Sunday, February 21, 2016

Project BLACK MAMBA: Second Sunday of Lent

'Tis the Second Sunday of Lent: Lent-link & Wikipedia-link.

Otherwise, 21 February would be the feast of Saint Peter Damian, Bishop & Doctor of the Church, O.S.B. (circa 1007-1072): Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Family bulletin:
St. Peter Damian was born in Ravenna in 1007. After completing his studies he began to teach but soon abandoned this & entered the hermitage of Fonte Avellana where, once elected prior, he promoted the religious life with such fervor that all of Italy was affected by his renewal. During calamitous times he helped the Roman pontiffs through his works & writings & by various missions on behalf of Church reform. He was created bishop & cardinal of Ostia by Pope Stephen IX. Peter Damian died in 1072 & soon afterward was venerated a saint. He was declared a doctor of the Church in 1828.
'Twould also be the feast of Blessed Noël Pinot, Priest & Martyr (1747-1794), martyred under the National Convention during the French Revolution: Martyr-link, Wikipedia-link List, & Wikipedia-link Clergy.

Scripture of the Week
Mass Readings
The Book of Genesis, chapter fifteen, verses five thru twelve, seventeen, & eighteen;
Psalm Twenty-seven, verses one, seven, eight, nine, thirteen, & fourteen;
The Letter to the Philippians, chapter three, verse seventeen thru chapter four, verse one;
(or, the Letter to the Philippians, chapter three, verse twenty thru chapter four, verse one);
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter nine, verses twenty-eight(b) thru thirty-six.

Commentary: The Transfiguration!

Personal Reading
The Book of Genesis, chapter thirty-six (verses one thru forty-three);
The Book of Genesis, chapter thirty-seven (verses one thru thirty-six).

Commentary: Edomite lists (36, inclusive) & Joseph sold into Egypt (37, inclusive).

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