Understanding the Day
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Passiontide
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Week 1 of Passiontide
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Weekday
Passiontide is the final part of Lent when the Church focuses more intensely on the suffering and death of Christ. A “Greater Non-Privileged Feria” is a regular weekday in the liturgical year that has a higher importance than ordinary weekdays: it keeps the season’s prayers and readings intact but does not have the special rites or propers of a feast, solemnity, octave, or vigil. There is no octave or vigil indicated for this day, so its observance follows the usual liturgy of Passiontide.
Daily Prayer
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Weekly Prayer
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Weekly Formation
Beatitude 4
The Beatitudes
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for justice; for they shall be satisfied.
To hunger and thirst for justice is to desire holiness and every virtue with the urgency of bodily hunger and thirst. The promise of being filled means that God satisfies this sincere desire through grace now and perfect righteousness in heaven.
Saint & Feast
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Monday of Week 1 of Passiontide
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Catechism
Catechism of the Catholic Church
The Paschal mystery of Christ’s cross and Resurrection stands at the heart of the Gospel. Through the redemptive death of Jesus, God’s saving plan was accomplished once for all. As families pray and reflect together, they can turn to the Scriptures, which show that Christ’s suffering, rejection, and entrance into glory were necessary. The Gospels and other historical sources help faith consider the circumstances of Jesus’ death and the meaning of redemption. Jesus’ words and deeds were a sign of contradiction, especially for some religious authorities, yet his relationships with the Pharisees were not only marked by conflict. He affirmed teachings such as the resurrection of the dead, prayer, fasting, almsgiving, calling God Father, and the central commandment to love God and neighbour.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus presents God’s Law, given on Sinai, in the light of the grace of the New Covenant. As Israel’s Messiah, he alone fulfils the Law perfectly, keeping it in all its detail and bringing its meaning to completion. Jesus teaches that the Law is not only a matter of outward observance, but of its letter and spirit, and he reveals that what comes from the human heart can defile a person. With divine authority, he gives the Law its ultimate interpretation and rejects human traditions that make void God’s word. In family prayer, we can look to Jesus as the one who faithfully brings forth justice, fulfils the Law for sinners, and shows that serving God and neighbour does not violate the sabbath rest.
In the Catechism, the Church is beautifully depicted through many biblical images that speak of her inexhaustible mystery. These images gather around Christ, who is the head of the People of God and whose Body the Church is. The Church is described as a sheepfold, with Christ as the one gateway and the Good Shepherd who nourishes and leads his flock. She is also like God’s cultivated field and vineyard: Christ, the true vine, gives life and fruitfulness to those who remain in him through the Church. The Church is further called God’s building, founded on Christ the cornerstone, where God’s family dwells and believers are built together as living stones. Finally, she is described as the holy city and the spotless spouse whom Christ loves, sanctifies, nourishes, and cherishes.