Quinquagesima Sunday – 'Have mercy on me'

Catholics are called to take up the call throughout Lent: “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.”

Quinquagesima Sunday presents itself in the traditional calendar of the Church’s liturgy as the last stop before the fullness and the rigours of Lent. With Ash Wednesday only days away, the season of Lent is imminent, and even though memories of the joy of Christmas are still fresh, Holy Mother Church calls us to begin to meditate upon the passion and d…