Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, April 9 2018
Annunciation of the Lord - Solemnity
Annunciation of the Lord - Solemnity
1. ReadingBook of Isaiah
7,10-14.8,10b.]The LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying:
]Ask for a sign from the LORD, your God; let it be deep as the nether world, or high as the sky!
]But Ahaz answered, "I will not ask! I will not tempt the LORD!"
]Then he said: Listen, O house of David! Is it not enough for you to weary men, must you also weary my God?
]Therefore the Lord himself will give you this sign: the virgin shall be with child, and bear a son, and shall name him Emmanuel.
]which means “God is with us!”
Psalms
40(39),7-8a.8b-9.10.11.]Sacrifice or oblation you wished not,
but ears open to obedience you gave me.
Burnt offerings or sin-offerings you sought not;
]then said I, “Behold I come.”
]“In the written scroll it is prescribed for me,
]To do your will, O my God, is my delight,
and your law is within my heart!”
]I announced your justice in the vast assembly;
I did not restrain my lips, as you, O LORD, know.
]Your justice I kept not hid within my heart;
your faithfulness and your salvation I have spoken of;
I have made no secret of your kindness and your truth
in the vast assembly.
Letter to the Hebrews
10,4-10.]Brothers and sisters: it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats take away sins.
]For this reason, when he came into the world, he said: "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me;
]holocausts and sin offerings you took no delight in.
]Then I said, 'As is written of me in the scroll, Behold, I come to do your will, O God.'"
]First he says, "Sacrifices and offerings, holocausts and sin offerings, you neither desired nor delighted in." These are offered according to the law.
]Then he says, "Behold, I come to do your will." He takes away the first to establish the second.
]By this "will," we have been consecrated through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke
1,26-38.]In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,
]to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary.
]And coming to her, he said, "Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you."
]But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.
]Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
]Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus.
]He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,
]and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end."
]But Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?"
]And the angel said to her in reply, "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.
]And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren;
]for nothing will be impossible for God."
]Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word." Then the angel departed from her.
Bl. Lindalva Justo de Oliveira((1953-1993))
Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira Martyr, Religious Sister of the Society of the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul (1953-1993) Lindalva Justo de Oliveira was born on 20 October 1953 at Sitio Malhada da Areia, in a very poor area of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Lindalva's father, Joáo Justo da Fé, was a farmer and a widower. His second marriage was to Maria Lúcia de Oliveira. Lindalva was the sixth of 13 children born to the couple. She was baptized on 7 January 1954. Lindalva's father Joáo moved the family to Açu so his children could attend school. After many sacrifices, he bought a house, where the family resides to this day. Lindalva followed her mother's good example, treated the poor as her equals and often associated with them. At age 12, Lindalva received First Holy Communion. She continued assisting the less fortunate through works of mercy. In 1979, while living with her brother Djalma and his family in Natal, she earned an administrative assistant's diploma. From 1978 to 1988, she held various jobs in retail sales and as a cashier at a petrol station. She supported her mother, continued helping the needy and visited the local home for the elderly every day after work. In 1982, as Lindalva lovingly assisted her father in the last months of his terminal illness, she reflected seriously on her life and decided to serve the poor. She then enrolled in a nursing course while taking guitar lessons and cultural studies.In 1986, she participated in the vocational initiatives of the Daughters of Charity; and after receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation in 1987, applied to them for admission. On the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, 11 February 1988, she entered the postulancy. Lindalva's character was marked by a sweet disposition, but also by truthfulness. In a letter to her alcoholic brother Antonio, she wrote: "Think about it and reward yourself. I pray for you very much and I will continue to pray; and if necessary, I will do penance so that you are able to fulfill yourself as a person. Follow Jesus, who fought until death for the life of sinners and gave his own life, not as God but as man, for the forgiveness of sins. We must seek refuge in him; only in him is life worth living." Antonio recovered from alcoholism a year later. On 29 January 1991, Sr. Lindalva was assigned 40 elderly male patients at the municipal nursing home in Salvador da Bahia. She undertook the more humble tasks and sought out those who suffered most. She cared for their well-being and encouraged them to receive the sacraments. She sung and prayed with them; and received a driving license to take them on trips. In January 1993, Augusto da Silva Peixoto, a 46-year-old man, was admitted to the facility through the recommendation of another - without any right to be there. Sr. Lindalva was initially courteous, but she withdrew after he declared his lustful intentions. She would have left, but her love and duty toward the elderly prevented her. She declared, "I prefer to shed my blood than to leave this place." On 30 March, a health-care official restrained Augusto to protect Sr. Lindalva. Augusto promised to improve his attitude and behavior, but harbored deep hatred and resentment. On 9 April 1993, Good Friday, Sr. Lindalva took part in the parish Way of the Cross at 4:30 in the morning. By 7 a.m., she was working to prepare and serve breakfast like she did every day. While serving coffee, Augusto approached and thrust a fishmonger's knife above her collar-bone. Sinking to the ground, she cried "God protect me" several times. Augusto held her up and stabbed her 44 times; shouting, "I should have done this sooner!"He then suddenly became calm, sat down on a bench, wiped the knife on his trousers, threw it on the table and exclaimed: "She did not want me." Turning to the doctor, he said, "You can call the police, I will not run away; I did what had to be done." The next day, Holy Saturday, Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P., Primate of Brazil, celebrated the 39-year-old Sister's funeral and commented: "A few years were enough for Sr. Lindalva to crown her religious life with martyrdom."
St. Waldetrudis((† c. 688))
Saint Waldetrudis( c. 688) Saint Waldetrudis was the daughter of Saints Walbert and Bertilia; and her sister was St. Aldegunus of Maubeuge. She marriedSt. Vincent Madelgarius and became the mother of Saints Landericus, Madalberta, Adeltrudis and Dentelin. When St. Vincent became a monk at the monastery of Hautrnont, St. Waldetrudis established a convent in Chateaulieu, where the town of Mons, Belgium, was founded.
St. Gaucherius()
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