Mass Readings: 3/17/2010
First: Isaiah 49:8-15
Resp: Psalm 145:8-9,13-14,17-18
Gospel: John 5:17-30
Saint of the Day
St. Patrick (390-464)
Patrick was kidnapped from Scotland as a teen and taken to Ireland as a slave. He eventually escaped to the continent, where he studied for the priesthood. After becoming a bishop, Pope Saint Celestine sent him back to Ireland, where he effectively converted the entire country in 33 years.
St. Patrick Speaks
If I am worthy, I am ready to give up my life, without hesitation and most willingly, for Christ's name.
Scripture Verse of the Day
Isaiah 55:10-11
"For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it."
The Words of St. Escriva
Dazzled
How humble Jesus is. What a shame, in contrast, that I who am nothing but dust from a dung-heap should so often have disguised my pride under the cloak of dignity, or justice. And as a result, how many opportunities to follow the Master I have missed or wasted, by failing to supernaturalise them.
(The Forge, #56)
Catholic Catechism #2176
The celebration of Sunday observes the moral commandment inscribed by nature in the human heart to render to God an outward, visible, public, and regular worship "as a sign of his universal beneficence to all." Sunday worship fulfills the moral command of the Old Covenant, taking up its rhythm and spirit in the weekly celebration of the Creator and Redeemer of his people.
