Palm Sunday; also known as Passion Sunday; the beginning of Holy Week Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/28/21 Gospel: Mark 14:1-15:47

Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. John of Egypt; Fourth Century desert hermit, noted prophet of his era; preached to crowds every weekend; died 394 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/27/21 Gospel: John 11:45-56

Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Margaret Clitherow, 1555-1586; English convert to the Catholic faith from Protestantism; harbored fugitive priests during the English persecution; arrested, imprisoned,

Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/25/21 Gospel: Luke 1:26-38

Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Aldemar; born in Capua, Italy, a monk of Monte Cassino; Princess Aloara built a new convent in Capua, and made Aldemar the director of religious; his superior reassigned him to Monte Cassino, angering the princess; Aldemar escaped death threats and founded several more […]