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Matt. 4, 1-11. At that time, Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit, to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. And the tempter came and said to Him, “If Thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.” But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Not by bread alone does man live, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’” Then the devil took Him into the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If Thou art the Son of God, throw Thyself down; for it is written, ‘He has given His angels charge concerning Thee; and upon their hands they shall bear Thee up, lest Thou dash Thy foot against a stone.’” Jesus said to him, “It is written further, ‘Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.’” Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them. And he said to Him, “All these things will I give Thou, if Thou wilt fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Begone, Satan, for it is written, ‘The Lord thy God shalt thou worship and Him only shalt thou serve.’” Then the devil left Him; and behold, angels came and ministered to Him. S. Praise be to Thee, O Christ.

Gospel, First Sunday of Lent


~ St. Joseph Daily Missal, (1950)

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FEBRUARY 22nd ~ FEAST of THE CHAIR of ST. PETER at ANTIOCH

O
GOD, Who committing to blessed Peter, Thine apostle, the keys of the heavenly kingdom, didst bestow on Him the pontifical function of binding and loosing, grant that, by the help of his intercession, we may be delivered from the bonds of our sins,
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ho livest and reignest, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

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FEAST of THE CHAIR of ST. PETER at ANTIOCH

Commemoration of St. Paul

O GOD, Who by the preaching of the blessed apostle Paul didst teach the multitude of the gentiles, grant us, we pray Thee, that, honoring His commemoration, we may experience the benefit of his patronal influence with Thee.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

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DEUS, qui beáto Petro Apóstolo tuo, collátis clávibus regni cœléstis, ligándi atque solvéndi pontifícium tradidísti: concéde; ut, intercessiónis ejus auxílio, a peccatórum nostrórum néxibus liberémur.
Qui vivis et regnas, cum Deo Patre in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Commemoratio S. Pauli
DEUS, qui multitúdinem géntium beáti Pauli Apóstoli prædicatióne docuísti: da nobis, quǽsumus; ut, cuius commemoratiónem cólimus, eius apud te patrocínia sentiámus.
Per Dóminum nostrum Jesus Christum fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.


Collect, Feast of the Chair of St. Peter at Antioch
Commemoration of St. Paul


~ The New Roman Missal, 1937
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DEVOTIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK
A holy and ancient practice among the faithful has consecrated every day in the week to some particular devotion. It is with this spirit, that a prayer is here set down for each of these days.

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PRAYER for SUNDAY
A Prayer to the most Holy Trinity

GLORY be to the Father, Who, by His power hath brought us forth from nothing, and created us to His own likeness. Glory be to the Son, Who, by His mercy, hath delivered us from hell, and opened heaven for us. Glory be to the Holy Ghost, who by His grace, which we every day receive from him, hath sanctified us. Glory, honour, and praise be to the three persons of the holy and undivided Trinity, now and forever. We adore thee, O Holy Trinity, we worship thee; we most humbly give thee thanks for having revealed to us this glorious, this incomprehensible mystery: and for granting to those who shall persevere until death in the faithful profession of it, the reward of beholding and enjoying in heaven what we now believe and adore upon earth, one God in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen.

~ The Key of Heaven or A Manual of Prayers, Dublin, 1839
EGO SUM ALPHA ET OMEGA
PRINCIPIUM ET FINIS

I am the Alpha and the Omega
The beginning and the end.


INVOCATION

MY GOD, my only Good, Thou art all mine; may I be always Thine.

An Indulgence of 300 days.
A plenary indulgence under the usual conditions, if this invocation is said daily for a month with pious dispositions (Brief, March 13, 1902, exhib. March 17, 1902).

~ The Raccolta (1943)
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MONDAY, FIRST WEEK of LENT

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ONVERT us, O God, our salvation, and, that the Lenten fast may profit us, instruct our minds with Thy heavenly instruction.

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hrough our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

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CONVÉRTE nos, DEUS, salutáris noster: et, ut nobis jejúnium quadragesimále profíciat, mentes nostras cæléstibus instrue disciplínis.

Per Dóminum nostrum Jesus Christum fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Collect, Monday, First Week of Lent

~ The New Roman Missal, 1937
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February 23rd ~ VIGIL of the FEAST of ST. MATTHIAS, APOSTLE

GRANT, we beseech Thee, O almighty God, that the august solemnity of blessed Matthias, Thine apostle, to which we look forward, may increase both our devotion and our salvation.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.


Collect, February 23, Vigil of St. Matthias, Apostle

~ The New Roman Missal, 1937
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PRAYER for MONDAY
A Prayer to the Holy Ghost

O SANCTIFIER of our souls! Thou Spirit of love and truth! we adore Thee as the principle of our eternal happiness; we thank Thee as the dispenser of all heavenly favours; and we invoke Thee as the source of that light and strength by which alone we can know what is good,and be enabled to practise it. Enlighten our understandings, fortify our wills, purify our hearts, regulate our movements, and make us attentive to all Thy inspirations. Pardon us, Thou Spirit of grace and mercy! pardon us our constant infidelities, and the shameful insensibility by which we have so often resisted the most touching impulses of grace. We are at length resolved to be no longer rebellious to it, but to obey it with such docility that we may taste those fruits, and en joy those beatitudes, which thy sacred gifts can produce in our souls. Amen.

~ The Key of Heaven or A Manual of Prayers, Dublin, 1839
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Invocation

E
ternal Father, by the Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, glorify His most holy Name, according to the desires of His adorable Heart.


An indulgence of 300 days, if this invocation is recited to make reparation for blasphemies uttered against the most holy Name of Jesus.

A plenary indulgence under the usual conditions when said devoutly every day for an entire month. (S. C. Ind. Jan. 27, 1908; S. P. Ap., July 30, 1936).


~ The Raccolta (1943)
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February 24th ~ FEAST of ST. MATTHIAS, APOSTLE

O GOD, Who didst join blessed Matthias to the company of Thine apostles, grant, we beseech Thee, that by his intercession we may ever be aware of the depths of Thy goodness round about us.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

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DEUS, qui beátum Matthíam Apostolórum tuórum collégio sociásti: tríbue, quæsumus, ut ejus interventióne, tuæ circa nos pietátis semper víscera sentiámus.

Per Dóminum nostrum Jesus Christum fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Collect, February 24, St. Matthias, Apostle

~ The New Roman Missal, 1937
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TUESDAY, FIRST WEEK of LENT

LOOK down upon Thy household, O Lord, and grant that our minds may be made glow by the desire of Thee, which have been chastened by the tormenting of their bodies.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

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RÉSPICE, Dómine, famíliam tuam: et præsta; ut apud te mens nostra tuo desidério fúlgeat, quæ se carnis maceratióne castígat.

Per Dóminum nostrum Jesus Christum fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Collect, Tuesday, First Week of Lent

~ The New Roman Missal, 1937
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February 24th ~ FEAST of ST. MATTHIAS, APOSTLE

Prayer

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Almighty God, who into the place of Judas didst choose thy faithful servant Saint Matthias to be of the number of the Twelve: Grant that thy Church, being delivered from false apostles, may always be ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.


St. Matthias, pray for us.
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PRAYER for TUESDAY
A Prayer to our Guardian Angel

O HOLY ANGEL, to whose care God, in His mercy, hath committed me, I return thee now my most sincere and humble thanks; I conjure thee, O amiable guide, to continue still thy care; to defend me against my enemies; to remove from me the occasions of sin; to obtain for me a constant docility to divine inspirations; to protect me, in particular, at the hour of my death; and then to conduct me to the mansions of eternal repose; where, in thy blessed society, I may praise our Creator forever. Amen.

~ The Key of Heaven or A Manual of Prayers, Dublin, 1839
PRAYER to SAINT PHILOMENA

ST. PHILOMENA, behold me before the bright throne whereon the august Trinity hath set thee wearing thy double crown of virginity and martyrdom; behold, I lift suppliant hands to thee. Even the most cruel sufferings could not diminish the devotion of thy generous heart to the Celestial Lover Who was thy joy.

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PRAYER to ST. PHILOMENA

And now thy Lord, to recompense these sufferings, wills to glorify thee by the mightiness of thy intercessions. Therefore it is to thee that I lift my suppliant hands. Ah! from the heights of the heavenly country, deign to cast a glance on me, thy humble client. O pure Virgin, O holy martyr, solace me in suffering and temptation, sustain me in trial and persecution, and assist me in danger, above all at the awful hour of death, when I shall have to combat all the powers of hell; pray for me in that final moment upon which my eternity hangs.

Hail Philomena, pearl of virgins, generous spouse of the King of kings! Hail, flower of martyrs, living host of Christ! Refuse not the succor of thy prayer to those who invoke it venerating thy merits.

Amen.

~ Prayers and Devotions (1954)
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The Heart of Jesus is with me.

Aspiration to JESUS
(Prayers for Daily Use)

Jesus said to St. Mechtilde: Whoever shall breathe a sigh towards me from the bottom of his heart when he awakes in the morning, and shall ask me to work all his works in him throughout the day, he will draw me to him; so that his soul shall have life from me even as his body has life from his soul, and he shall do all things through me and by me. For never does a man breathe a sigh of longing aspiration towards me without drawing me nearer to him than I was before.

O MOST loving Jesus, I breathe towards Thee this sigh, drawn from the depth of my heart, beseeching thee, with all my might, that thou wouldst deign Thyself to work in me all my works, whether of body or of soul, to cleanse them all in Thy sweetest Heart, and to offer them, in union with Thine own most perfect works, to God the Father as an eternal thanksgiving. Amen.


~ Preces Gertrudianæ (1861)
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REMEMBER . . .

It’s Ember Wednesday.

Spring Ember Days ~
the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after Ash Wednesday

Special days of Prayer, Penance and Fasting

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WEDNESDAY, FIRST WEEK of LENT
(Ember-day) Collect before the First Lesson

OF THY mercy hear our prayers, O Lord, and stretch forth the right hand of Thy majesty against all things that work against us.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

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PRECES nostras, quæsumus Dómine, cleménter exáudi: et contra cuncta nobis adversántia, déxteram tuæ maiestátis exténde.

Per Dóminum nostrum Jesus Christum fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Collect before the First Lesson, Wednesday, First Week of Lent

~ The New Roman Missal, 1937
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