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St. Frances of Rome

Her father overruled her desire to become a nun, at his wish she married. Her ordinary food was dry bread, she would exchange with beggars good food for their hard crusts. She had constant sight of her Angel. She died on the day she foretold, March 9, 1440.

Second Sunday in Lent

"Lord, it is good for us to be here"

"How well for all believing Christians it would be, if they benefited by the presence of Christ, upon the altar, in the tabernacle! Let us, therefore, with grateful hearts, exclaim to the Lord: It is good to be here!"

"Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been proved, he shall receive a crown of life, which God hath promised to them that love him." - James 1:12

The Flight into Egypt

"How bitter, exclaims St. John Chrysostom, must have been the pain which was excited in the heart of Mary when she heard of the exile of herself and Son!" 

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Sexagesima Sunday
 
"Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God." - Luke 8:11

"The humble hearer does not criticise the delivery of a sermon, and still less does he apply it to others instead of to himself."

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Our Lady of Lourdes (1858)

The first of the eighteen apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous took place at Lourdes on February 11, 1858. On March 25th, when Bernadette asked the beautiful Lady Her name, She replied: I am the Immaculate Conception.

St. Ignatius of Antioch (A.D. 107), preparing for martyrdom: "I look forward with joy to the wild animals held in readiness for me; I will coax them to devour me… I am God's wheat, and I am ground by the wild beasts that I may be found the pure bread of Christ."

St. Martina, Martyr

A noble virgin of Rome, the daughter of a Consul. Martina openly testified to her Christian faith. She was arrested under the emperor Alexander Severus and commanded to worship false gods. She refused, was tortured and was finally beheaded in 226.

"No matter how just your words may be, you ruin everything when you speak with anger." - St. John Chrysostom

St. Polycarp, Martyr

Bishop of Smyrna, he was a disciple of St. John the Evangelist. He was arrested by the Roman proconsul and burned to death for refusing to renounce Christ. When the fire was lighted, it did him no harm; therefore he was stabbed, and his dead body was burnt.