicted.
]But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me."
]Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you.

Psalm

Psalms

145(144),8-9.13cd-14.17-18.

]The LORD is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and of great kindness.
]The LORD is good to all
and compassionate toward all his works.
]The LORD is faithful in all his words
]and holy in all his works.
]The LORD lifts up all who are falling
and raises up all who are bowed down.
]The LORD is just in all his ways
and holy in all his works.
]The LORD is near to all who call upon him,
to all who call upon him in truth.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

5,17-30.

]Jesus answered the Jews: "My Father is at work until now, so I am at work."
]For this reason the Jews tried all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God.
]Jesus answered and said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, a son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees his father doing; for what he does, his son will do also.
]For the Father loves his Son and shows him everything that he himself does, and he will show him greater works than these, so that you may be amazed.
]For just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so also does the Son give life to whomever he wishes.
]Nor does the Father judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to his Son,
]so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
]Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not come to condemnation, but has passed from death to life.
]Amen, amen, I say to you, the hour is coming and is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
]For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to his Son the possession of life in himself.
]And he gave him power to exercise judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
]Do not be amazed at this, because the hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
]and will come out, those who have done good deeds to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked deeds to the resurrection of condemnation.
]I cannot do anything on my own; I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me."

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St. Frances of Rome(Religious (1384-1440))

SAINT FRANCES OF ROME Religious (1384-1440) St. Frances' parents were high-ranking Roman officials. They overruled her decision to become a nun and married her when she was 12 years old to Rorenzo Ponziano, a nobleman. In 40 years of married life, they never argued. St. Frances attended promptly to every household duty saying, "A married woman must leave God at the altar to find Him in her domestic cares." Her ordinary food was bread and water, but she often brought sumptuous food to the poor and needy. During the invasion of Rome in 1413, Ponziano was banished, his house was destroyed, his estates were confiscated, and his eldest son was taken hostage. St. Frances saw in these losses only the finger of God and blessed His holy name. When peace was restored, Ponziano recovered his estate and St. Frances founded the Oblates. After her husband's death, St. Frances lived with the Oblates and was elected superioress. She was constanly aware of the presence of God. Among many visions, she was given sight of her guardian angel: who shed such brightness that she could read her midnight office. St. Frances' guardian angel shielded her in the hour of temptation and directed her in every good act. When she was betrayed into some defect, he faded from her sight. Whenever light words were spoken before her, he covered his face in shame. St. Frances passed way on March 9, 1440, on the day she had foretold. She was canonized in 1608 because of her heroic virtues and the miracles proceeding from her intercession. She is the patron saint of automobile drivers because her guardian angel illuminated the road while she travelled.

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