Friday after Ash Wednesday Saint of the Day: St. Oswald; 10th Century Archbishop of York; promoted monastic reforms, and improvement of the morals and theological knowledge of the clergy; revered as one of the three saints who revived English monasticism; died 992 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/28/20 Gospel: Matthew 9:14-15

Thursday after Ash Wednesday Saint of the Day: St. Leander of Seville, 534-600; monk who became bishop of Seville; battled the Arian heresy; the first to introduce the Nicene Creed in the mass Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/27/20 Gospel: Luke 9:22-25

Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/26/20 Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Walburga, 710-779; abbess of a double monastery of men and women religious at Heidenheim; sister of Saints Winebald and Willebald Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/25/20 Gospel: Mark 9:30-37

Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. John Theristus, 1049-1129; escaped slavery as a child, and eventually joined the Benedictines in Calabria; credited with a miracle of harvesting a large crop of food, preventing starvation Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/24/20 Gospel: Mark 9:14-29

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/23/20 Gospel: Matthew 5:38-48

Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, apostle Saturday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/22/20 Gospel: Mark 16:13-19

Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Peter Damian, 988-1072; Benedictine abbot; became cardinal-bishop of Ostia; worked to combat simony, encouraged priests to observe celibacy Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/21/20 Gospel: Mark 8:34-9:1

Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Saints of the Day: Saints Jacinta (1910-1920) and Francisco (1908-1919) Marto; Portuguese shepherd children who received apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima, Portugal, in 1917 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/20/20 Gospel: Mark 8:27-33

Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Beatus; Eighth Century monk, author and foe of the adoptionist heresy Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/19/20 Gospel: Mark 8:22-26