Understanding the Day
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Lent
Week
Week 3 of Lent
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Weekday
Lent is the forty-day season of preparation before Easter, a time of penance, prayer, and simpler living as families remember Christ’s fasting and draw closer to his passion and resurrection.
The rank “Greater Non-Privileged Feria” is plain-language liturgical nomenclature: it is an ordinary weekday observance within Lent that has more weight than minor commemorations but is not one of the privileged or higher-ranking feasts (such as Sundays, solemnities, or certain privileged ferias). That means the regular Lenten weekday prayers and readings for the third week are used. There is no octave or vigil attached to this celebration in the information provided.
The rank “Greater Non-Privileged Feria” is plain-language liturgical nomenclature: it is an ordinary weekday observance within Lent that has more weight than minor commemorations but is not one of the privileged or higher-ranking feasts (such as Sundays, solemnities, or certain privileged ferias). That means the regular Lenten weekday prayers and readings for the third week are used. There is no octave or vigil attached to this celebration in the information provided.
Daily Prayer
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Weekly Formation
Beatitude 2
The Beatitudes
Blessed are the meek; for they shall possess the land.
Meekness is strength governed by reason and charity rather than by resentment or the desire to retaliate. The meek endure wrong without returning evil for evil and remain peaceful and teachable under God’s providence.
Saint & Feast
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Monday of Week 3 of Lent
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Customs & Fasting
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Catechism
Catechism of the Catholic Church
The Catechism reveals the profound significance of the title "Lord," which designates both God the Father and Jesus Christ as divine. Rooted in the use of "Lord" for the divine name YHWH, this title expresses Jesus’ divine sovereignty, which he demonstrated through works of power over nature, illness, demons, death, and sin. Those who approached Jesus for help and healing addressed him as "Lord" with respect and trust; in the risen Christ, this confession becomes adoration, love, and affection: "My Lord and my God!" In Christian prayer, the title "Lord" is a familiar expression of trust and hope. Confessing Jesus as Lord recognizes his divinity and reminds each person not to submit personal freedom absolutely to any earthly power, but to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
¶ 446
In the Greek translation of the Old Testament, the ineffable Hebrew name YHWH, by which God revealed himself to Moses, is rendered as Kyrios, "Lord". From then on, "Lord" becomes the more usual name by which to indicate the divinity of Israel's God. the New Testament uses this full sense of the title "Lord" both for the Father and - what is new - for Jesus, who is thereby recognized as God Himself.
¶ 447
Jesus ascribes this title to himself in a veiled way when he disputes with the Pharisees about the meaning of Psalm 110, but also in an explicit way when he addresses his apostles. Throughout his public life, he demonstrated his divine sovereignty by works of power over nature, illnesses, demons, death and sin.