Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, August 12 2017

Saturday of the Eighteenth week in Ordinary Time

Saturday of the Eighteenth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Deuteronomy

6,4-13.

]Moses said to the people: "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone!
]Therefore, you shall love the LORD, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.
]Take to heart these words which I enjoin on you today.
]Drill them into your children. Speak of them at home and abroad, whether you are busy or at rest.
]Bind them at your wrist as a sign and let them be as a pendant on your forehead.
]Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.
]"When the LORD, your God, brings you into the land which he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, that he would give you, a land with fine, large cities that you did not build,
]with houses full of goods of all sorts that you did not garner, with cisterns that you did not dig, with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant; and when, therefore, you eat your fill,
]take care not to forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.
]The LORD, your God, shall you fear; him shall you serve, and by his name shall you swear."

Psalm

Psalms

18(17),2-3a.3bc-4.47.51ab.

]I love you, O LORD, my strength,
]O LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer.
]My God, my rock of refuge,
]my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold!
]Praised be the LORD, I exclaim,
and I am safe from my enemies.
]The LORD lives! And blessed be my rock!
Extolled be God my savior.
]You who gave great victories to your king
]and showed kindness to your anointed;
to David and his posterity forever

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

17,14-20.

]A man approached Jesus, knelt down before him,
]and said, "Lord, have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic and suffers severely; often he falls into fire, and often into water.
]I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him."
]Jesus said in reply, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bring him here to me."
]Jesus rebuked him and the demon came out of him, and from that hour the boy was cured.
]Then the disciples approached Jesus in private and said, "Why could we not drive it out?"
]He said to them, "Because of your little faith. Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."

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St. Jane Frances de Chantal(Foundress (1572-1641))

SAINT JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL(1572-1641) At the age of 16, Jane Frances de Frémyot was placed under the care of a worldly-minded governess. Seeking refuge, she offered herself to the Mother of God. When a Protestant who was lacking in character sought her hand in marriage, she refused him. Later, she married Baron de Chantal, who gave her the home and the heart of a trully Christian man. Two of Jane's children and a dearly beloved sister died; and in the full tide of prosperity, her husband was accidently killed during a hunting accident. Friends frequently urged her to remarry; but she retired at her father-in-law's estate. On March 19, 1609, she affectionately bade farewell to her family and relations and entered religious life. Alban Butler's translation of Acta Sanctorum says, "Her 15-year-old son used every entreaty and endearment to induce her not to leave; and at last flung himself across the door of the room. In an agony of distress, she passed over him to the embrace of her aged and disconsolate father. She obtained his last blessing and promised to repay his sacrifices with her prayers." Janefounded, together with St. Francis de Sales, the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary. Its members consisted of women who were rejected by other orders because of their frail health. The order expanded rapidly despite Jane's limited means. The death of children, friends and of St. Francis himself followed - while 87 houses of the Visitation rose. Nine long years of interior desolation completed the work of God's grace; and in Jane's seventieth year, St. Vincent of Paul saw, at the moment of her death, her soul brought to Heaven.

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St. Euplius()

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