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23 March 2026 Monday of the 5th week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Turibius of Mongrovejo, Bishop) Chapel of Saint Toribio de Mogrovejo, Lima cathedral, PeruReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingDaniel 13:1-9,15-17,19-30,33-62Susanna and the eldersIn Babylon there lived a man named Joakim. He had married Susanna daughter of Hilkiah, a woman of great beauty; and she was God-fearing, because her parents were worthy people and had instructed their daughter in the Law of Moses. Joakim was a very rich man, and had a garden attached to his house; the Jews would often visit him since he...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(3/23/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesExodus 3:1- 3 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and...

22 March 2026 5th Sunday of Lent Chapel of Saint Jerome with the Altar Piece in the Astorga Cathedral, Spain Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingEzekiel 37:12-14I shall put my spirit in you, and you will liveThe Lord says this: I am now going to open your graves; I mean to raise you from your graves, my people, and lead you back to the soil of Israel. And you will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and raise you from your graves, my people. And I shall put my spirit in you,...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(3/22/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesExodus 2:11–25 11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men,...

21 March 2026 Saturday of the 4th week of LentBenedictine Sisters of Providence, Adoration Chapel, Clyde, MOReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingJeremiah 11:18-20'Let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name may be quickly forgotten'The Lord revealed it to me; I was warned. O Lord, that was when you opened my eyes to their scheming. I for my part was like a trustful lamb being led to the slaughter-house, not knowing the schemes they were plotting against me, ‘Let us destroy the tree in its strength, let us cut him off...

Join with fellow FREEPERS across the world to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, Technology, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. (1 Timothy 2:1-2) IT IS ONLY BY GOD'S GRACE, MERCY AND DIVINE INTERVENTION THAT AMERICA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN. WE PRAY FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(3/21/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesExodus 2:1-102 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. 4...

20 March 2026 Friday of the 4th week of Lent St Cuthbert's Church, Earl's Court, London, UKReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingWisdom 2:1,12-22Let us lie in wait for the virtuous man and condemn him to a shameful deathThe godless say to themselves, with their misguided reasoning:‘Our life is short and dreary,nor is there any relief when man’s end comes,nor is anyone known who can give release from Hades.Let us lie in wait for the virtuous man, since he annoys usand opposes our way of life,reproaches us for our breaches of the lawand accuses us of playing false...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(3/20/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesExodus 11 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. 6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. 7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly,...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. What is an Equinox? | National Geographic God made two great lights— the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to...

19 March 2026 Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary Solemnity St Joseph's Church, Bowling Green, KYReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First reading2 Samuel 7:4-5,12-14,16The Lord will give him the throne of his ancestor DavidThe word of the Lord came to Nathan: ‘Go and tell my servant David, Thus the Lord speaks: “When your days are ended and you are laid to rest with your ancestors, I will preserve the offspring of your body after you and make his sovereignty secure. (It is he who shall build a house for my name, and I will make his...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(3/19/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesGenesis 46:1-7 46 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. 3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt;...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness - 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(3/18/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesGenesis 45:1-28 45 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. 2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. 4 And...

18 March 2026Wednesday of the 4th week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Doctor) Saint Cyril of Jerusalem Catholic Church, Jamison PAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 49:8-15On the day of salvation I will help youThus says the Lord:At the favourable time I will answer you,on the day of salvation I will help you.(I have formed you and have appointed youas covenant of the people.)I will restore the landand assign you the estates that lie waste.I will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out’,to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’On every roadway they will...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business; End to Sex Slavery; Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(3/17/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesGenesis 4444 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. 4 And when they were gone out of...

17 March 2026 Tuesday of the 4th week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Patrick, Bishop, Missionary) Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York CityReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingEzekiel 47:1-9,12Wherever the water flows, it will bring life and healthThe angel brought me to the entrance of the Temple, where a stream came out from under the Temple threshold and flowed eastwards, since the Temple faced east. The water flowed from under the right side of the Temple, south of the altar. He took me out by the north gate and led me right round outside as far as the...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business; End to Sex Slavery; Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14) I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to...