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February 2072

24 Wednesday
  violetAsh Wednesday
 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.
Birthday:81st birthday of P. Luis MATOPE (born this day in 1991).
Birthday:77th birthday of S. Stephanie BWALYA (born this day in 1995).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1621Petition from Louis XIII of France to Pope Gregory XV, urging the canonization of St. Ignatius.
1637At Naples died Father Francis Pavone. Inflamed by his words and holy example, sixty of his class of Philosophy, and the entire class of Poetry embraced the Religious State.
1831On this day, Fr. General Roothaan’s letter declaring Missouri an independent mission (from Maryland) finally reaches the Missouri Jesuits. Their superior is Fr. Theodore De Theux. He communicated this to the 15 members of the Society in the West. This status gives the mission the privilege of having its own novitiate.
1979Fr. Francis Louis Martinsek, S.J. is assassinated in Mokame, India. He was born in Pennsylvania, USA.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2072

Dominical Letter  c b
Golden Number  2
Epact  x
Solar Cycle 9
Letter of the Martyrology k
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6785
Years since the confirmation of the Society 532
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  516
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 51
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 10 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    10 April