Tuesday of the First Week of Lent Spotlight on Saints Jacinta and Francisco Marto, two of the three children who beheld the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/20/18 Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15

Monday of the First Week of Lent Spotlight on St. Barbatus of Benevento, 610-682; bishop of Benevento, Italy Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/19/18 Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46

First Sunday of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/18/18 Gospel: Mark 1:12-15

Saturday following Ash Wednesday Commemoration of the Seven Founders of the Order of Servites Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/17/18 Gospel: Luke 5:27-32

Friday following Ash Wednesday Spotlight on St. Onesimus, former slave of Philemon; mentioned by St. Paul in his letter to Philemon Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/16/18 Gospel: Matthew 9:14-15

Thursday following Ash Wednesday Spotlight on Saints Faustinus and Jovita, brothers, martyred 120 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/15/18 Gospel: Luke 9:22-25

Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent A day of fast (for ages 18-59) and abstinence (for all 14 or older) Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/14/18 Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time; “Fat Tuesday,” “Mardi Gras”–the last day before Lent Spotlight on St. Catherine de Ricci; 16th Century religious, who experienced the “Ecstacy of the Passion” every week for twelve years Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/13/18 Gospel: Mark 8:14-21

Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Spotlight on St. Julian, Twelfth Century patron of hotel keepers, travelers, and boatmen Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/12/2018 Gospel: Mark 8:11-13

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/11/18 Gospel: Mark 1:40-45