Saint John Baptist de la Salle, Priest

Optional memorial

Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent

French priest who founded the Brothers of the Christian Schools and is patron of teachers (d. 1719).

Friday of Lent: a day of abstinence from meat (ages 14 and up).

Readings of the day

Sorrowful Mysteries

Second Mystery: The Scourging at the Pillar

“So Pilate then took Jesus and flogged him.”John 19:1

Pilate has Jesus scourged. The innocent Lamb of God bears the blows in silence, offering His suffering for our sins.

Fruit of the mystery: Purity · mortification

The Way of the Cross

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

On the Fridays of Lent many parishes pray the Stations of the Cross, following Jesus through fourteen moments of his Passion. You can pray them at church or at home, pausing at each station with this acclamation, an Our Father, a Hail Mary and a Glory Be.

Traditional acclamation of the Stations of the Cross

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This day’s five mysteries (Sorrowful Mysteries)

The Agony in the Garden
The Scourging at the Pillar
The Crowning with Thorns
The Carrying of the Cross
The Crucifixion

Coming up

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the LordSun, Apr 9 · Sunday
Holy Thursday: Evening Mass of the Lord’s SupperThu, Apr 13
Friday of the Passion of the LordFri, Apr 14
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the LordSun, Apr 16 · Solemnity
Second Sunday of Easter or Sunday of Divine MercySun, Apr 23 · Sunday

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Liturgical calendar for the dioceses of the USA (General Roman Calendar and U.S. proper), checked against the USCCB liturgical calendar. Readings: citations from the U.S. Lectionary for Mass, text from the Douay-Rheims Bible (public domain).

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