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| | Mass of Ash Wednesday; after the sign of the cross and greeting, the penitential act is omitted.
Preface of Lent III or IV. |
| | [219] Joel 2: 12-18; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+17; 2 Cor 5:20-6:2; Matt 6:1-6, 16-18 |
| | (Switch to Vol. II of the Lit. of the Hours.)
Hours of Ash Wednesday; Psalter Week 4 today and until Saturday.
Today at Morning Prayer, the psalms of Friday, Week 3 may be used. |
| | The celebrant blesses and distributes ashes after the homily.
Other persons may be associated with the bishop or priest in the imposition of ashes, e.g., deacons, special ministers of communion and other lay persons, when there is true pastoral need. |
| Special ministers of communion and deacons may bring blessed ashes to the sick and those confined to their homes. If a minister is not available, a member of the family or another person may bring the blessed ashes to a shut-in, using one of the formulas in the Roman Missal to impose ashes. |
| For pastoral reasons the blessing and distribution of ashes may take place outside Mass. In this case, the entire liturgy of the word should be celebrated: entrance song, opening prayer, readings and chants, homily, blessing and distribution of ashes, and general intercessions. See the Book of Blessings, nos. 1656ff. |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Bl. Onesimus the Slave (cf. Phlm. 10-12) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| St. Claude La Colombiere, priest dies 1682, optional memorial. He was the Spiritual director to St. Margaret Mary, and for two years chaplain in England to the Duchess of York. He was then arrested, committed to prison in connection with the Oates' Plot and banished from the country. |
| | Saint Claude La Colombière, Priest (Memorial)
Claude La Colombière (1641-1682) was born in France, joined the Society of Jesus in 1659, and was ordained a priest ten years later. In 1675, he was appointed superior of a Jesuit residence in Paray-le-Monial. There he also became the spiritual director of Margaret Mary Alacoque, a Visitation nun, who was entrusted by Christ to promote devotion to his Sacred Heart, in collaboration with Colombière. On learning about this mission, Colombière, after prayerful consideration, authenticated the supernatural experiences of Margaret Mary, and became both her supporter and a zealous apostle of the devotion. His preaching and writing helped propagate widespread devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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| 1534 | Pierre Favre is ordained a sub-deacon in Paris. |
| 1541 | St. Ignatius and companions move to a house near the church of Madonna della Strada, the site that was to be the Curia of the Society for more than two hundred years. |
| 1600 | Jose Acosta, S.J. dies. He was a missionary, a Renaissance man, called "the Pliny of the New World." He wrote on the history, culture, and fauna and flora of Peru. At the end of his life, he was involved in politics and became opposed to Fr. General Acquaviva. |
| 1732 | Pere Chamillard, S.J. who had been reported by the Jansenists as having died a Jansenist and working miracles, suddenly appears alive and well. |
| 1775 | Cardinal Braschi was elected Pope Pius VI. A former pupil of the Society of Jesus, he desired the release of Father General Ricci and his assistants from prison in Castel San Angelo, but Charles III ofSpaininsisted on their detention. Fr. Ricci died in captivity |
| 1961 | Fr. George Ganss revealed his first plan for the Institute of Jesuit Sources. |
| 1985 | Francis Filas, S.J. dies, Chicago. Theologian, sindologist. He wrote on St. Joseph and the Shroud of Turin. |
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