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Prayers & Devotions

March 2008
Year A - Weekdays II

Holy Father's Intentions

General:
That the importance of forgiveness and reconciliation between individuals and peoples may be understood and that through her testimony the Church may spread Christ’s love, the source of new humanity.

Mission:
That Christians persecuted because of the Gospel in various parts of the world and in various manners may be sustained by the strength of the Holy Spirit and continue to bear witness courageously and openly to the Word of God.

1

Hos 6:1-6
Lk 18:9-14

Violet
2 4th Sunday of Lent -- -- Laetare Sunday

1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a
Eph 5:8-14
Jn 9:1-41 or 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38

Rose/Violet

 3 St Katharine Drexel

Is 65:17-21
Jn 4:43-54

Violet

 4 St Casimir

Ez 47:1-9, 12
Jn 5:1-16

Violet

 5

Is 49:8-15
Jn 5:17-30

Violet

 6

Ex 32:7-14
Jn 5:31-47

Violet

 7 St Perpetua & St Felicity

First Friday
Abstinence

Wis 2:1a, 12-22
Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30

Violet

 8 St John of God

Jer 11:18-20
Jn 7:40-53

Violet
9 5th Sunday of Lent

Ez 37:12-14
Rom 8:8-11
Jn 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45

[St Frances of Rome]

Violet

 10

Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62
Jn 8:1-11

Violet

 11

Nm 21:4-9
Jn 8:21-30

Violet

 12

Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95
Jn 8:31-42

Violet

 13

Gn 17:3-9
Jn 8:51-59

Violet

 14

Abstinence

Jer 20:10-13
Jn 10:31-42

Violet

 15
St Joseph

2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16
Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22
Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a

White

Moved from March 19th because of Holy Week.
16 Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion

Mt 21:1-11
Is 50:4-7
Phil 2:6-11
Mt 26:14-27:66 or 27:11-54

Red

 17 Mon. of Holy Week

Is 42:1-7
Jn 12:1-11

[St. Patrick - a diocesan bishop may move to another day since it falls in Holy Week]

Violet

 18 Tues. of Holy Week

Is 49:1-6
Jn 13:21-33, 36-38

Violet

 19 Wed. of Holy Week

Is 50:4-9a
Mt 26:14-25

St Joseph moved to March 31st

Violet

 20 Holy Thursday

Evening Mass:
Ex 12:1-8, 11-14
1Cor 11:23-26
Jn 13:1-15

White

 21 Good Friday of the Lord's Passion

Is 52:13-53:12
Heb 4:14-16, 5:7-9
Jn 18:1-19:42

Divine Mercy Novena[links to the Marians of the Immaculate Conception]

Fasting and Abstinence

Red

 22 Holy Saturday

Divine Mercy Novena

Vigil: White

[Blessed Clemens August von Galen]
23 Easter Sunday: The Resurrection of the Lord

Acts 10:34a, 37-43
Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8
Jn 20:1-9 or Mt 28:1-10

Divine Mercy Novena

[St Turibius de Mongrovejo]

White

 24 Mon. in the Octave of Easter

Acts 2:14, 22-33
Mt 28:8-15

Divine Mercy Novena

White

 25 Tues. in the Octave of Easter

Acts 2:36-41
Jn 20:11-18

Divine Mercy Novena

White

 26 Wed. in the Octave of Easter

Acts 3:1-10
Lk 24:13-35

Divine Mercy Novena

White

 27 Thurs. in the Octave of Easter

Acts 3:11-26
Lk 24: 35-48

Divine Mercy Novena

White

 28 Fri. in the Octave of Easter

Acts 4:1-12
Jn 21:1-14

Divine Mercy Novena

Abstinence

White

 29 Sat. in the Octave of Easter

Acts 4:13-21
Mk 16:9-15

Divine Mercy Novena

White
30 Divine Mercy Sunday or 2nd Sunday of Easter

Acts 2:42-47
1 Pt 1:3-9
Jn 20:19-31

Jer 20:10-13
Jn 10:31-42

White

 31 The Annunciation of the Lord

Is 7:10-14; 8:10
Heb 10:4-10
Lk 1:26-38

Moved from March 25 because of the Octave of Easter.

White

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