Catholic Missal of the day: Wednesday, August 1 2018

Wednesday of the Seventeenth week in Ordinary Time

Wednesday of the Seventeenth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Jeremiah

15,10.16-21.

]Woe to me, mother, that you gave me birth! a man of strife and contention to all the land! I neither borrow nor lend, yet all curse me.
]When I found your words, I devoured them; they became my joy and the happiness of my heart, Because I bore your name, O LORD, God of hosts.
]I did not sit celebrating in the circle of merrymakers; Under the weight of your hand I sat alone because you filled me with indignation.
]Why is my pain continuous, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become for me a treacherous brook, whose waters do not abide!
]Thus the LORD answered me: If you repent, so that I restore you, in my presence you shall stand; If you bring forth the precious without the vile, you shall be my mouthpiece. Then it shall be they who turn to you, and you shall not turn to them;
]And I will make you toward this people a solid wall of brass. Though they fight against you, they shall not prevail, For I am with you, to deliver and rescue you, says the LORD.
]I will free you from the hand of the wicked, and rescue you from the grasp of the violent.

Psalm

Psalms

59(58),2-3.4.10-11.17.18.

]Rescue me from my enemies, O my God;
from my adversaries defend me.
]Rescue me from evildoers;
from bloodthirsty men save me.
]For behold, they lie in wait for my life;
mighty men come together against me,
not for any offense or sin of mine, O LORD.
]O my strength! for you I watch;
for you, O God, are my stronghold,
]As for my God, may his mercy go before me;
may he show me the fall of my foes.
]But I will sing of your strength
and revel at dawn in your mercy;
you have been my stronghold,
my refuge in the day of distress.
]O my strength! your praise will I sing;
for you, O God, are my stronghold,
my merciful God!

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

13,44-46.

]Jesus said to his disciples: “The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
]Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.
]When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it".

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St. Alphonsus Liguori(Bishop and Doctor of the Church (1696-1787))

SAINT ALPHONSUS MARY DE LIGUORI Bishop and Doctor of the Church (1696-1787) St. Alphonsus was from an aristocratic family in Naples. His spiritual formation was entrusted to the Fathers of the Oratory and he was known as a devout Brother of the Little Oratory. At 16 years old, he was awarded a doctorate in law and embarked on a successful career. After losing an important case, Alphonsus was struck by his own vanity and how God's glory was beyond compare. He entered the priesthood, devoted himself to neglected souls and founded the missionary Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. The Congregation operates one of the largest publishing houses in America. At the age of 66, Fr. Alphonsus was consecrated bishop and zealously reformed the Diocese of St. Agatha. He vowed to never spend time idly. Besides prayer and work, he authored a vast number of spiritual and scientific books. His works on moral theology merited his title Doctor of the Church in 1871. St. Alphonsus wrote his first book at the age of 49. By age 83, he had published about sixty volumes and his director forbade him from writing more. Many of his books were written in the half-hours spent as a missionary, religious superior and bishop. He held a piece of marble against his aching head with his left hand and wrote with his right. St. Alphonsus counted no time wasted that was spent in charity. He never refused to dialogue with a simple soldier who asked his advice or to play the harpsichord while teaching his novices to sing spiritual canticles. During his last seven years, constant sickness prevented him from offering the Eucharist. Nonetheless, he received Holy Communion daily. He loved Jesus Christ and Mother Mary and opened his eyes to them in eternity.

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