Understanding the Day
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Septuagesima
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Week 3 of Septuagesima
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Weekday
Septuagesima is the early part of the pre-Lenten season, a time of spiritual preparation before Lent begins. A Feria — here, Tuesday of the third week of Septuagesima — is a simple weekday observance in the Church’s calendar. In plain terms, it means there is no special feast or memorial assigned to that day; the day’s prayers, readings, and liturgy belong to the season itself rather than to a particular saint. There is no octave or vigil attached to this celebration. The importance of observing a Feria in Septuagesima lies in its steady rhythm: these weekdays shape a faithful household’s routine of Mass, prayer, and works of love, cultivating humility and readiness for the more intense disciplines of Lent.
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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.
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Tuesday of Week 3 of Septuagesima
Saint Pedro Calungsod
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Catechism
Catechism of the Catholic Church
In the Old Testament, the title “son of God” can describe angels, the Chosen People, the children of Israel, and their kings, expressing an adoptive sonship and a special closeness to God. Peter’s confession that Jesus is “the Christ, the Son of the living God,” however, acknowledges Christ’s divine sonship, a truth revealed by the Father and central to the apostolic faith. Jesus speaks of himself as the Son who knows the Father and carefully distinguishes his own sonship from that of his disciples. At his Baptism and Transfiguration, the Father calls Jesus his beloved Son, and Jesus names himself the only Son of God. The full meaning of this title is revealed in the Paschal mystery, and after the Resurrection the apostles proclaim the glory of the only Son from the Father. For family devotion, these readings offer a reverent way to reflect on Jesus Christ, the beloved and only Son of God.
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.
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The Gospels report that at two solemn moments, the Baptism and the Transfiguration of Christ, the voice of the Father designates Jesus his "beloved Son". Jesus calls himself the "only Son of God", and by this title affirms his eternal pre-existence. He asks for faith in "the name of the only Son of God". In the centurion's exclamation before the crucified Christ, "Truly this man was the Son of God", that Christian confession is already heard. Only in the Paschal mystery can the believer give the title "Son of God" its full meaning.