Tuesday of the 1st Week of Lent
Mass Readings
First Reading – Is 55:10-11
Thus says the LORD: Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down And do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to the one who sows and bread to the one who eats, So shall My word be that 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 Psalm – Ps 34:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19 (R. 18b)
R. From all their distress God rescues the just.
Glorify the LORD with me,
let us together extol His name.
I sought the LORD, and He answered me
and delivered me from all my fears. R.
Look to Him that you may be radiant with joy,
and your faces may not blush with shame.
When the poor one called out, the LORD heard,
and from all his distress He saved him. R.
The LORD has eyes for the just,
and ears for their cry.
The LORD confronts the evildoers,
to destroy remembrance of them from the earth. R.
When the just cry out, the LORD hears them,
and from all their distress He rescues them.
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted;
and those who are crushed in spirit He saves. R.
Gospel – Mt 6:7-15
Jesus said to His disciples: “In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. “This is how you are to pray: Our Father Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. “If you forgive men their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you do not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.”
Featured Saints
St. Ethelbert, king (†616). King of Kent, he was the first of the Anglo princes that Bishop St. Augustine of Canterbury converted to the Faith of Christ. His Baptism and support of St. Augustine was a decisive factor in the rapid conversion of his subjects.
Blessed Mark of Marconi, hermit (†1510). Religious from the Order of Hermits of St. Jerome, in Mantua, Italy, he led a life of study, prayer and mortification, favoured by many spiritual gifts.
St. Modestus (5th century). Bishop of Treves, Germany.
Blessed Constantius Servoli de Fabriano, priest (†1481). Religious in the Dominican convent of Fabriano, Italy; a peacemaker who led an austere life.
Blessed Thomas Mary Fusco, priest (†1891). Inspired by a great love for the poor and sick, he founded the Institute of the Daughters of Charity of the Most Precious Blood in Nocera, Italy.
Blessed Josepha Naval Girbes, virgin (†1893). Lay woman consecrated to God, she dedicated herself to providing religious instruction for children in Algemesí, Spain.
Blessed Ascension of the Heart of Jesus, virgin (†1940). Co-foundress of the Congregation of the Dominican Missionaries of the Holy Rosary in Lima, Peru. She died at age 70 in Pamplona, Spain.
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