Mar. 10 Thursday of the First Week of Lent; St. John Ogilvie, priest and martyr (Feast, Scotland), Weekday

Communion Antiphon, Mt 7:8:Everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and the one who knocks, the door will be opened.In certain ways the Lenten Christian is like the Jew in exile. He is still exposed to the attacks of the enemies. Lent, like the exile in Babylon, is a time of cleansing. It intends to create in us a greater desire and longing for deliverance which God has promised us through our savior Jesus Christ. All the chants and prayers in today’s Mass are urgent pleas for God’s mercy and help.