Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, August 25 2019

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Isaiah

66,18-21.

]Thus says the LORD: I know their works and their thoughts, and I come to gather nations of every language; they shall come and see my glory.
]I will set a sign among them; from them I will send fugitives to the nations: to Tarshish, Put and Lud, Mosoch, Tubal and Javan, to the distant coastlands that have never heard of my fame, or seen my glory; and they shall proclaim my glory among the nations.
]They shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as an offering to the LORD, on horses and in chariots, in carts, upon mules and dromedaries, to Jerusalem, my holy mountain, says the LORD, just as the Israelites bring their offering to the house of the LORD in clean vessels.
]Some of these I will take as priests and Levites, says the LORD.

Psalm

Psalms

117(116),1.2.

]Praise the LORD, all you nations;
glorify him, all you peoples!
]For steadfast is his kindness for us,
and the fidelity of the LORD endures forever.

2. Reading

Letter to the Hebrews

12,5-7.11-13.

]Brothers and sisters, You have forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as children: "My son, do not disdain the discipline of the Lord or lose heart when reproved by him;
]for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines; he scourges every son he acknowledges."
]Endure your trials as "discipline"; God treats you as sons. For what "son" is there whom his father does not discipline?
]At the time, all discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it.
]So strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees.
]Make straight paths for your feet, that what is lame may not be dislocated but healed.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

13,22-30.

]Jesus passed through towns and villages, teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem.
]Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few people be saved?" He answered them,
]Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough.
]After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door, then will you stand outside knocking and saying, 'Lord, open the door for us.' He will say to you in reply, 'I do not know where you are from.'
]And you will say, 'We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.'
]Then he will say to you, 'I do not know where (you) are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers!'
]And there will be wailing and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves cast out.
]And people will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and will recline at table in the kingdom of God.
]For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."

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St. Louis(King of France (1215-1270))

SAINT LOUIS King of France(1215-1270) At 12 years old, Saint Louis became the king of France. His mother once told him that she would rather see him die than commit a mortal sin. In less than 2 years, he suppressed Albigensian heretics and forced them to respect the Catholic faith. This episode may have motivated him to pass a law that required blasphemers to be branded on the lips. When his courtiers remonstrated with him, he replied that he would willingly have his own lips branded to root out blasphemy. Amidst the cares of government, he recited the Liturgy of the Hours and heard two Masses daily. King Louis was chosen to arbitrate in the great feuds of his day: between the Pope and the Emperor and between Henry III and the English barons. Like his predecessor Charles Martel, King Louis fought to repel Islamic invasion. Before the first crusade 1095, Islamic armies had invaded Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, France, Sicily, Turkey, Armenia and Italy. In 1248, King Louis moved to liberate Jerusalem. During the conflict, he proved himself the truest of Christian knights: receiving both victory and defeat, remaining pious in sickness and captivity. While King Louis was held captive in Damietta, an Emir rushed into his tent brandishing a dagger. The Emir threatened to stab him unless he conferred knighthood as Emperor Frederick had done with Facardin. King Louis calmly replied that no unbeliever could perform the duties of a Christian knight. When offered freedom in exchange for blaspheming and to spare Christians, he refused. The death of King Louis' mother recalled him to France. When order was restored, he embarked on a second crusade. In August 1270, his army landed in Tunis and was victorious. However, he succumbed to a malignant fever. He received the Viaticum kneeling by his camp-bed and gave up his soul to God. Two grand Gothic churches honoring Jesus Christ were built in Paris, France thanks to him: Sainte-Chapelle and the Basilica of Saint-Denis.

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