HOLY MASS SATURDAY THIRD WEEK OF LENT 2017

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The Roman Catholic Church, according to the General Roman Calendar, celebrates the following in Saturday, 2017-03-25:

• The Annunciation of the Lord 2017:

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Isaiah 7:10-14;8:10

  710Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, 11"Ask a sign of the LORD your God;let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven." 12But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not put the LORD to the test." 13And he said, "Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also? 14Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, a young woman shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Imman'u-el. 810Take counsel together, but it will come to nought;speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us.

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  Psalms 40:7-11

  6Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire;but thou hast given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering thou hast not required. 7Then I said, "Lo, I come;in the roll of the book it is written of me;8I delight to do thy will, O my God;thy law is within my heart." 9I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation;lo, I have not restrained my lips, as thou knowest, O LORD. 10I have not hid thy saving help within my heart, I have spoken of thy faithfulness and thy salvation;I have not concealed thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness from the great congregation.

  SECOND LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Hebrews 10:4-10

  4For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.5Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings thou hast not desired, but a body hast thou prepared for me;6in burnt offerings and sin offerings thou hast taken no pleasure.7Then I said, `Lo, I have come to do thy will, O God, 'as it is written of me in the roll of the book."8When he said above, "Thou hast neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings" (these are offered according to the law),9then he added, "Lo, I have come to do thy will." He abolishes the first in order to establish the second.10And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  Luke 1:26-38

  26In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David;and the virgin's name was Mary. 28And he came to her and said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!"29But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. 30And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High;and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, 33and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever;and of his kingdom there will be no end." 34And Mary said to the angel, "How shall this be, since I have no husband?" 35And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you;therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. 36And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son;and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 37For with God nothing will be impossible." 38And Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord;let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.

• SATURDAY THIRD WEEK OF LENT 2017:

  Time of Lent.

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Hos 6:1-6

  “Come, let us return to the LORD,
  it is he who has rent, but he will heal us;
  he has struck us, but he will bind our wounds.
  He will revive us after two days;
  on the third day he will raise us up,
  to live in his presence.
  Let us know, let us strive to know the LORD;
  as certain as the dawn is his coming,
  and his judgment shines forth like the light of day!
  He will come to us like the rain,
  like spring rain that waters the earth.”
  
  What can I do with you, Ephraim?
  What can I do with you, Judah?
  Your piety is like a morning cloud,
  like the dew that early passes away.
  For this reason I smote them through the prophets,
  I slew them by the words of my mouth;
  For it is love that I desire, not sacrifice,
  and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  PS 51:3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab

  R. (see Hosea 6:6) It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice.
  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.
  R. It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice.
  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.
  R. It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice.
  Be bountiful, O LORD, to Zion in your kindness
  by rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem;
  Then shall you be pleased with due sacrifices,
  burnt offerings and holocausts.
  R. It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice.

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  Lk 18:9-14

  Jesus addressed this parable
  to those who were convinced of their own righteousness
  and despised everyone else.
  “Two people went up to the temple area to pray;
  one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector.
  The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself,
  ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity —
  greedy, dishonest, adulterous — or even like this tax collector.
  I fast twice a week,
  and I pay tithes on my whole income.’
  But the tax collector stood off at a distance
  and would not even raise his eyes to heaven
  but beat his breast and prayed,
  ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’
  I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former;
  for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,
  and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”