Monday of the 2nd Week of Lent
St. Patrick, bishop (†461). Patron of Ireland and its tireless apostle, who led a great part of her people to to embrace Christianity.
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Mass Readings
First Reading – Dn 9:4b-10
“Lord, great and awesome God, you who keep your merciful covenant toward those who love you and observe your commandments! We have sinned, been wicked and done evil; we have rebelled and departed from your commandments and your laws. We have not obeyed your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, our fathers, and all the people of the land. Justice, O Lord, is on your side; we are shamefaced even to this day: we, the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel, near and far, in all the countries to which you have scattered them because of their treachery toward you. O LORD, we are shamefaced, like our kings, our princes, and our fathers, for having sinned against you. But yours, O Lord, our God, are compassion and forgiveness! Yet we rebelled against you and paid no heed to your command, O LORD, our God, to live by the law you gave us through your servants the prophets.”
Responsorial Psalm – Ps 79:8, 9, 11 and 13 (R.see 103:10a)
R. Lord, do not deal with us according to our sins.
Lord, do not deal with us according to our sins.
Remember not against us the iniquities of the past;
may your compassion quickly come to us,
for we are brought very low. R.
Help us, O God our savior,
because of the glory of your name;
Deliver us and pardon our sins
for your name’s sake. R.
Let the prisoners’ sighing come before you;
with your great power free those doomed to death.
Then we, your people and the sheep of your pasture,
will give thanks to you forever;
through all generations we will declare your praise. R.
Gospel – Lk 6:36-38
Jesus said to his disciples: “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. “Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.”
Featured Saints
St. Agricola de Châlon-sur-Saône, bishop (†580). Governed the former Diocese of Chalonsur-Saône, suffragan of Lyons (France), for 48 years, unifying it through several councils.
St. Jan Sarkander, priest and marytr (†1620). Jesuit, pastor of Holesov, in Moravia. He was put to torture and finally killed by his Hussite enemies by for refusing to break the seal of Confession.
St. Gertrude, abbess (†659). Of noble origin, she professed her vows in the monastery of Nivelles, Belgium, where she lived a life of fasts and vigils distinguishing herself as an assiduous reader of Sacred Scripture.
Blessed John Nepomuceno Zegri y Moreno, priest (†1905). Born in Granada, he founded the Mercedarian Sisters of Charity in Malaga, Spain.
Blessed Conrad, hermit (†1154). Attracted by the sanctity of St. Bernard, he entered the Monastery of Clairvaux. He obtained permission to live as a hermit in the Holy Land.
Blessed Mary Barbara of the Blessed Trinity, virgin (†1873). Born in Vienna, she founded the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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