Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: That the dignity of human life might be respected. (Watch video) (Read Reflection) "Let us pray that in a culture focused on productivity and instant results, we might be capable of discovering and appreciating the unique dignity of each person, both our own and that of others."
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4 Thursday
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Thursday in the Third Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[240] Jer 7:23-28;Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9; Luke 11:14-23.
Hours of the day.
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St Casimir Common of Holy Men and Women Readings from the Common of Saints: [537] Phil 3:8-14 (#740.9); Ps 15:2-3ab, 3cd-4ab, 5 (#739.2); John 15:9-17 (#742.25).
Commemoration
Anniversary:
57th anniversary of the death of P. William Sandiford (91) d. 1970 at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England.
Anniversary:
15th anniversary of the death of P. James Berry (80) d. 2012 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
The Novena of Grace begins on this day.
1777
Disgrace and dismissal from office of Carvalho (Marquis de Pombal) the Society's bitterest enemy, by Queen Mary of Portugal.
1887
Fr. General Beckx, the 22nd General dies. His term was 33 years long.
1911
Charles de Smedt, S.J. dies. He gave new life and vigor to the Bollandists. 2014. Canonization of Blessed Jose de Anchieta. Letter of Fr. General on this occasion.
