Project BLACK MAMBA: First Sunday of Lent

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

Otherwise, 5 March would be the festival of Saint Lucius I, Pope (circa 200-254), twenty-second Bishop of Rome: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine.

'Twould also be the festival of Saint Piran, Abbot (died circa 480): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Day.

'Twould also be the festival of Saint John Joseph of the Cross, Priest, O.F.M. (1654-1739): Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Week
Mass Readings
The Book of Genesis, chapter two, verses seven, eight, & nine & chapter three, verses one thru seven;
Psalm Fifty-one, verses three & four, five & six, twelve & thirteen, & seventeen;
The Letter to the Romans, chapter five, verses twelve thru nineteen
(or, the Letter to the Romans, chapter five, verses twelve, seventeen, eighteen, & nineteen);
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter four, verses one thru eleven.