Wednesday of the First week of Lent

Book of Jonah

3,1-10.

The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
"Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and announce to it the message that I will tell you."
So Jonah made ready and went to Nineveh, according to the LORD'S bidding. Now Nineveh was an enormously large city; it took three days to go through it.
Jonah began his journey through the city, and had gone but a single day's walk announcing, "Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed,"
when the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small, put on sackcloth.
When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in the ashes.
Then he had this proclaimed throughout Nineveh, by decree of the king and his nobles: "Neither man nor beast, neither cattle nor sheep, shall taste anything; they shall not eat, nor shall they drink water.
Man and beast shall be covered with sackcloth and call loudly to God; every man shall turn from his evil way and from the violence he has in hand.
Who knows, God may relent and forgive, and withhold his blazing wrath, so that we shall not perish."
When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, he repented of the evil that he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out.

Psalms

51(50),3-4.12-13.18-19.

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.
A clean heart create for me, O God,
and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
Cast me not out from your presence,
and your Holy Spirit take not from 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.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

11,29-32.

While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, "This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah.
Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
At the judgment the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation and she will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and there is something greater than Solomon here.
At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because at the preaching of Jonah they repented, and there is something greater than Jonah here."

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

SAINT FRANCES OF ROME Religious (1384-1440) St. Frances was born at Rome in 1384. Her parents were high-ranking officials. They overruled her desire to become a nun, and at twelve married her to Rorenzo Ponziano, a Roman noble. During the forty years of their married life, they never had a disagreement. While spending her days in retirement and prayer, she 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 would bring sumptuous food to the poor and needy. During the invasion of Rome in 1413, Ponziano was banished. His estates were confiscated, his house was destroyed, and his eldest son 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 Frances founded the Oblates. After her husband's death, barefoot and with a cord about her neck, she sought admission to the community, and was soon elected Superioress. She was constanly aware of the presence of God, and amongst many visions was given sight of her guardian angel, who shed such brightness that the Saint could read her midnight Office. The Guardian Angel shielded her in the hour of temptation, and directed her in every good act. But when she was betrayed into some defect, he faded from her sight; and when some light words were spoken before her, he covered his face in shame. Sr. Frances passed way on March 9, 1440, on the day she had foretold. She was canonized in 1608 in recognition of her heroic virtues and the miracles proceeding from her intercession.

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