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Solemnity of St. Joseph, Husband of Mary Thursday of the Third Week of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/19/20 Gospel: Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24

Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent Commemoration of St. Cyril of Jerusalem, 315-386; bishop and doctor of the church; as bishop of Jerusalem, he spent half of his episcopate in exile; vindicated, and attended the Council of Constantinople Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/18/20 Gospel: Matthew 5:17-19

Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent Commemoration of St. Patrick, 386-461; called to bring Christianity to Ireland, which was pagan at the time; patron of Ireland Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/17/20 Gospel: Matthew 18:21-35

Monday of the Third Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Finian Lobhar; Irish abbot, disciple of St. Columba; founded a church and monastery at Innisfallen; became abbot of Swords Abbey near Dublin; died 560 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/16/20 Gospel: Luke 4:24-30

Third Sunday of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/15/20 Gospel: John 4:5-42

Saturday of the Second Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Mathilda, 895-968; wife of Henry the Fowler, who became King of Germany; as queen, she visited and comforted the sick and afflicted, instructed the ignorant, succored prisoners, and converted sinners Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/14/20 Gospel: Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

Friday of the Second Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Agnellus of Pisa, 1195-1236; started the Franciscan English Province; mediated between the English throne and the Earl Marshal, avoiding civil war Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/13/20 Gospel: Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46

Thursday of the Second Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Seraphina, 1238-1253; orphaned while young; known for her self-denial and acts of penance; became ill, but retained her devotion to St. Gregory the Great, who told her the date of her death in a dream Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/12/20 […]

Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Sophronius of Jerusalem, 560-638; ardent opponent of monothelitism; became an ascetic in his late teens or early twenties; became Patriarch of Jerusalem in 634 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/11/20 Gospel: Matthew 20:17-28

Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. John Ogilvie, 1579-1615; raised a Calvinist, became Catholic at 17, and then a Jesuit priest; brought many people in Scotland back to the faith, was convicted of high treason, and executed Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/10/20 Gospel: Matthew 23:1-12