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Pope’s Letter to Young People 2017

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Liturgical Calendar

Friday after Ash Wednesday

Today’s Memorial

Upcoming Events

Job Vacancies at Buckden Towers

February 11 @ 7:00 am - March 2 @ 5:00 pm
Gospel Reflections during Lent

March 2 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Baptism Preparation Course

March 11 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Friends of Buckden Towers Quiz Night

March 13 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Re-Dedication of England as the Dowry of Mary

March 29

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Psalm

Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
Thoroughly wash me from my guilt
and of my sin cleanse me.

For I acknowledge my offense,
and my sin is before me always:
"Against you only have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight."

For you are not pleased with sacrifices;
should I offer a burnt offering, you would not accept it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit;
a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.

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Commentary

None of us who are healthy and strong should eat anything other than Lenten fare, either on ferial days or on feast days. Thus, we must fast every day except Sundays and the Nativity of the Lord, on which days we may have two meals. And on ordinary Thursdays everyone may do as she wishes, so that she who does not wish to fast is not obliged. However, we who are well should fast every day except on Sundays and on Christmas. During the whole of Easter, as the writing of Saint Francis tells us, and on the feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the holy Apostles, we are not obliged to fast, unless these feasts occur Friday. And, as I have already said, we who are well and strong always eat Lenten fare. But our flesh is not bronze, nor is our strength that of stone, rather, we are frail and inclined to every bodily weakness! I beg you, therefore, dearly beloved, to refrain wisely and prudently from an indiscreet and impossible austerity in the fasting that you have undertaken. And I beg you in the Lord to praise the Lord by your very life, to offer the Lord your reasonable service and your sacrifice always seasoned with salt. May you do well in the Lord as I hope I do myself.

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