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February 16

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Tuesday after the 1st Sunday of Lent

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Feast shown for the year 2027; movable feasts can vary from year to year.

Today is observed as the Tuesday after the First Sunday of Lent, a feria within the solemn season of Lent. This day does not commemorate a particular saint but is part of the essential rhythm of Lent, marked especially by its character of penance, conversion, and deeper commitment to prayer. The weekdays of early Lent are imbued with a spirit of renewal and purification in preparation for Easter, calling the faithful to reflection and works of mercy. Historically, this period was especially significant for catechumens, who were being prepared for baptism at the Easter Vigil, and for penitents, who underwent public acts of repentance. The liturgical texts and ceremonies of this day emphasize humility, trust in God, and perseverance in fasting and almsgiving. The observance serves as a reminder to all Christians to begin the Lenten journey with earnestness, embracing the disciplines that lead to spiritual growth. The violet liturgical color underscores the penitential focus, inviting contemplation of one's need for God's mercy and the pursuit of holiness.

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Liturgical texts of February 16, 2027

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IntroitPs 89:2

Latin


Ps 89:1; 89:2
Dómine, refúgium factus es nobis a generatióne et progénie: a sǽculo et in sǽculum tu es.
Ps 89:2
Priúsquam montes fíerent, aut formarétur terra et orbis: a sǽculo et usque in sǽculum tu es Deus.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Dómine, refúgium factus es nobis a generatióne et progénie: a sǽculo et in sǽculum tu es.

English


Ps 89:1-2
Lord, You have been our refuge through all generations; from everlasting to everlasting You are.
Ps 89:2
Before the mountains were begotten and the earth and the world were brought forth, from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Lord, You have been our refuge through all generations; from everlasting to everlasting You are.
Collect

Latin

Orémus.
Réspice, Dómine, famíliam tuam: et præsta; ut apud te mens nostra tuo desidério fúlgeat, quæ se carnis maceratióne castígat.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.

English

Let us pray.
Look upon Your household, O Lord, and grant that our minds, chastened by mortification of the flesh, may, because of their desire for You, shine in Your sight.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
LessonIs 55:6-11

Latin


Léctio Isaíæ Prophétæ
Is 55:6-11
In diébus illis: Locútus est Isaías Prophéta, dicens: Quǽrite Dóminum, dum inveníri potest: invocáte eum, dum prope est. Derelínquat ímpius viam suam, et vir iníquus cogitatiónes suas, et revertátur ad Dóminum: et miserébitur eius, et ad Deum nostrum: quóniam multus est ad ignoscéndum. Non enim cogitationes meæ cogitatiónes vestræ: neque viæ vestræ viæ meæ, dicit Dóminus. Quia sicut exaltántur cœli a terra, sic exaltátæ sunt viæ meæ a viis vestris, et cogitatiónes meæ a cogitatiónibus vestris. Et quómodo descéndit imber et nix de cœlo, et illuc ultra non revértitur, sed inébriat terram, et infúndit eam, et germináre eam facit, et dat semen serénti, et panem comedénti: sic erit verbum meum, quod egrediétur de ore meo: non revertétur ad me vácuum, sed fáciet quæcúmque volui, et prosperábitur in his, ad quæ misi illud: ait Dóminus omnípotens.
℟. Deo grátias.

English


Lesson from the Prophecy of Isaias
Isa 55:6-11
In those days, the Prophet Isaias spoke, saying, “Seek the Lord while He may be found: call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the unjust man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him, and to our God, for He is bountiful to forgive. For My thoughts are not your thoughts: nor your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so are My ways exalted above your ways, and My thoughts above your thoughts. And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower and bread to the eater; so shall My word be, which shall go forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall do whatsoever I please, and shall prosper in the things for which I sent it, says the Lord almighty.”
℟. Thanks be to God.
GradualPs 140:2

Latin


Ps 140:2
Dirigátur orátio mea sicut incénsum in conspéctu tuo, Dómine,
℣. Elevátio mánuum meárum sacrifícium vespertínum.

English


Ps 140:2
Let my prayer come like incense before You, O Lord.
℣. The lifting up of my hands, like the evening sacrifice.
GospelMatt 21:10-17

Latin

Sequéntia + sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum
℟. Glória tibi, Dómine.
Matt 21:10-17
In illo témpore: Cum intrásset Iesus Ierosólymam, commóta est univérsa cívitas, dicens: Quis est hic? Pópuli autem dicébant: Hic est Iesus Prophéta a Názareth Galilǽæ. Et intrávit Iesus in templum Dei, et eiiciébat omnes vendéntes, et eméntes in templo; et mensas nummulariórum et cáthedras vendéntium colúmbas evértit: et dicit eis: Scriptum est: Domus mea domus oratiónis vocábitur: vos autem fecístis illam spelúncam latrónum. Et accessérunt ad eum cæci et claudi in templo: et sanávit eos. Vidéntes autem príncipes sacerdótum et scribæ mirabília, quæ fecit, et púeros clamantes in templo, et dicéntes: Hosánna fílio David: indignáti sunt, et dixérunt ei: Audis, quid isti dicunt? Iesus autem dixit eis: Utique. Numquam legístis: Quia ex ore infántium et lacténtium perfecísti laudem? Et relíctis illis, ábiit foras extra civitátem in Bethániam: ibíque mansit.

English

Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
℟. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Matt 21:10-17
At that time, when Jesus entered Jerusalem, all the city was thrown into commotion, saying, Who is this? But the crowds kept on saying, This is Jesus the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee. And Jesus entered the temple of God, and cast out all those who were selling and buying in the temple, and He overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold the doves. And He said to them, It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you have make it a den of thieves. And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. But the chief priests and the Scribes, seeing the wonderful deeds that He did, and the children crying out in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, were indignant, and said to Him, Do You hear what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes; have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of infants and sucklings You have perfected praise’? And leaving them, He went out of the city to Bethany and He stayed there.
OffertoryPs 30:15-16

Latin

Orémus.
Ps 30:15-16
In te sperávi, Dómine; dixi: Tu es Deus meus, in mánibus tuis témpora mea.

English

Let us pray.
Ps 30:15-16
My trust is in You, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.” In Your hands is my destiny.
Secret

Latin

Oblátis, quǽsumus, Dómine, placáre munéribus: et a cunctis nos defénde perículis.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.

English

Be appeased, we beseech You, O Lord, by the gifts we offer, and safeguard us from all dangers.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
CommunionPs 4:2

Latin


Ps 4:2
Cum invocárem te, exaudísti me, Deus iustítiæ meæ: in tribulatióne dilatásti me: miserére mihi, Dómine, et exáudi oratiónem meam.

English


Ps 4:2
When I call, answer me, O my just God, You Who relieve me when I am in distress; have pity on me, O Lord, and hear my prayer!
Post Communion

Latin

Orémus.
Quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut illíus salutáris capiámus efféctum, cuius per hæc mystéria pignus accépimus.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.


Oratio super Populum
Orémus.
Humiliáte cápita vestra Deo.
Ascéndant ad te, Dómine, preces nostræ: et ab Ecclésia tua cunctam repélle nequítiam.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.

English

Let us pray.
We beseech You, almighty God, that we may obtain that salvation whose pledge we have received in this divine sacrament.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.


Prayer over the people
Let us pray.
Bow your heads to God.
May our prayers ascend unto You, O Lord, and banish all wickedness from Your Church.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.

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