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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: | 140th anniversary of the death of F. Clement Wigger (36) d. 1895 at Ricico, Zumbo, Province of Mozambique.  |
| Anniversary: | 63rd anniversary of the death of P. Francis Keating (72) d. 1972 at Westbourne, Dorset, England. |
| Anniversary: | 36th anniversary of the death of P. Kurt Stefan Czekala (87) d. 1999 at Berlin, Germany. |
| Anniversary: | 13th anniversary of the death of F. Theodore C. Bender (UEA) (87) d. 2022 at Weston, MA, USA. |
| Anniversary: | 12th anniversary of the death of P. JoseĚ Augusto Alves de Sousa (POR) (89) d. 2023 at Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Birthday: | 66th birthday of P. Bruce BOTHA (born this day in 1969). |
| Birthday: | 41st birthday of S. Anold Tarisai ZINDONDA (born this day in 1994). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1549 | The first Jesuit martyr, Antonio Criminali, Servant of God, dies in India. He is the Protomartyr of the Society of Jesus. |
| 1581 | The Fourth General Congregation opens. It will elect Claudio Acquaviva. 1593. James Sales and Br. William Saultmouche die at the hands of the Huguenots. |
| 1760 | At Civita Vecchia, the landing of twenty Fathers and 190 scholastics from Portugal, victims of Pombalâs persecution. |
| 1878 | At Chicago, the death of Fr. Ferdinard Coosemans, who had a deep devotion to the blessed Sacrament and the Sacred Heart. |
| 2014 | Daniel Harrington dies. Biblical Scholar, New Testament Abstracts. |
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