Fourth Sunday of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/14/21 Gospel: John 9:1-41

Saturday of the Third Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Agnellus of Pisa, 1195-1236; born of a noble clan, received into the Franciscan order by St. Francis of Assisi himself; established the Franciscan English province, and became a friend of King Henry III; helped to avert civil war between the throne and the […]

Friday of the Third Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Seraphina, 1238-1253; known for acts of self-denial and penance even as a young girl; after being orphaned, she was struck with a disease which left her paralyzed; she died on the feast of St. Gregory the Great, as foretold by him to her […]

Thursday of the Third Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Sophronius of Jerusalem, 560-638; ardent opponent of the heresy of monothelitism; as patriarch of Jerusalem, he taught on the two wills of Christ Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/11/21 Gospel: Luke 11:14-23

Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. John Ogilvie, 1579-1615; born to Scottish nobility, raised a Calvinist; converted to Catholicism, and became a Jesuit priest; evangelized in Scotland, London, and Paris; arrested in Scotland, and convicted of high treason; hanged in Glasgow at the age of 36 Office of Readings […]