Monthly Archives: March 2018

03-31-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 31, 2018 (Holy Saturday and Easter Vigil Mass) There are actually no daily readings for today, Holy Saturday.  But we do have the extensive readings for the Easter Vigil, going through all of salvation history.  And it all begins … Continue reading

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03-30-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 30, 2018 (Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion, B) See, my servant shall prosper, he shall be raised high and greatly exalted. Even as many were amazed at him, so marred was his look beyond human semblance and his … Continue reading

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03-29-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 29, 2018 (Holy Thursday, B) In celebration of the Passover in a new way, with a new Covenant, Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This … Continue reading

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03-28-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 28, 2018 (Wednesday of Holy Week) The Lord GOD is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame.  He is near who upholds my … Continue reading

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03-27-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 27, 2018 (Tuesday of Holy Week) Jesus said, “My children, I will be with you only a little while longer.  You will look for me, and as I told the Jews, ‘Where I go you cannot come,’ so now … Continue reading

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03-26-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 26, 2018 (Monday of Holy Week) I, the LORD, have called you for the victory of justice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed you, and set you as a covenant of the people, a light for … Continue reading

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03-25-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 25, 2018 (Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion) Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming … Continue reading

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03-24-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 24, 2018 My dwelling shall be with them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Ez_37:21-28 . . the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do?  … Continue reading

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03-23-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 23, 2018 But the LORD is with me, like a mighty champion: my persecutors will stumble, they will not triumph. In their failure they will be put to utter shame, to lasting, unforgettable confusion.   Jer_20:10-13 The LORD is ALWAYS … Continue reading

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03-22-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 22, 2018 Jesus said to the Jews: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.”  So the Jews said to him, “Now we are sure that you are possessed. Abraham died, as did … Continue reading

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03-21-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 21, 2018 King Nebuchadnezzar said: “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you will not serve my god, or worship the golden statue that I set up? This little group of Daniel’s friends were so faithful to God, … Continue reading

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03-20-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 20, 2018 Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own, but I say only what the Father taught me.”   Jn_8:21-30 Still searching … Continue reading

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03-19-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 19, 2018 (St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary) Joseph her (Blessed Virgin Mary) husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly.  Such was his intention when, … Continue reading

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03-18-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 18, 2018 (Fifth Sunday of Lent, B) Thus says the LORD: “This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD.  I will place my law within them and write … Continue reading

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03-17-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 17, 2018 (St. Patrick, Bishop) Nicodemus, one of their members who had come to him (Jesus) earlier, said to them, “Does our law condemn a man before it first hears him and finds out what he is doing?”  Jn_7:40-53 … Continue reading

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03-16-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 16, 2018 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; and those who are crushed in spirit he saves.  Ps_34 If the current status of the world breaks our hearts, if our own health or relationships suffer.  If we’re downtrodden, … Continue reading

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03-15-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 15, 2018 In continuation of His discourse with the Jews from yesterday’s reading, Jesus said, “I came in the name of my Father, but you do not accept me; yet if another comes in his own name, you will … Continue reading

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03-14-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 14, 2018 Jesus answered the Jews: “My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.” For this reason they tried all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but he also … Continue reading

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03-13-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 13, 2018 “Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of every kind shall grow; their leaves shall not fade, nor their fruit fail.  Every month they shall bear fresh fruit, for they shall be watered by the flow … Continue reading

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03-12-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 12, 2018 Thus says the LORD: Lo, I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; The things of the past shall not be remembered or come to mind.  Instead, there shall always be rejoicing and happiness … Continue reading

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03-11-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 11, 2018 (4th Sunday Lent, B, Laetare Sunday) Jesus said to Nicodemus: “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may … Continue reading

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03-10-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 10, 2018 Jesus told a parable about two men, one proud and haughty and the other ashamed and humble:  “…the (humble) tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat … Continue reading

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03-09-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 9, 2018 (St. Frances of Rome, Religious) One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?”  Jesus replied, “The first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel!  The Lord our God is … Continue reading

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03-08-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 8, 2018 (St. John of God, Religious) Jesus said, “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.”  Lk_11:14-23 Jesus came to gather His faithful together.  But not all came.  And not … Continue reading

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03-07-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 7, 2018 (Ss. Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs) Moses said, “what great nation has statutes and decrees that are as just as this whole law which I am setting before you today?  “However, take care and be earnestly on your … Continue reading

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03-06-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 6, 2018 Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him?  As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.   Mt_18:21-35 … Continue reading

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03-05-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 5, 2018 The people were so angry at Jesus that: They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down … Continue reading

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03-04-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 4, 2018 (3rd Sunday Lent, B) In those days, God delivered all these commandments: “I, the LORD am your God, You shall not have other gods besides me. You shall not take the name of the LORD, your God, … Continue reading

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03-03-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 3, 2018 Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing, nor do you consider that it is better for you that one man should die instead of the people, so that the whole nation … Continue reading

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03-02-18 Catholic Daily Mass Quotes

March 2, 2018 Jesus said the Pharisees, “Did you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes?’ Therefore, I … Continue reading

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