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March 2081

23 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; Mark 14:1-15:47 or 15:1-39.
 At the procession: [37] Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16.
 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.
Anniversary:199th anniversary of the death of F. Gerard Hooy (31) d. 1882 at Christiana, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:135th anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Da Cruz (60) d. 1946 at Braga, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:132nd anniversary of the death of P. Constâncio Tribut (69) d. 1949 at Pará, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:130th anniversary of the death of F. Leo Kodrzynski (70) d. 1951 at Kasisi, N. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:87th anniversary of the death of P. Georg Sunder (88) d. 1994 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:94th birthday of F. Aaron Ronald NYADAWA (born this day in 1987).
Birthday:92nd birthday of P. Ireneu Modesto MOISÉS (born this day in 1989).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1555The death of Pope Julius III, a cause of grief for the Society. He was a benefactor of the Roman and German Colleges.
1624At Watten, Father Thomas Stephenson, when dying, besought the novices to reject any thought against their vocation as a diabolical temptation.
1656The decision of Pope Alexander VII allows Christians to participate in Chinese funeral rites.
1772At Rome, Cardinal Marefoschi held a visitation of the Irish College and accused the Jesuits of mismanagement. He then removed them from directing that school.
1942Joseph de Guibert, S.J. dies Expert on Jesuit spirituality.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2081

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  11
Epact  xix
Solar Cycle 18
Letter of the Martyrology u
Roman Year of Indiction 14
Julian Period Year 6794
Years since the confirmation of the Society 541
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  525
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 60
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 30 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    4 May