Understanding the Day
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Passiontide
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Week 1 of Passiontide
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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 7
The Beatitudes
Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God.
Peacemakers establish the tranquility of right order by reconciling persons to God, to truth, and to one another. Christian peace is therefore more than avoiding conflict; it rests on justice and charity and does not purchase quiet by cooperation with evil.
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 Church, Christ fulfills his prophetic office not only through the hierarchy but also through the laity, whom he establishes as witnesses and equips with the sense of faith and the grace of the word. Lay people share in evangelization by proclaiming Christ in word and by the testimony of their lives, especially in the ordinary circumstances of the world. Those who are capable and trained may collaborate in catechetical formation, teaching, and the use of communications media. According to their knowledge, competence, and standing, lay people have the right—and at times the duty—to share with pastors their views on matters concerning the good of the Church, with respect for faith, morals, pastors, the common good, and the dignity of persons. Through holy living and self-denial, they are called to overcome sin, and by working together they can help shape social conditions and human culture according to justice and virtue. In every temporal responsibility, the faithful are to be guided by a Christian conscience, remembering that all human activity belongs under God’s dominion.