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Thursday of the Third Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Sophronius of Jerusalem, 560-638; ardent opponent of the heresy of monothelitism; as patriarch of Jerusalem, he taught on the two wills of Christ Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/11/21 Gospel: Luke 11:14-23

Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. John Ogilvie, 1579-1615; born to Scottish nobility, raised a Calvinist; converted to Catholicism, and became a Jesuit priest; evangelized in Scotland, London, and Paris; arrested in Scotland, and convicted of high treason; hanged in Glasgow at the age of 36 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/10/21 Gospel: Matthew 5:17-19

Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent Commemoration of St. Frances of Rome, 1384-1440; devoted wife who served the poor; founded a society of women with no vows, who offered themselves to God and to the service of the poor Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/9/21 Gospel: Matthew 18:21-35

Monday of the Third Week of Lent Commemoration of St. John of God, 1495-1550; operated a religious goods store for a short time; later established a house for the sick poor; 20 years after his death, his helpers formed the Brothers Hospitallers, now a worldwide religious order Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/8/21 Gospel: Luke 4:24-30

Third Sunday of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/7/21 Gospel: John 2:13-25

Saturday of the Second Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Colette, 1380-1447; born in France, became a Franciscan tertiary, living as a solitary; left her cell in 1406 in response to a dream directing her to reform the Poor Clares; founded 17 convents with the reformed rule, and reforrmed several older convents; known for her sanctity, ecstacies, and visions of the Passion Office of Readings and M...

Friday of the Second Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. John Joseph of the Cross, 1654-1734; Franciscan, put in charge of establishing a new friary before he was even ordained; appointed novice master, guardian, and provincial; know for his humility Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/5/21 Gospel: Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46

Thursday of the Second Week of Lent Commemoration of St. Casimir, 1458-1483; dedicated himself to lifelong celibacy at a young age; after an unsuccessful military intervention in Hungary, he vowed never to become in wars; reigned briefly as King of Poland in his father’s absence Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/4/21 Gospel: Luke 16:19-31

Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent Commemoration of St. Katharine Drexel, 1858-1955; gave up the wealth into which she was born to serve Native Americans and other people of color; Mother Drexel opened black Catholics schools in 13 states, plus 40 mission centers and 23 rural schools; founded Xavier University, New Orleans, the first Catholic university in the United States for African-Americans...

Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Agnes of Bohemia, 1205-1282; daughter of the king and queen of Bohemia; refused numerous suitors to enter religious life; built a hospital for the poor, and financed construction of a Poor Clare monastery in Prague; known for prayer, obedience, and mortification Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/2/21 Gospel: Matthew 23:1-12

Second Sunday of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/28/21 Gospel: Mark 9:2-10

Saturday of the First Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Leander of Seville, 534-600; monk who became bishop of Seville; helped to convert the Visigoths; first bishop to introduce the Nicene Creed at mass Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/27/21 Gospel: Matthew 5:43-48

Friday of the First Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Isable of France, 1225-1270; sister of St. Louis, and daughter of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile; lived a life of virginity, consecrated to God; ministered to the sick and poor; founded the Franciscan Monastery of the Humility of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Paris, and lived there without becoming a nun Office of Readings and M...

Thursday of the First Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Walburga, 710-779; sister of Saints Willibald and Winebald; assisted St. Boniface in his missionary work in Germany; became abbess of the double monstery founded by Winebald Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/25/21 Gospel: Matthew 7:7-12

Wednesday of the First Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Adela, 1067-1137; daughter of William the Conqueror; married Stephen III, Count of Blois; endowed abbeys and churches; after being widowed, Adela became a nun, and lived in the convent until her death Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/24/21 Gospel: Luke 11:29-32

Tuesday of the First Week of Lent Commemoration of St. Polycarp, 69-155; bishop of Smyrna, disciple of St. John the Apostle, friend of St. Ignatius of Antioch; martyred in the Smyrna stadium at the age of 86 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/23/21 Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15

Feast of the Chair of St. Peter Monday of the First Week of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/22/21 Gospel: Matthew 16:13-19

First Sunday of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/21/21 Gospel: Mark 1:12-15

Saturday after Ash Wednesday Saints of the Day: Saints Jacinta (1910-1920) and Francisco (1908-1919 Marto; two of the three Portuguese shepherd children who received apparitions of Our Lady near Fatima in 1917; Mary asked the children to pray the rosary to obtain peace for the world, and the end of the war; they were to pray for sinners and for the conversion of Russia Office of Readings and Morni...

Friday after Ash Wednesday Saint of the Day: St. Barbatus of Benevento, 612-682; converted many in Benevento, and was eventually selected as its bishop; attended the Council of Constantinople in 680 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/19/21 Gospel: Matthew 9:14-15

Thursday after Ash Wednesday Saint of the Day: St. Flavian of Constantinople; patriarch of Constantinople beginning about 446 A.D.; refused to give the emperor a bribe, and thus received hostile treatment from the imperial court; condemned Eutyches and the heresy of Monophysitism, leading to his being deposed, exiled, and beaten; he died in exile about 449 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Praye...

Ash Wednesday; the beginning of Lent; a day of fast and abstinence Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/17/21 Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Juliana of Nicomedia; as a Christian convert, she refused to marry a pagan; she was imprisoned, tortured, and martyred in about 304 A.D.; patroness for safe delivery of women in labor, and for protection from fever and contagious diseases Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/16/21 Gospel: Mark 8:14-21

Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Claude de la Colombiere, 1641-1682; friend and spiritual companion of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, and helped promote devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus; sent to England where he was imprisoned, and then banished Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/15/21 Gospel: Mark 8:11-13

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/14/21 Gospel: Mark 1:40-45