Mass of the Sunday; Creed, Preface of First Sunday of Lent. The beginning of the penitential season may be marked in some way, e.g. by Litany of Saints in Entrance Procession. (PS, 23) Rite of Election (Enrollment of Names) for the catechumens.
Yr A
[22] Gen 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+17; Rom 5:12-19 or 5:12, 17-19; Matt 4:1-11.
Hours of the Sunday.
Week 1 of the Psalter.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1553
Xavier's coffin is opened and his body is found incorrupt, seventy- seven days after death.
1673
Moliere, age 51, dies in Paris, hours after playing the leading role in his play, the Imaginary Invalid. Jesuit Alumnus.
1832
Jesuits returned to Portugal, where one of their earliest tasks was to prepare and preside at the services for the as-yet unburied body of Pombal, the man who had banished the Society from Portugal in 1759.
1900
The Scholasticate at Grand Coteau, LA burns and is left in ashes.
1970
Augustine Ellard, S.J. dies One of the three founders of Review for Religious.
1978
Georgetown University confers a degree on Archbishop Oscar Romero in the Cathedral of San Salvador, for his leadership for justice and human rights. He will die a martyr for justice.
