Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, August 30 2016
Tuesday of the Twenty-second week in Ordinary Time
Tuesday of the Twenty-second week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingFirst Letter to the Corinthians
2,10b-16.]Brothers and sisters: The Spirit scrutinizes everything, even the depths of God.
]Among men, who knows what pertains to the man
except his spirit that is within?
]We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the things freely given us by God.
]And we speak about them not with words taught by human wisdom, but with words taught by the Spirit, describing spiritual realities in spiritual terms.
]Now the natural man does not accept what pertains to the Spirit of God, for to him it is foolishness, and he cannot understand it, because it is judged spiritually.
]The one who is spiritual, however, can judge everything but is not subject to judgment by anyone.
]For "who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to counsel him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
Psalms
145(144),8-9.10-11.12-13ab.13cd-14.]The LORD is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and of great kindness.
]The LORD is good to all
and compassionate toward all his works.
]Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
and let your faithful ones bless you.
]Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom
and speak of your might.
]Making known to men your might
and the glorious splendor of your Kingdom.
]Your Kingdom is a Kingdom for all ages,
]and your dominion endures through all generations.
]The LORD is faithful in all his words
]and holy in all his works.
]The LORD lifts up all who are falling
and raises up all who are bowed down.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke
4,31-37.]Jesus then went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the sabbath,
]and they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority.
]In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out in a loud voice,
]Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!
]Jesus rebuked him and said, "Be quiet! Come out of him!" Then the demon threw the man down in front of them and came out of him without doing him any harm.
]They were all amazed and said to one another, "What is there about his word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out."
]And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region.
St. Jeanne Jugan(Foundress (1792-1879))
St. Jeanne JuganFoundress of Religious CommunitySt. Jeanne Jugan is the foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor. She grew up in a small town in revolutionary France. When those who openly practiced their faith were either imprisoned or killed, Jeanne received formation from her mother and a group of laywomen.When Jeanne was 4 years old, her father was lost at sea. Her mother found odd jobs to make ends meet. As a young girl, Jeanne worked as a shepherdess. She also knit and spun wool. A while later, she worked as a maid for a wealthy family. Despite a modest education, Jeanne's heart was ablaze with love for Jesus and Mary. Barely out of her teens, she felt the call of divine love. She told her mother, "God wants me for himself. He is keeping me for a work which is not yet founded." Later, she set to work among the poor at a local hospital.One winter night, Jeanne encountered Jesus in the person of an elderly, blind, infirm woman who was dying in the cold. Jeanne carried the woman home, lifted her up the stairs to her small room and placed the woman in her bed. Henceforth, Jeanne would sleep in the attic while she made her home into a refuge for the destitute poor in revolutionary France.God instilled tremendous fervor and zealousness in Jeanne. Many women responded to her call and invitation to serve. By the working of the Holy Spirit, a religious community was born. The local citizens were struck by their spirit of humble service and called the group the Little Sisters of the Poor. From then on, their order spread across France and beyond.Although she was the Order's foundress, Jeanne was demoted by eclesiastical authorities and an ambitious priest was placed in charge. The new superior sent Jeanne to beg and soon placed her in retirement. At the time of her passing 27 years later, the nacent Little Sisters had no idea Jeanne was their foundress. St. Jeanne said, "We are grafted onto the Cross, and we must carry it joyfully." Her inspired reflections continue illuminating spiritual realities.In her words:"Be very little before God." ... "It is so good to be poor, ... (relinquishing everything), and depending on God for everything." ... "God will help us; the work is His."She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on October 3, 1982 and canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 11, 2009.
St. Fiaker(Anchorite († c. 670))
SAINT FIAKER Anchorite( c. 670) St. Fiaker was born in Ireland. He was tutored by Bishop Conan of Soder or the Western Islands. He eschewed preferential treatment, chose monasticism and sailed to France. Divine Providence led St. Fiaker to Bishop Faro of Meaux. When they met, the prelate discerned St. Fiaker's virtues and gave him a solitary dwelling in a forest called Breuil. St. Fiaker cleared the ground of trees and briers, made himself a cell and a small garden and built an oratory in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. Fiaker's spiritual exercises were only interrupted by necessity or charity. He was sought out because of his sanctity and expertise in herbal medicine. He attracted so many disciples that he builta hospice, a chapel and a monastery. The town of Saint-Fiacre in north-central France is named after him. Following the Trish monks' rule, St. Fiaker never permitted women to enter his enclosure. As the abbot of a monastery, he trained exemplary clerics and encouraged vocations. He sent St. Kilian or St. Chillen, his countryman, to preach in neighboring dioceses when the latter visited him after a pilgrimage in Rome. St. Fiaker passed away on August 18, 670. He was interred at the church in Breuil, but his relics were later transferred to Meaux. His shrine is a pilgrimage destination because of many healing miracles. He is the patron saint of gardeners, the sick and victims of hemorrhoids.
St. Pammachius()
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