Tuesday of the Seventeenth week in Ordinary Time

Book of Exodus

33,7-11.34,5b-9.28.

The tent, which was called the meeting tent, Moses used to pitch at some distance away, outside the camp. Anyone who wished to consult the LORD would go to this meeting tent outside the camp.
Whenever Moses went out to the tent, the people would all rise and stand at the entrance of their own tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent.
As Moses entered the tent, the column of cloud would come down and stand at its entrance while the LORD spoke with Moses.
On seeing the column of cloud stand at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise and worship at the entrance of their own tents.
The LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, as one man speaks to another. Moses would then return to the camp, but his young assistant, Joshua, son of Nun, would not move out of the tent.
Moses stood there with the LORD and proclaimed his name, “LORD.”
Thus the LORD passed before him and cried out, "The LORD, the LORD, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity,
continuing his kindness for a thousand generations, and forgiving wickedness and crime and sin; yet not declaring the guilty guiltless, but punishing children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation for their fathers' wickedness!"
Moses at once bowed down to the ground in worship.
Then he said, "If I find favor with you, O Lord, do come along in our company. This is indeed a stiff-necked people; yet pardon our wickedness and sins, and receive us as your own."
So Moses stayed there with the LORD for forty days and forty nights, without eating any food or drinking any water, and he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Psalms

103(102),6-7.8-9.10-11.12-13.

The LORD secures justice
and the rights of all the oppressed.
He has made known his ways to Moses,
and his deeds to the children of Israel.
Merciful and gracious is the LORD,
slow to anger and abounding in kindness.
He will not always chide,
nor does he keep his wrath forever.
Not according to our sins does he deal with us,
nor does he requite us according to our crimes.
For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so surpassing is his kindness toward those who fear him.
As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he put our transgressions from us.
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

13,36-43.

Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."
He said in reply, "He who sows good seed is the Son of Man,
the field is the world, the good seed the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one,
and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
Just as weeds are collected and burned (up) with fire, so will it be at the end of the age.
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all who cause others to sin and all evildoers.
They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears ought to hear."

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St. Alphonsus Liguori((1696-1787))

SAINT ALPHONSUS MARY DE LIGUORI Bishop and Doctor of the Church (1696-1787) St. Alphonsus was born to a patrician family near Naples in 1696. His spiritual formation was entrusted to the Fathers of the Oratory; and from his boyhood, Alphonsus was known as a most devout Brother of the Little Oratory. At the age of 16, he was awarded a doctorate in law; and he threw himself into this career with ardor and success. After losing an important case, Alphonsus saw the vanity of human fame and determined to labor only for the glory of God. He entered the priesthood, devoted himself to neglected souls,and founded later the missionary Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer to carry on the work. At the age of 66, Fr. Alphonsus was consecrated Bishop of St. Agatha and zealously undertook the reform of his diocese. He made a vow to never spend time idly; and though his life was spent in prayer and work, authored a vast number of spiritual and scientific books. He was declared a Doctor of the Church in 1871. St. Alphonsus wrote his first book at the age of 49, and had published about sixty volumes by 83 when his director forbade him to write more. Many of these books were written in the half-hours spent as a missionary, religious superior and bishop; or in the midst of physical and mental suffering. With his left hand he would hold a piece of marble against his aching head while his right hand wrote. St. Alphonsus counted no time wasted that was spent in charity. He did not refuse to hold a long correspondence with a simple soldier who asked his advice, or to play the harpsichord while he taught his novices to sing spiritual canticles. For his last seven years, St. Alphonsus was prevented by constant sickness from offering the Eucharist, but he received Holy Communion daily. St. Alphonsus loved Jesus and Mama Mary during his earthly pilgrimage; and opened his eyes to them forever in eternity.

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