Fourth Sunday of Lent

Laetare Sunday

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 48:22-25
Mass: Joshua 5:9a, 10-12; Resp Ps 34; 2 Cor 5:17-21; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 or readings for Year A: 1 Sam 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Resp Ps 23; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41

Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her.

Saturday of the Third Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 48:22-25
Mass: Hos 6:1-6; Resp Ps 51; Lk 18:9-14

Come, let us return to the Lord.

Friday of the Third Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 48:10-21
Mass: Hos 14:2-10; Resp Ps 81; Mk 12:28-34

I am the Lord your God; hear my voice.

Thursday of the Third Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 48:1-9 The Daily Manual Labor
Mass: Jr 7:23-28; Resp Ps 95; Lk 11:14-23

If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 47 Signaling the Times for the Work of God
Mass: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Resp Ps 147; Mt 5:17-19

You will show me the path of life, the fullness of joy in your presence, O Lord.

Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 46 Faults Committed Elsewhere
Mass: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Resp Ps 25; Mt 18:21-35

Lord, do not take your mercy from us.

Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 45 Mistakes in the Oratory
Mass: Is 7:10-14; 8:10; Resp Ps 40; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38

The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.

Third Sunday of Lent

Day in Memory of Missionary Martyrs

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch The Reconciliation of Those Excommunicated
Mass: Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15; Resp Ps 103; 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12; Lk 13:1-9 or readings for Year A: Ex 17:3-7; Resp Ps 95; Rm 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42

I am who am.

Saturday of the Second Week of Lent

Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo (1538-1606)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 43:13-19
Mass: Micah 7:14-15, 18-20; Resp Ps 103; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32

The Lord is kind and merciful.

Friday of the Second Week of Lent

World Water Day

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 43:1-12 Tardiness at the Work of God or at Table
Mass: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a; Resp Ps 105; Mt 21:33-43, 45-46

Remember the marvels the Lord has done.

Thursday of the Second Week of Lent

World Poetry Day

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 42 Silence after Compline
Mass: Jer 17:5-10; Resp Ps 1; Lk 16:19-31

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord.

Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent

First Day of Spring

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 41 The Times for Community Meals
Mass: Jer 18:18-20; Resp Ps 31; Mt 20:17-28

The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve.

Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 40 The Proper Amount of Drink
Mass: 2 Sam 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Resp Ps 89; Rm 4:13, 16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a

Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.

Monday of the Second Week of Lent

Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Doctor (315-386)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 39 The Proper Amount of Food
Mass: Dn 9:4b-10; Resp Ps 79; Lk 6:36-38

Yours, O Lord, our God, are compassion and forgiveness.

Second Sunday of Lent

In other years: Saint Patrick (385-461)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 38 The Weekly Reader
Mass: Gn 15:5-12, 17-18; Resp Ps 27, Ph 3:17-4:1, Lk 9:28b-36

Stand firm in the Lord.

Saturday of the First Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 37 Care of the Elderly and the Young
Mass: Dt 26:16-19; Resp Ps 119; Mt 5:43-48

Be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Friday of the First Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 36 Care of the Sick
Mass: Ezk 18:21-28; Resp Ps 130; Mt 5:20-26

I trust in the Lord; my soul trusts in his word.

Thursday of the First Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 35:12-18
Mass: Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Resp Ps 138; Mt 7:7-12

Do to others whatever you would have them do to you.

Wednesday of the First Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 35:1-11 Weekly Servers in the Kitchen and at Table
Mass: Jon 3:1-10; Resp 51; Lk 11:29-32

A heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.

Tuesday of the First Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 34 Distribution of Goods According to Need
Mass: Is 55:10-11; Resp Ps 34; Mt 6:7-15

From the heavens the rain and snow come down.

Monday of the First Week of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 33 Personal Possessions in the Monastery
Mass: Lv 19:1-2, 11-18; Resp Ps 19; Mt 25:31-46

Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.

First Sunday of Lent

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 32 The Tools and Property of the Monastery
Mass: Dt 26:4-10; Resp Ps 92; Rm 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13

Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble.

Saturday after Ash Wednesday

Saint Frances of Rome (1384-1440)

Readings of the Day
RB: 31:13-19
Mass: Is 58:9b-14; Resp Ps 86; Lk 5:27-32

Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

Friday after Ash Wednesday

Saint John of God (1495-1550)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 3:1-12 Qualifications of the Monastery Cellarer
Mass: Is 58:1-9a; Resp Ps 51; Mt 9:14-15

Lord, make me know your ways, teach me your paths.

Thursday after Ash Wednesday

Saints Perpetua and Felicity (early Christian martyrs)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 30 The Correction of Young Children
Mass: Dt 30:15-20; Resp Ps 1; Lk 9:22-25

Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.

Ash Wednesday

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 29 The Readmission of Any Who Leave the Monastery
Mass: Joel 2:12-18; Resp Ps 51; 2 Co 5:20-6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18

Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.

Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 28 The Treatment of Those Who Relapse
Mass: Si 35:1-12; Resp Ps 50; Mk 10:28-31

We have given up everything and followed you.

Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Casimir (1458-1484)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 27 The Abbess's Care for the Excommunicated
Mass: Si 17:20-24; Resp Ps 32; Mk 10:17-27

Stand firm in the way set before you, in prayer to the Most High God.

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

In other years: Saint Katharine Drexel (1858-1955)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 28 Unlawful Association with the Excommunicated
Mass: Si 27:4-7; Resp Ps 92; 1 Co 15:54-58; Lk 6:39-45

Thanks be to God who gives us the victory through Our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Blessed Virgin Mary

Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
First Saturday of the Month

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 25 Punishment for More Serious Faults
Mass: Si 17:1-15; Resp Ps 103; Mk 10:13-16

Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time

First Friday of the Month

Readings of the Day

RB: Ch 23 Faults Which Deserve Excommunication; Ch 24 Different Degrees of Severity in Punishment

Mass: Si 6:5-17; Resp Ps 119; Mk 10:1-12

Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.

Reflecting on the first line from today's passage from the Book of Sirach, 'A kind mouth multiplies friends and appeases enemies, and gracious lips prompt friendly greetings', I pray with the following intercessions:

O God, be merciful to me, a sinner. 

For words and deeds of impatience and anger:

-pardon us, O Lord!

For words and deeds of selfish grasping:

-pardon us, O Lord!

For words and deeds of unkindness:

-pardon us, O Lord!

For those sins of which we are most ashamed:

-pardon us, O Lord

(Magnificat, Prayer for the Morning, Intercessions, March 1, 2019)

In order to pray well, we need to have the heart of a child.

(Pope Francis, Twitter, March 1, 2019)