Understanding the Day
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Passiontide
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Week 1 of Passiontide
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Passiontide is the final two weeks of Lent, a special time of focused prayer and preparation for the mysteries of Christ’s suffering, death, and rising. This day is a Greater Non‑Privileged Feria: in plain terms, it is an ordinary weekday of liturgical prayer that has a higher rank than a simple weekday but does not outrank principal feasts or privileged ferias. That means the prayers and readings of Passiontide are observed, but the day does not replace major solemnities when they occur.
There is no octave or special vigil attached to this specific day; it belongs to Week 1 of Passiontide, so its texts emphasize the themes of Christ’s approaching passion.
There is no octave or special vigil attached to this specific day; it belongs to Week 1 of Passiontide, so its texts emphasize the themes of Christ’s approaching passion.
Daily 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.
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Tuesday of Week 1 of Passiontide
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Catechism
Catechism of the Catholic Church
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 these paragraphs, we see Jesus’ profound respect for the Temple in Jerusalem, where he was presented as an infant, remained at age twelve to be about his Father’s business, and went for the great feasts. He honored the Temple as the dwelling of his Father and a house of prayer, showing zeal when its outer court became a place of commerce. Jesus also taught there, paid the Temple tax, and identified himself as God’s definitive dwelling-place among men. His prophecy that the Temple would be destroyed pointed to the beginning of a new age in salvation history, when worship of the Father would not be limited to Jerusalem or a particular mountain. For Catholic families, these passages invite reverence for places set apart for prayer and attention to Jesus, who leads us into worship of the Father.
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.