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Wednesday of the third week of Lent
Other commemorations: St. Colette, Our Lady and the Religious (RM)
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March 6, 2024 (USCCB website material)
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Wednesday of the third week of Lent: Lord, may we, learned through the observance of Lent, nourished by Your Word, and through holy self-control, be able to devote ourselves to You with all our hearts and be always united in prayer. Pray. Through your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, He lives and reigns with you forever in union with God, the Holy Spirit.
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Today we celebrate the venerable Lenten Mass. This Mass is best understood by remembering that ancient catechumens (or prospective converts) once came to the first part of the Lenten Mass for instructions. The catechumens listened to the readings and sermon and left the church. The offering procession and the rest of the Mass were for the faithful. This Wednesday was the first “scrutiny” or test for aspirants. The test concerned God’s commandments. Therefore, both readings are about commandments. —Vatican II Weekday Missal
of roman martyrology Souvenir St. Colette (1381-1447), he revived the Franciscan spirit among the poor Clares. Her reforms spread to France, Savoy, Germany, and Flanders, where many monasteries were restored and 17 new monasteries were founded by her. She assisted Saint Vincent Ferrer in his work to restore the Papal Schism.
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Meditation—Obedience unto death
We have heard and thought about this often, Adapted Is our life so worth imitating this model? Should we not confess that we often strive to appear superior in our natural spiritual gifts? Don’t we all often brag about our accomplishments, as if there was no one who could match us? History tells us how humans transcended the limits of pride and became equal to God Almighty. And doesn’t it sometimes show that he was trying to put himself in a higher position than that?
However, Christ, who was the true God, “emptied himself, took on the nature of a slave, became like men, appeared in human form, humbled himself, even died. He became obedient to the point of death on the cross.” (Philippians 2:7). It is precisely in this deep humiliation that God desires to continue to live among us. Every crucifix tells us: “Learn about me, for I am meek and humble of heart…I have been obedient unto death…I am full of love and patience.”
Most of us will go to any lengths to reduce our reputation with our peers, while trying to give others the most favorable impression possible about ourselves. King Agesilaus of Sparta was a very good ruler, renowned for his justice and wisdom, but he was not the most physically attractive. At the time of his death, he strictly forbade him to make any portrait of himself, whether a painting or a sculpture. The king feared that his visible memory of him would diminish the love and respect he had earned among his people during his lifetime for his justice and wise governance. .
But the Son of God was not afraid to approach us with the deepest humiliation and humiliation. God reveals Himself to us in all our afflictions, calls us to contemplate Him as a man of sorrows, and cultivates humility and patience by learning His own submission to the will of our Heavenly Father. He is asking for this. These are the inspiring words of the prophet Isaias: “He has no beauty, no beauty; and we have seen him, and there was not the beauty that we desired in him; he is despised, and the basest of men. We did not respect him, because we were grieving and knew weakness, and his appearance was hidden and despised” (Isaiah 63:2-4).
Through these liturgical texts, we gain a deeper understanding of the portrait of our sorrowful Savior and the knowledge necessary for, in the words of St. Paul, “Christ to be formed in us” (Galatians 4:19). Learn all virtues from him. In honor of the will of our Heavenly Father, this portrait of a patient and loving crucified Savior who generously died for us is a perfect example of how we should live our lives, our sacrifices. , suffering, and life must vividly emerge before the eyes of our souls before they can really fit in. his death. Then, “from glory to glory,” the likeness of Christ gradually takes shape in us as transcendent beauty, and having suffered with him, we, in accordance with God’s own promise, “inherit him.” You will be able to participate in the resurrection.
During Lent, what prayer springs from the depths of our hearts more than that of St. Gertrude as she knelt before the cross? “O merciful Jesus, accept this prayer of mine. With that extraordinary love with which you endured a bitter death and offered it, accept this prayer of mine.” Your Most Holy Humanity With all the fruits of sex, I offer you to God the Father on the day of your ascension, and by the depth of the wounds that have scarred your flesh and penetrated your hands and feet and heart, I beseech you. , lift me up, those who are deep in sin and sinking, but in all things make me pleased with you. ”
—Bernard Strasser Dew of Tabor
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Born in 1380, Nicolette was named after St. Nicholas of Myra. Her loving parents nicknamed her “Colette” since she was a baby. Colette’s father was a carpenter at a convent in Picardy. Her quiet and hardworking nature, Colette was a great help to her mother in her household chores. Her parents noticed the child’s love of prayer and her sensitive and loving nature.
When Colette was 17 years old, her parents died. The young woman was placed under the protection of the abbot of the monastery where her father worked. She asked and received a hut to be built next to the monastery church. Colette lived there. She spent her time praying and offering her sacrifices for the Church of Jesus. More and more people were learning about this holy young woman. They went to see her and asked her advice on important issues. They knew that she was wise because she lived near God. She treated everyone with kindness and kindness. At each of her visits, she prayed that her visitors would find peace in their souls. Colette was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis. She knew that the order of women who followed the St. Francis lifestyle were poor Clareites. They are named after their founder, St. Clare, who was a follower of St. Francis. During Colette’s time, the impoverished Clares family needed to return to the original purpose of the order. St. Francis of Assisi appeared to Colette and asked her to reform her poor Creans. Such a difficult task surprised her and she must have been afraid. But she trusted in God’s grace. Colette went to the Poor Clare Abbey. She helped the nuns become poorer and easier to pray.
The poor Clare people were inspired by the life of St. Colette. She had great devotion to Jesus in her Eucharist. She also spent time meditating frequently on the passion and death of Jesus. She loved Jesus and her religious mission very much.
Colette knew exactly when and where she was going to die. She died in 1447 in one of her convents in Ghent, Flanders. She was 67 years old. Colette was declared a saint by Pope Pius VI in 1807.
—Excerpt from Holy Spirit Interactive
Symbols and expressions: bird. Lamb; woman carried to heaven by an angel. A woman who saves souls from purgatory. She’s a poor Claire nun with a cross and a hook. Poor Sister Clare, visited in a vision by St. Anne, St. Francis of Assisi, and/or St. Clare of Assisi.Poor Claire nun walking on the river
Sponsored by: against eye diseases. Measures against fever. against headaches. Infertility measures. against the death of his parents. Craftsman. Poor Claire. servant. Colby, France.ghent, belgium
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Wednesday of the third week of Lent
There is a station San Sisto Il Vecchio (Saint Sisto):
This church was called “San Sisto Il Vecchio” Because it is the oldest monastery in Rome of the Sons of Saints of Calarocca. The current construction is very recent. In fact, it was built by Dominican Pope Benedict XIII (1724-1730) in his 1700 year. He undoubtedly did it to honor the memory of San Domenico, the founder of the Order, who had his first Roman residence here. Honorius III granted this temple to him after approving the Order of the Preachers. According to tradition, Pope Sixtus II met with San Lorenzo in this church and predicted his martyrdom, which occurred three days later. As of 2019, there are temporary closures. Currently, the replacement station church is Sant’Andrea della Valle (St. Andrew of the Valley), dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle. In 2021 and 2022, Mass was celebrated in Santi Nereo e Aquileo.
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For more information about station churches, see Station Churches.