Announcements

Sunday, March 1st - 2nd Sunday of Lent - St David of Wales, BC
Monday, March 2nd - Lenten Feria - St Simplicius, PC
Tuesday, March 3rd - Lenten Feria - St Cunegunda, Emp
Wednesday, March 4th - Lenten Feria - - St Casimir, C
Thursday, March 5th - Lenten Feria - St John Joseph of the Cross, C
Friday, March 6th - Ss Perpetua & Felicitas, Mm - St Colette, V
Saturday, March 7th - St Thomas Aquinas, BCD
Sunday, March 8th - 3rd Sunday of Lent - St John of God, C

Weekly Bulletin

  • Doughnuts and Coffee: Join us in the St Joseph Hall after the 9:30 AM Mass.
  • Mission Sunday: There is a 2nd collection today for the Mission fund.
  • First Friday and First Saturday: This week! Remember the promises of Our Lord and the Blessed Mother regarding these devotions.
  • Lenten Fast: During this time, all Catholics between age 21 and 59 are bound to fast - only one meal with meat may betaken per day, with two smaller, meatless collations allowed. Sundays are excepted.
  • Parish Hymnals: Use the hymnals to sing along with the choir for the final hymn, O Sacred Head Surrounded, page 16.
  • Choir Practice: In the upstairs classroom at 8:45 AM for the 9:30 Mass. There will be a practice for Easter following Mass.

2nd Sunday of Lent - Meditation & Propers

From the Marian Missel by Sylvester P Juergens, S.M.

The TransfigurationLet the sight of the grandeur of Jesus transfigured prepare us for the contemplation shortly of the humiliation of His Passion.

Introit: Ps. 24. 6, 3, 22
Remember, O Lord, Thy bowels of compassion, and Thy mercies that are from the beginning of the world, lest at any time our enemies rule over us: deliver us, O God of Israel, from all our tribulations. - (Ps. 24. 1, 2). To Thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul: in Thee, O my God, I put my trust; let me be not ashamed. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Remember, O Lord, Thy bowels of compassion, and Thy mercies that are from the beginning of the world, lest at any time our enemies rule over us: deliver us, O God of Israel, from all our tribulations.

Collect:
O God, who seest that we are wholly destitute of strength, keep us within and without: that we may be defended in body from all adversity: and cleansed in mind from evil thoughts. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.

Gradual: Ps. 24. 17, 18
The troubles of my heart are multiplied: deliver me from my necessities, O Lord. V. See my abjection and my labor; and forgive me all my sins.

Tract Ps. 105, 1-4
Give glory to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever. V. Who shall declare the powers of the Lord: who shall set forth all His praises? V. Blessed are they that keep judgment and do justice at all times. V. Remember us, O Lord, in the favor of Thy people: visit us with Thy salvation.

Offertory: Ps. 118. 47, 48
I will meditate on Thy commandments, which I have loved exceedingly: and I will lift up my hands to Thy commandments which I have loved.

Secret:
Look favorably upon these present Sacrifices, w beseech Thee, O Lord, that they may profit us both unto devotion and salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.

Communion: Ps. 5. 2-4
Understand my cry: hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God: for to Thee will I pray, O Lord.

Postcommunion:
We humbly beseech Thee, almighty God, that we whom Thou dost refresh by Thy Sacraments may worthily serve Thee by lives well-pleasing to Thee. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen

My Daily Thought from the Following of Christ:
Happy they who penetrate into eteral things, and endeavor to prepare themselves more and more by daily exercises for the receiving of heavenly secrets.

Recessional Hymn

God of mercy and compassion, lLook with pity upon me.
Father, let me call Thee Father, tis Thy child returns to Thee.
By my sins I have deserved death and endless misery,
Hell with all its pains and torments, And for all eternity.

(Chorus)
Jesus, Lord, I ask for mercy;
Let me not implore in vain;
All my sins, I now detest them.
Never will I sin again.

By my sins I have abandoned right and claim to heaven above,
Where the saints rejoice forever in a boundless sea of love.
See our Savior, bleeding, dying, on the cross of Calvary;
To that cross my sins have nailed Him, yet He bleeds and dies for me.

(Chorus)
Jesus, Lord, I ask for mercy;
Let me not implore in vain;
All my sins, I now detest them.
Never will I sin again.