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March 7, 2006 Tuesday of the First Week of Lent Psalm: Tuesday 13 Reading IIs 55:10-11 Thus says the LORD:Just as from the heavensthe rain and snow come downAnd do not return theretill they have watered the earth,making it fertile and fruitful,Giving seed to the one who sowsand bread to the one who eats,So shall my word bethat goes forth from my mouth;It shall not return to me void,but shall do my will,achieving the end for which I sent it. Responsorial PsalmPs 34:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19 R. (18b) From all their distress God rescues the just.Glorify the LORD with me,let...

Medieval Sourcebook: St.Perpetua: The Passion of Sts Perpetua and Felicity 203 A.D. St.Perpetua: The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity 203 Vibia Perpetua, was executed in the arena in Carthage on 7 March 203. The account of her martyrdom - technically a Passion -is apparently historical and has special interest as much of it was written [section 3-10], in Latin by Perpetua herself before her death. This makes it one of the earliest pieces of writing by a Christian woman. PROLOGUE 1. If ancient examples of faith kept, both testifying the grace of God and working the edification of man,...

March 7, 2005Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent Psalm: Monday 13 Reading IIs 65:17-21 Thus says the LORD:Lo, I am about to create new heavensand a new earth;The things of the past shall not be rememberedor come to mind.Instead, there shall always be rejoicing and happinessin what I create;For I create Jerusalem to be a joyand its people to be a delight;I will rejoice in Jerusalemand exult in my people.No longer shall the sound of weeping be heard there,or the sound of crying;No longer shall there be in itan infant who lives but a few days,or an old man...

March 7, 2003Friday after Ash Wednesday Psalm: Friday Week 12 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading I Is 58:1-9a Thus says the Lord God:Cry out full-throated and unsparingly,lift up your voice like a trumpet blast; Tell my people their wickedness,and the house of Jacob their sins. They seek me day after day,and desire to know my ways,Like a nation that has done what is justand not abandoned the law of their God;They ask me to declare what is due them,pleased to gain access to God."Why do we fast, and you do not see it?afflict ourselves, and you take no note...