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| violet | Third Sunday of Lent |
| Mass of the Sunday, or of the First Scrutiny; Creed, Preface of Third Sunday (with Year "A" readings) or Lent I - II. | |
| Yr C | [30] Exod 3:1-8a, 13-15; Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8+11; 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12; Luke 13:1-9.
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| Yr C | Alt. (from Year A) [28] Exod 17:3-7; Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; John 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42.
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| | In Year C, during the week, Year A's gospel (Jn 4:5-42) may be used [1st R: Ex 17:1-7, Ps 95] Lect. [236]. |
| Hours of the Sunday.
Week 3 of the Psalter. |
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| Anniversary: | 136th anniversary of the death of F. Emanuel Gonçalves (87) d. 1961 at Cernache, Portugal.  |
| Anniversary: | 86th anniversary of the death of P. Zenon Pilsyk (83) d. 2011 at Lusaka, Zambia. |
| Anniversary: | 83rd anniversary of the death of P. Frederick Kabwe (55) d. 2014 at Chikuni, Zambia. |
| Birthday: | 159th 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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