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| violet | Fifth Sunday of Lent. |
| Mass of the Sunday, or of the Third Scrutiny; Creed, Preface of Fifth Sunday (with Year "A" readings) or Lent I - II. | |
| Yr C | [36] Isa 43:16-21; Ps 126:1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5, 6; Phil 3:8-14; John 8:1-11.
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| Yr C | Alt. (from Year A) [34] Ezek 37:12-14; Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8; Rom 8:8-11; John 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45.
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| | In Year C, during the week, Year A's gospel (Jn 11:1-45) may be used [1st R: 2 Kgs 4:18b-21, 32-37; Ps 17] Lect. [250] |
| Hours of the Sunday.
Week 1 of the Psalter. |
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| Anniversary: | 98th anniversary of the death of P. Francis Naime (69) d. 1957 at Blackpool, England.  |
| Anniversary: | 46th anniversary of the death of P. Manuel Joaquim Pereira (89) d. 2009 at Esposende, Portugal. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1767 | The Society was expelled from all its houses in Spain and subjected to great cruelty. |
| 1871 | There is plundering of the Jesuit house at rue de Sevres in Paris by the Communards. |
| 1873 | In Mexico a law to expel the Society was proposed in Parliament. |
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