Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Book of Isaiah

56,1.6-7.

Thus says the LORD: Observe what is right, do what is just; for my salvation is about to come, my justice, about to be revealed.
And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, ministering to him, Loving the name of the LORD, and becoming his servants-- All who keep the sabbath free from profanation and hold to my covenant,
Them I will bring to my holy mountain and make joyful in my house of prayer; Their holocausts and sacrifices will be acceptable on my altar, For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.

Psalms

67(66),2-3.5.6.8.

May God have pity on us and bless us;
may he let his face shine upon us.
So may your way be known upon earth;
among all nations, your salvation.
May the nations be glad and exult
because you rule the peoples in equity;
the nations on the earth you guide.
May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you!
May God bless us,
and may all the ends of the earth fear him!

Letter to the Romans

11,13-15.29-32.

Brothers and sisters: I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I glory in my ministry
in order to make my race jealous and thus save some of them.
For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.
Just as you once disobeyed God but have now received mercy because of their disobedience,
so they have now disobeyed in order that, by virtue of the mercy shown to you, they too may (now) receive mercy.
For God delivered all to disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

15,21-28.

At that time Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out, "Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon."
But he did not say a word in answer to her. His disciples came and asked him, "Send her away, for she keeps calling out after us."
He said in reply, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
But the woman came and did him homage, saying, "Lord, help me."
He said in reply, "It is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs."
She said, "Please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps that fall from the table of their masters."
Then Jesus said to her in reply, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

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St. Bernard of Clairvaux((1091-1153))

SAINT BERNARD Abbot and Doctor of the Church(1091-1153) St. Bernard was born at the castle of Fontaines in Burgundy. The grace of his person and the vigor of his intellect filled his parents with high hopes, yet they accepted his decision to join the monks at Citeaux with serenity. All his brothers followed him to Citeaux except Nivard, the youngest, who was left to care for their father in his old age. Desiring to consecrate his life to God, the younger brother also left to join the monks; followed shortly after by the father. Only one sister remained; and she was married. She visited St. Bernard one day, and the words he spoke so moved her that she retired to a convent two years later. Bernard's holy example attracted so many novices that other monasteries were built. As abbot of the monastery at Clairvaux, he was at first unsparing. However, grace changed him into a mirror of God. He thenceforth found himself acting as the Good Shepherd. The Holy Spirit confirmed Bernard's works, so much that churches requested for him to become their bishop. In order to perfect the work he had begun, Bernard declined promotion with the help of Pope Eugenius III, his former disciple. Although an abbot, Bernard was constantly sought after by the poor and the guilty for protection. He served as consultant to bishops, kings and popes. Ab. Bernard passed away in 1153. His writings have earned for him the titles of the last of the Church Fathers and a Doctor of the Church.

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