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March 2073

19 Sunday
  redPalm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.
 Mass of Palm Sunday. Commemoration of Lord's Entrance into Jerusalem, Creed, Preface of Palm Sunday.
 [38] Isa 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Luke 22:14-23:56 or 23:1-49;
 At the procession: [37] Luke 19:28-40.
 Hours of Palm Sunday.
The Commemoration of the Lord's Entrance may take one of three forms, as described in the Missal: Blessing and Procession, Solemn Entrance, or Simple Entrance. The processional cross should be suitably decorated. The blessing of palms may not be celebrated without the following procession and Mass. The blessing and solemn entrance, but not the procession, may be celebrated at a second Mass if many of the faithful are present.
The Passion may be read by three deacons, or lay readers with the priest taking the part of Christ, without candles, incense, greeting, signs of the cross or acclamation. At the mention of the Lord's death, all pause and kneel. Where pastoral reasons require it, one or both of the readings before the Passion may be omitted.
At the end of the Passion, The Gospel of the Lord, is said, but the book is not kissed.
Blessed palms remaining are kept, to be burnt for next year's ashes.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Joseph, spouse of Mary, the Mother of Jesus (cf. Mt. 1:20-21) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:89th anniversary of the death of F. Peter Osterkiewicz (92) d. 1984 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:78th anniversary of the death of F. Stanislaus Zak (92) d. 1995 at Stara Wies, Poland. Read Obituary
Birthday:86th birthday of P. Mayamiko A. KACHIPAPA (born this day in 1987).
Jubilee:Emerald Jubilee of P. Alexander MUYEBE who celebrates 55 years since professing Final Vows today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

SAINT JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Patron Saint of the Society of Jesus) (Solemnity)

The feast-day of Saint Joseph, 19 March, was established by Pope Sixtus IV in 1481. The Society of Jesus has had a marked devotion to Saint Joseph since its earliest years. In 1955, when Pope Pius XII established the feast of “Saint Joseph the Worker”, the Church and the Society of Jesus omitted the feast of the patronage from their liturgical calendars. In 2012, the Society of Jesus reinstituted the feast of the patronage of Saint Joseph.

1523At Barcelona, St. Ignatius embarks for Jerusalem.
1535At Paris Ignatius received the Master of Arts degree with the right to be called "Master Ignatius".
1544The Bull, "Injunctum Nobis" confirms the Society of Jesus, and allows more than 60 to be professed fathers.
1616Peter Claver is ordained priest in the Cathedral of Cartagena. 1634. Antonio de Andrade dies in Goa. He had been the first European to enter Tibet.
1715Pope Clement XI condemned the "Chinese Rites"; this action proved disastrous to the Chinese mission.
1971The African Assistancy of the Society of Jesus is created. There were 1600 Jesuits in Africa.
1991Joseph Gallen, S.J. dies age 88. canon lawyer, Professor at Woodstock College from 1940-66, writer for Review for Religious.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2073

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  3
Epact  xxi
Solar Cycle 10
Letter of the Martyrology B
Roman Year of Indiction 6
Julian Period Year 6786
Years since the confirmation of the Society 533
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  517
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 52
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 26 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    30 April