Apr. 2 Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent; Optional Memorial of St. Francis of Paola, hermit, Opt. Mem.

Entrance Antiphon, Cf. Ps 18 (17):5, 7: The waves of death rose about me; the pains of the netherworld surrounded me. In my anguish I called to the Lord and from his holy temple he heard my voice.Today’s Lenten Mass, similar to that of yesterday, shows how the plot to capture and kill Jesus grew in intensity. The persecuted prophet Jeremiah is today’s type or figure of the persecuted Lord Jesus. –The Vatican II Weekday Missal