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| violet | Ash 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. |
| Anniversary: | 88th anniversary of the death of F. Emanuel Gonçalves (87) d. 1961 at Cernache, Portugal.  |
| Anniversary: | 38th anniversary of the death of P. Zenon Pilsyk (83) d. 2011 at Lusaka, Zambia. |
| Anniversary: | 35th anniversary of the death of P. Frederick Kabwe (55) d. 2014 at Chikuni, Zambia. |
| Birthday: | 111th birthday of P. Clive DILLON-MALONE (born this day in 1938). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1591 | At Rome during a great pestilence, St. Aloysius caught the infection through serving the plague-stricken in the hospital "della Consolazione". |
| 1595 | At Tyburn, Fr. Robert Southwell, after long and terrible suffering, dies for his faith. |
| 1595 | Clement VIII raised Robert Bellarmine to the Cardinalate, saying that the Church had not his equal in learning. |
| 2008 | Meinrad Hebga, S.J. dies age 79. Popular Healer, Exorcist of West Africa, Inculturation. |
| 2014 | Announce forthcoming letter of Fr. General on intellectual formation. |
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