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Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings, 03-17-06, Optional, St. Patrick
USCCB.org/New American Bible ^ | 03-17-06 | New American Bible

Posted on 03/17/2006 8:11:02 AM PST by Salvation

March 17, 2006

Friday of the Second Week of Lent

Psalm: Friday 14

Reading I
Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a

Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons,
for he was the child of his old age;
and he had made him a long tunic.
When his brothers saw that their father loved him best of all his sons,
they hated him so much that they would not even greet him.

One day, when his brothers had gone
to pasture their father’s flocks at Shechem,
Israel said to Joseph,
“Your brothers, you know, are tending our flocks at Shechem.
Get ready; I will send you to them.”

So Joseph went after his brothers and caught up with them in Dothan.
They noticed him from a distance,
and before he came up to them, they plotted to kill him.
They said to one another: “Here comes that master dreamer!
Come on, let us kill him and throw him into one of the cisterns here;
we could say that a wild beast devoured him.
We shall then see what comes of his dreams.”

When Reuben heard this,
he tried to save him from their hands, saying,
“We must not take his life.
Instead of shedding blood,” he continued,
“just throw him into that cistern there in the desert;
but do not kill him outright.”
His purpose was to rescue him from their hands
and return him to his father.
So when Joseph came up to them,
they stripped him of the long tunic he had on;
then they took him and threw him into the cistern,
which was empty and dry.

They then sat down to their meal.
Looking up, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead,
their camels laden with gum, balm and resin
to be taken down to Egypt.
Judah said to his brothers:
“What is to be gained by killing our brother and concealing his blood?
Rather, let us sell him to these Ishmaelites,
instead of doing away with him ourselves.
After all, he is our brother, our own flesh.”
His brothers agreed.
They sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21

R. (5a) Remember the marvels the Lord has done.
When the LORD called down a famine on the land
and ruined the crop that sustained them,
He sent a man before them,
Joseph, sold as a slave.
R. Remember the marvels the Lord has done.
They had weighed him down with fetters,
and he was bound with chains,
Till his prediction came to pass
and the word of the LORD proved him true.
R. Remember the marvels the Lord has done.
The king sent and released him,
the ruler of the peoples set him free.
He made him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions.
R. Remember the marvels the Lord has done.

Gospel
Mt 21:33-43, 45-46

Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people:
“Hear another parable.
There was a landowner who planted a vineyard,
put a hedge around it,
dug a wine press in it, and built a tower.
Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey.
When vintage time drew near,
he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce.
But the tenants seized the servants and one they beat,
another they killed, and a third they stoned.
Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones,
but they treated them in the same way.
Finally, he sent his son to them,
thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’
But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another,
‘This is the heir.
Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.’
They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
What will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?”
They answered him,
“He will put those wretched men to a wretched death
and lease his vineyard to other tenants
who will give him the produce at the proper times.”
Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures:

The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
by the Lord has this been done,
and it is wonderful in our eyes?

Therefore, I say to you,
the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you
and given to a people that will produce its fruit.”
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables,
they knew that he was speaking about them.
And although they were attempting to arrest him,
they feared the crowds, for they regarded him as a prophet.




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To: annalex

That is beautiful.


41 posted on 03/18/2006 1:05:41 AM PST by Global2010 (Thanks)
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To: Salvation

Thanks. I think the two mile walk however it was very cold helped get my mind off of eating the corned beef.

And the soup from the mix was wonderful to warm up after the hike.

I don't really like corned beef but gave into the hype.

I was kinda dissappointed in the news (I went to another room to view as the other household person is not watching tv as his lent commit, boy who would ever think one would miss the tv) that they were reporting that the Church lifted the abstain from meat rule for St.Pattys' day but they failed to add that we are to find a suitable replacement such as visit the homebound or Pray the Rosary ect...

They misreported the truth basically.

Hey if anyone is lifting up Prayers we need some warm sunshine really bad.

I love the warm el nino rain but this Alaskan cold air is more than enough for this long winter.


42 posted on 03/18/2006 1:17:03 AM PST by Global2010 (Thanks)
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To: Ciexyz

Wow never thought of the glycemic as my BG has been running at 109 but be interesting to see what it is after nipping at that lump of Corned beef.

The broth has been nice however probably chalk full of sodium as you mentioned and that does elevate the BG.


43 posted on 03/18/2006 1:26:46 AM PST by Global2010 (Thanks)
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To: Global2010

Next time you want to have some corned beef just boil it for a short time to get the salt out. Then put it in a roasting pan, cover it with a honey mustard sauce and bake. The sauce will bake right in and it will not be soggy.

Makes WONDERFUL sandwiches.


44 posted on 03/18/2006 1:37:33 AM PST by Straight Vermonter (The Stations of the Cross in Poetry ---> http://www.wayoftears.com)
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To: Straight Vermonter


45 posted on 03/18/2006 2:25:24 AM PST by Global2010 (Thanks)
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To: COBOL2Java
There is a similar Irish toast I really like, too, but I always get it so jumbled. I'm going to write yours down and put it in my wallet!

Thanks!
46 posted on 03/18/2006 12:54:06 PM PST by hummingbird ("...and bless the inventors of Robitussin DM. Amen.")
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To: Global2010

**but they failed to add that we are to find a suitable replacement such as visit the homebound or Pray the Rosary ect...**

The bishops have asked us to keep an Ember Day next week, I think it is Wednesday, to abstain and to fast. Really not connected to St. Patrick's Day, but one has to stop and wonder.


47 posted on 03/18/2006 1:28:28 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Straight Vermonter

Sounds like a good recipe. Thanks.


48 posted on 03/18/2006 1:29:00 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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