Day VII. Tuesday, Week I. "Forgive us the wrong we have done as we forgive those who wrong us" (Gospel for today - Mt 6:12).
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TUESDAY IN THE FIRST WEEK OF LENT
StationSt. Anastasia
Linked to this church is the tradition of the "first-light" MassMass at dawnwhich is celebrated in the first hours of the Christmas morning.
We keep this day in company with the widow-martyr, whose heavenly birthday the Church observes on the very birthday of the Light of the world. In the Christmas Mass "at dawn" St. Anastasia, whose name means "dawn"the new lightis commemorated. In that "aurora Mass" and again today, the words fulgebit, fulgeat"shine, radiateoccur.
A holy "radiating" is the fruit of a holy Lent. Everyone is called to be an "Anastasia", a new light, replenished by the light of ChristLumen Christi.
Let us pray: Look down upon Thy household, Lord, and grant that our souls, chastened by the mortification of the flesh, may radiate in Thy sight with the desire for Thee. Through Christ, Our Lord.
Amen.