Friday of the Seventeenth week in Ordinary Time

Book of Leviticus

The LORD said to Moses,
"These, then, are the festivals of the LORD which you shall celebrate at their proper time with a sacred assembly.
The Passover of the LORD falls on the fourteenth day of the first month, at the evening twilight.
The fifteenth day of this month is the LORD'S feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
On the first of these days you shall hold a sacred assembly and do no sort of work.
On each of the seven days you shall offer an oblation to the LORD. Then on the seventh day you shall again hold a sacred assembly and do no sort of work."
The LORD said to Moses,
"Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you come into the land which I am giving you, and reap your harvest, you shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest,
who shall wave the sheaf before the LORD that it may be acceptable for you. On the day after the sabbath the priest shall do this.
"Beginning with the day after the sabbath, the day on which you bring the wave-offering sheaf, you shall count seven full weeks,
and then on the day after the seventh week, the fiftieth day, you shall present the new cereal offering to the LORD.
"The tenth of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement, when you shall hold a sacred assembly and mortify yourselves and offer an oblation to the LORD.
"Tell the Israelites: The fifteenth day of this seventh month is the LORD'S feast of Booths, which shall continue for seven days.
On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly, and you shall do no sort of work.
For seven days you shall offer an oblation to the LORD, and on the eighth day you shall again hold a sacred assembly and offer an oblation to the LORD. On that solemn closing you shall do no sort of work.
"These, therefore, are the festivals of the LORD on which you shall proclaim a sacred assembly, and offer as an oblation to the LORD holocausts and cereal offerings, sacrifices and libations, as prescribed for each day."

Psalms

Take up a melody, and sound the timbrel,
the pleasant harp and the lyre.
Blow the trumpet at the new moon,
at the full moon, on our solemn feast.
For it is a statute in Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob,
Who made it a decree for Joseph
when he came forth from the land of Egypt.
“There shall be no strange god among you
nor shall you worship any alien god.
I, the LORD, am your God
who led you forth from the land of Egypt."

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

Jesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, "Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds?
Is he not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
Are not his sisters all with us? Where did this man get all this?"
And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and in his own house."
And he did not work many mighty deeds there because of their lack of faith.

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 of St. Agatha and zealously reformed his diocese. He vowed to never spend time idly. Aside from 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 when 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 while writing 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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