Friday, March 09, 2007

Feast days of the week 11 - 17 March, A.D. 2007 (1962 liturgical calendar).

SECOND PART OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR: THE EASTER CYCLE (MYSTERY OF THE REDEMPTION).[1]
Lent

Sunday, 11 March, 2007
Third Sunday of Lent (I)
"We see Jesus today in open conflict with Satan and his works. So also during Lent, which is a time when the struggle against the old man is more intense, should we 'live as children of the light', performing actions good, just and true.”
Epistle: Eph 5:1-9.
Gospel: Luke 11:14-28.

Monday, 12 March, 2007
Monday of the Third Week in Lent (III)
Day of fast (traditional)
Lesson: IV Kings 5:1-15.
Gospel: Luke 4:23-30.

St. Gregory I, the Great, Pope, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church (III)
"St. Gregory the Great transformed his house into a monastery and founded many others where the rule of St. Benedict was strictly observed. Elected in turn Abbott, Cardinal, and Supreme Pontiff, he was one of the greatest popes of the Middle Ages. To him belongs the honour of having collected those harmonious melodies called the 'Gregorian Chant'. St. Gregory is one of the four great Latin doctors. He died A.D. 604."
Epistle: I Peter 5:1-4; 10-11.
Gospel: Matt 16:13-19.

Tuesday, 13 March, 2007
Tuesday of the Third Week in Lent (III)
Day of fast (traditional)
Lesson: IV Kings 4:1-7.
Gospel: Matt 18:15-22.

Wednesday, 14 March, 2007
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent (III)
Day of fast (traditional)
Lesson: Exodus 20:12-24.
Gospel: Matt 15-1-20.

Thursday, 15 March, 2007
Thursday of the Third Week in Lent (III)
Day of fast (traditional)
Lesson: Jer 7:1-7.
Gospel: Luke 4:38-44.

Friday, 16 March, 2007
Friday of the Third Week in Lent (III)
Day of fast (Obligatory)
Lesson: Num 20:1-3; 6-13.
Gospel: John 4:5-42.

Saturday, 17 March 2007
Saturday of the Third Week in Lent (III)
Day of fast (traditional)
Lesson: Daniel 13:1-9; 15-17; 19-30; 33-62.
Gospel: John 8:1-11.

St. Patrick, Bishop, Confessor (III)
"The holy Bishop Patrick is the Apostle and Patron of Ireland. He used with profit the talents received from God to convert the whole Irish people which, thanks to him, has always been strongly loyal to the Holy See. He died A.D. 464."
Lesson: Ecclesiasticus 44:16-27; 45:3-20.
Gospel: Matt 25:14-23.

[1] Remarks are abstracted from The Daily Missal and Liturgical Manual, from Editio Typica of the Roman Missal and Breviary, 1962
(Baronius Press Limited, London, 2004, in conjunction with the Fraternal Society of St. Peter, www.baroniuspress.com)

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