Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent

The Month of March Devoted to Saint Joseph

Saint: Saint John of Egypt (304-394); Saint Rupert, Bishop of Salzburg (d.c.710)

Readings of the Day

Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 47 Announcing the Hours for the Work of God

Mass: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62; Resp Ps 23; Jn 8:1-11  

All the days of my life.

MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,

SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL,

PRAY FOR US.

SAINT JOSEPH, MODEL OF WORKERS,

PRAY FOR US.

They suppressed their consciences; they would not allow their eyes to look to heaven, and did not keep in mind just judgments.

(Dn 13:9)

Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.

(Jn 8:7)

Welcome to Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent. Holy Week is coming soon. I love the first reading from the Book of Daniel. Read it out loud - it is packed! I am busy today passing along voices from here and there, all related. As I have said before, O the beauty and gift of our tradition of faith. United in faith and prayer, we march on. Keep going! Pray to your patron saint today.

Being incapable of acknowledging guilt is the most dangerous form of spiritually arrested development one can imagine because this in particular makes people incapable of improvement.

(Pope Benedict XVI, 1927-2022)

Our high priest is Christ Jesus, our sacrifice is His precious body which He immolated on the altar of the cross for the salvation of all people ...

All who have embarked on true contrition and penance for sins they have committed, and are firmly resolved not to commit sins again for the future but to persevere constantly in that pursuit of virtues which they have now begun, all these become sharers in this holy and eternal sacrifice.

(From a commentary on the psalms by Saint John Fisher, bishop and martyr, in Office of Readings, Monday, Fifth Week of Lent)

Go, and from now on do not sin any more.

(Jn 8:11)

SAINT JOHN OF EGYPT,

SAINT RUPERT,

SAINT MARIA ELIZABETH HESSELBLAD,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: This is the bud you saw last Thursday. My cup overflows.

 

© Gertrude Feick 2023