- Mar. 7 Friday after Ash Wednesday; Opt. Mem. of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs, Opt. Mem.on March 7, 2025 at 5:00 am
The first four Masses in Lent serve as a general introduction to Lent. They describe the essentials of a Lenten program. This Mass is concerned with fasting and teaches us what true fasting is. The Opening Prayer of today's Mass asks God to guide […]
- Mar. 6 Thursday after Ash Wednesday, Weekdayon March 6, 2025 at 5:00 am
The ashes are scarcely washed clean from our foreheads. In this second Lenten Mass we get down to work on our spiritual program. The first four Masses in Lent are a unit. They describe the area of concentration and the dimensions of our Lenten […]
- Mar. 5 Ash Wednesday, Weekdayon March 5, 2025 at 5:00 am
Ash Wednesday, the Beginning of Lent:
- Mar. 4 Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt. Mem. of Saint Casimir, Opt. Mem.on March 4, 2025 at 5:00 am
Today is Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time. The Optional Memorial of St. Casimir (1458-1484) who was born in 1458 and was the son of the King of Poland. At an early age he saw through the superficiality and corruption of court life. […]
- Mar. 3 Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Katharine Drexel, Virgin (USA), Opt. Mem.on March 3, 2025 at 5:00 am
Today is Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time. The dioceses of the United States celebrate the Optional Memorial of St. Katharine Drexel (1858-1955). Born into a wealthy Philadelphia family, Katharine took an avid interest in the material and […]
- Mar. 2 Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sundayon March 2, 2025 at 5:00 am
Today is the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, the last Sunday before Lent begins. From today's Gospel:
- Mar. 1 Saturday of the Seventh Week of Ordinary Time, Weekdayon March 1, 2025 at 5:00 am
Today is Saturday of the Seventh Week of Ordinary Time. The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. David (542-601), Bishop and patron of Wales. The Church in Wales and England celebrates this saint as a Feast. Very little is known about the life of St. […]
- Feb. 28 Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, Weekdayon February 28, 2025 at 5:00 am
Today is Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time. The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Hilary (d. 468), pope from 461 to 468 and guardian of Church unity, St. Romanus of Condat (390-465) who founded the abbeys of Condat and Leuconne, and the […]
- Feb. 27 Thursday of the Seventh Week of Ordinary Time; Opt. Mem. of St. Gregory of Narek, Abbot and Doctor of the Church, Weekdayon February 27, 2025 at 5:00 am
Today is Thursday of the Seventh Week of Ordinary Time and the Optional Memorial St. Gregory of Narek (950-1005). St Gregory of Narek, Doctor of the Church, Armenian monk, poet, mystical philosopher, theologian, writer and saint of the Armenian […]
- Feb. 26 Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, Weekdayon February 26, 2025 at 5:00 am
Today is Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time. The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Porphyrius of Gaza (d. 420), a wealthy Greek who became a hermit first in the desert of Skete in Egypt and then in Palestine on the banks of the Jordan. […]
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