Project BLACK MAMBA: Lent — Holy Week

Today is the feast of Saint Enda of Aran, Priest & Abbot (circa 450-530): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

'Tis also the feast of Saint Nicholas of Flüe, Hermit (1417-1487, A.K.A. Brother Klaus): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The Book of Isaiah, chapter forty-two, verses one thru seven;
Psalm Twenty-seven, verses one, two, three, thirteen, & fourteen;
The Gospel according to John, chapter twelve, verses one thru eleven.

Personal Reading
The Book of Exodus, chapter thirteen (verses one thru twenty-two);
The Book of Exodus, chapter fourteen (verses one thru thirty-one).

Commentary: Consecration of the first-born (13:1-16), toward the Red Sea (13:17-14:9), crossing the Red Sea (14:10-22), & destruction of the Egyptians (14:23-31).

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Friday, 18 March was the Optional Memorial of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop & Doctor of the Church (circa 313-386): Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Based on my sources, methinks the editor of the Holy Redeemer bulletin has mistakenly included a hagiography of St. Cyril of Alexandria (27 June), also a bishop & Doctor of the Church, instead of today's St. Cyril of Jerusalem. Their lives overlapped slightly, St. Cyril of Alexandria being born about a decade before St. Cyril of Jerusalem shuffled off this mortal coil.

'Twas also the feast of Saint Salvador of Horta, O.F.M. (1520-1567): Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The Book of Jeremiah, chapter twenty, verses ten thru thirteen;
Psalm Eighteen, verses two thru seven;
The Gospel according to John, chapter ten, verses thirty-one thru forty-two.

Personal Reading
The Book of Exodus, chapter twelve, verses twenty-one thru fifty;
The Book of Esther, chapter F (verses one thru ten).

Commentary: Promulgation of the Passover (12:21-28), death of the first-born (12:29-30), permission to depart (12:31-36), departure from Egypt (12:37-42), & Passover regulations (12:43-50).

The chapters of Esther are, in sequence: A, one, two, three, B, three (again), four, C, D, five, six, seven, eight, E, eight (again), nine, ten, & F.

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Saturday, 19 March was the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary (first century B.C.-first century A.D.): Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

Joseph was "a just man." This praise bestowed by the Holy Ghost, & the privilege of having been chosen by God to the the foster-father of Jesus & the spouse of the Virgin Mother, are the foundations of the honor paid to St. Joseph by the Church.

'Twas also the feast of Blessed Clement of Dunblane, Bishop, O.P. (died 1258): Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The Second Book of Samuel, chapter seven, verses four thru five(a), twelve thru fourteen(a), & sixteen;
Psalm Eighty-nine, verses two thru five, twenty-seven, & twenty-nine;
The Letter to the Romans, chapter four, verses thirteen, sixteen thru eighteen, & twenty-two;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter one, verses sixteen, eighteen thru twenty-one, & twenty-four(a);
or, the Gospel according to Luke, chapter two, verses forty-one thru fifty-one(a).