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20 March, 2026
Thanksgiving After Mass And Holy Communion. Plenary Indulgence Available.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Act of Resignation.
By a special act of Pope Saint Pius X, on 9 March 1904, a Plenary Indulgence was attached “in articulo mortis” to the following Prayer, even when recited in full health long before death, after Confession and Communion.
O Lord, my God, from this moment do I accept from Thy Hands, with a quiet and trusting heart, whatsoever death Thou shalt choose to send me, with its pains and griefs.
A Daily Prayer For Priests.
A Daily Prayer for Priests.
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O Almighty Eternal God, look upon the face of Thy Christ, and for the love of Him Who is The Eternal High Priest, have pity on Thy Priests.
Remember, O most compassionate God, that they are but weak and frail human beings. Stir up in them the grace of their Vocation, which is in them by the imposition of the Bishop’s hands.
Keep them close to Thee, lest the Enemy prevail against them, so that they may never do anything in the slightest degree unworthy of their sublime Vocation.
A Daily Prayer for Priests.
O Jesus, I Pray Thee for Thy Faithful and fervent Priests;
for Thy unfaithful and tepid Priests;
for Thy Priests labouring at home or abroad in distant Mission Fields;
for Thy tempted Priests;
for Thy lonely and desolate Priests;
for Thy young Priests;
for Thy aged Priests;
for Thy sick Priests,
for Thy dying Priests;
for the Souls of Thy Priests in Purgatory.
But, above all, I commend to Thee the Priests dearest to me;
the Priest who Baptised me;
the Priests who Absolved me from my sins;
the Priests at whose Masses I Assisted, and who gave me Thy Body and Blood in Holy Communion;
the Priests who taught and instructed me, or helped and encouraged me;
all the Priests to whom I am indebted in any other way.
O Jesus, keep them all close to Thy Heart, and Bless them abundantly in time and in Eternity.
Amen.
IMPRIMATUR.
+ Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, 6 September 2018.
IMPRIMATUR.
+ Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, 6 September 2018.
Friday Of The Fourth Week In Lent. Lenten Station At The Basilica Of Saint Eusebius. Violet Vestments.
Peterborough Cathedral.
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Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
Friday of The Fourth Week in Lent.
Station at Saint Eusebius.
Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.
Violet Vestments.
English: Basilica of Saint Eusebius.
Français: Eglise de Sant'Eusebio all’Esquillino
sur la via Napoleone III à Rome.
Photo: April 2009.
Source: Own work.
Author: LPLT
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The Lenten Station is at the Sanctuary erected on the site of the house where Saint Eusebius, an ardent defender of The Faith against Arius, died a Martyr. In the 5th-Century A.D., it was one of the twenty-five Parish Churches of Rome. This Sanctuary may have been chosen in which to read the Epistle and Gospel relating to Resurrections, since it is situated near the Great Cemetery of The Esquiline.
As in The Mass of yesterday, the Epistle and Gospel tell us of a Double Resurrection, an image of that which was to operate in the Souls of Catechumens and Public Penitents at the Easter Festival, and in the Souls of sinners during the Season of Lent.
The Glory of Saint Eusebius.
Artist: Anton Raphael Mengs (1728–1779).
Date: 1757.
Location: Chiesa di Sant’Eusebio, Rome.
Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.
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Both the widow of Sarepta, who went to Eliseus, and the mother who had recourse to Elias, represent the Gentiles, as they were both of heathen Race. Our Souls have, through the Sacraments of Baptism and Penance, shared in The Resurrection of Him Who is “The Life” (Gospel).
English: The High Altar,
Basilica of Saint Eusebius, Rome.
Italiano: Sant’Eusebio all’Esquilino:
Altar Maggiore.
Photo: October 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa
(Wikimedia Commons)
In the same way, the bodily death of the son of the widow of Naim, and that of Lazarus represent the Spiritual death of our Souls, caused by grievous sin. Penance restores them to life and brings them under the supernatural influence of Him Who is “The Resurrection” (Gospel).
By Prayer and Penance, let us provide for our Spiritual interests (Collect).
Mass: Meditátio cordis.
Preface: Of Lent.
English: Basilica of Saint Eusebius, Rome.
Deutsch: Sant'Eusebio all'Esquilino, Kirche in Rom.
Italiano: Sant'Eusebio all'Esquilino, chiesa a Roma.
Français: Sant'Eusebio all'Esquilino, église à Rome.
Photo: November 2010.
Source: Own work.
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The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.
Sant’Eusebio is a Basilica Church in Rome, devoted to Saint Eusebius of Rome, a 4th-Century A.D. Martyr, and built in the Monti rione, District of Rome.
The Church is first mentioned in 474 A.D., by an inscription in the Catacombs of Saints Marcellino e Pietro ad duas Lauros, and recorded as the “Titulus Eusebii” in the Acts of the
499 A.D. Synod.
It was Consecrated “in honorem beatorum Eusebii et Vincentii” by Pope Gregory IX, after the restoration of 1238.
It was Consecrated “in honorem beatorum Eusebii et Vincentii” by Pope Gregory IX, after the restoration of 1238.
The Romanesque Style, dating back to this restoration, survived the restorations of the 17th-, 18th-, and 20th-Centuries. The Titulus S. Eusebii is held (as at 2024) by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA.
The Interior is separated into a Nave with two flanking Aisles. The present design dates to 1600, by Onorio Longhi, who restored the Presbytery, High Altar, and Choir.
The Interior is separated into a Nave with two flanking Aisles. The present design dates to 1600, by Onorio Longhi, who restored the Presbytery, High Altar, and Choir.
The Ceiling fresco is a Neo-Classical masterpiece of Anton Raphael Mengs, depicting the Glory of Sant’Eusebio (1757).
Other paintings in the Church are attributed to Giuseppe Passeri (Central Nave Window), Andreas Ruthart (Choir), Baldassarre Croce (Jesus, Mary, and Saints, near the High Altar), Cesare Rossetti (Crucifix at the High Altar, facing Choir), Pompeo Bastoni (Madonna and Bambino near the High Altar) and Francesco Solimena.
Other paintings in the Church are attributed to Giuseppe Passeri (Central Nave Window), Andreas Ruthart (Choir), Baldassarre Croce (Jesus, Mary, and Saints, near the High Altar), Cesare Rossetti (Crucifix at the High Altar, facing Choir), Pompeo Bastoni (Madonna and Bambino near the High Altar) and Francesco Solimena.
Our Lady Of The Atonement Cathedral,
Baguio, Philippines.
Photo: 29 March 2024.
Source: Own work.
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Author: Galaxiaria
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Wells Cathedral.
Photo: August 2006.
Source: Own work.
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Share Alike 3.0 Unported licence.
Author: Steinsky
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19 March, 2026
The Second Vespers Of Saint Joseph’s Feast Day. 19 March 2025.
Second Vespers.
Saint Joseph’s Feast Day.
19 March 2025.
By
Ad II. Vesperas – San José,
Esposo de la B. V. María, 19 de marzo 2025.
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“ Perkins, Perkins, Perkins. You Are Not Listening. Take It Back !!! ”
A Magnificent 1929 Chrysler Race Car.
Illustration: HEMMINGS
Perkins (Chauffeur) seems to be intent on
getting a faster motor car. He has previously been told
there is nothing wrong with the current Charabanc
(see, below, taking Zephyrinus to Sunday Mass).
Perkins (Chauffeur) taking Zephyrinus
to Sunday Mass in the current Charabanc.
Illustration: PINTEREST
Saint Joseph. Confessor. Spouse Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 19 March. White Vestments.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Joseph.
Confessor.
Spouse Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Feast Day 19 March.
Double of The First-Class.
White Vestments.
The Church always honours Saint Joseph with Mary and Jesus, especially during the Christmas Solemnities. Today’s Gospel is, indeed, that of 24 December. A Coptic Calendar tells us that Saint Joseph was Liturgically honoured in a special way on 20 July from the 8th-Century A.D.
At the end of the 15th-Century, his Feast was kept on 19 March and, in 1621, Pope Gregory XV extended it to the whole Church. In 1870, Blessed Pope Pius IX proclaimed Saint Joseph Protector of the Universal Church.
This Saint “of the Royal Race of David” was a Just Man (Gospel). As, by his marriage with The Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph has certain rights of the Blessed Fruit of the Virginal Womb of his spouse, a moral affinity exists between him and Jesus.
He exercised over the Child-God a certain paternal authority, which the Preface of Saint Joseph delicately alludes to as that of a Foster-Father.
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Joseph.
Confessor.
Spouse Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Feast Day 19 March.
Double of The First-Class.
White Vestments.
Saint Joseph and The Child Jesus.
Illustration: PINTEREST
The Church always honours Saint Joseph with Mary and Jesus, especially during the Christmas Solemnities. Today’s Gospel is, indeed, that of 24 December. A Coptic Calendar tells us that Saint Joseph was Liturgically honoured in a special way on 20 July from the 8th-Century A.D.
At the end of the 15th-Century, his Feast was kept on 19 March and, in 1621, Pope Gregory XV extended it to the whole Church. In 1870, Blessed Pope Pius IX proclaimed Saint Joseph Protector of the Universal Church.
This Saint “of the Royal Race of David” was a Just Man (Gospel). As, by his marriage with The Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph has certain rights of the Blessed Fruit of the Virginal Womb of his spouse, a moral affinity exists between him and Jesus.
Without having begotten Jesus, Saint Joseph, by the bounds which unite him to Mary, is legally and morally the Father of the Son of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
It follows that we must honour, by a special homage, this dignity, or supernatural excellence, of Saint Joseph.
It follows that we must honour, by a special homage, this dignity, or supernatural excellence, of Saint Joseph.
“In The Family of Nazareth”, says Cornelius á Lapide (a Flemish Jesuit and Exegete (1567-1637), “were the three greatest and most excellent persons in the World. Wherefore, to Christ is due the Divine Worship, to The Virgin a higher reverence than to Saints, and to Saint Joseph the full reverence due to Saints”.
God revealed to Saint Joseph the Mystery of The Incarnation (Ibid.) and “chose him among all” (Epistle) to commit to his care The Incarnate Word and the Virginity of Mary.
The Hymn at Lauds says that: “Christ and The Virgin were with him at his last hour and watched by him, their faces gleaming with sweet serenity”. Saint Joseph went to Heaven for ever to enjoy The Beatific Vision of The Word, Whose humanity he had so long and so closely contemplated on Earth.
This Saint is, therefore, justly considered the patron and model of interior and contemplative Souls. And, in the Heavenly Home, Saint Joseph has a powerful influence of the Heart of the Son of his Most Blessed Spouse (Collect).
Let us imitate, at this Holy Season, the purity, the humility, the spirit of Prayer and Meditation, of Saint Joseph at Nazareth.
Every Parish Priest Celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.
Mass: Justus ut palma.
Commemoration: Of the Feria, in Lent.
Credo.
Preface: Of Saint Joseph.
Last Gospel: Of the Feria, in Lent.
If 19 March happens to fall in Holy Week, the Feast of Saint Joseph is Transferred to the Tuesday after Low Sunday. An Alleluia is then added to every Antiphon, Verse, or Responsorial.
The following Text refers to 2017, but is a most interesting point in Liturgy, and is from ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS
God revealed to Saint Joseph the Mystery of The Incarnation (Ibid.) and “chose him among all” (Epistle) to commit to his care The Incarnate Word and the Virginity of Mary.
The Hymn at Lauds says that: “Christ and The Virgin were with him at his last hour and watched by him, their faces gleaming with sweet serenity”. Saint Joseph went to Heaven for ever to enjoy The Beatific Vision of The Word, Whose humanity he had so long and so closely contemplated on Earth.
This Saint is, therefore, justly considered the patron and model of interior and contemplative Souls. And, in the Heavenly Home, Saint Joseph has a powerful influence of the Heart of the Son of his Most Blessed Spouse (Collect).
Let us imitate, at this Holy Season, the purity, the humility, the spirit of Prayer and Meditation, of Saint Joseph at Nazareth.
Every Parish Priest Celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.
Mass: Justus ut palma.
Commemoration: Of the Feria, in Lent.
Credo.
Preface: Of Saint Joseph.
Last Gospel: Of the Feria, in Lent.
If 19 March happens to fall in Holy Week, the Feast of Saint Joseph is Transferred to the Tuesday after Low Sunday. An Alleluia is then added to every Antiphon, Verse, or Responsorial.
The following Text refers to 2017, but is a most interesting point in Liturgy, and is from ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS
“Divino Afflatu”, with yesterday (in 2017) being the Third Sunday of Lent, Saint Joseph’s Feast Day was Transferred to today, 20 March 2017.
The reason being is that Saint Joseph’s Feast Day is a Double of the First Class and this does not take precedence over a Sunday in Lent.
However, in the Rubrics of 1568 (Trent), and, thus, prior to “Divino Afflatu”, the Feast Day is just a Double (and not a Double of the First-Class), so Saint Joseph can be Commemorated in the Third Sunday of Lent Mass and Office.
The reason being is that Saint Joseph’s Feast Day is a Double of the First Class and this does not take precedence over a Sunday in Lent.
However, in the Rubrics of 1568 (Trent), and, thus, prior to “Divino Afflatu”, the Feast Day is just a Double (and not a Double of the First-Class), so Saint Joseph can be Commemorated in the Third Sunday of Lent Mass and Office.
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