Catholic Missal of the day: Thursday, August 30 2018
Thursday of the Twenty-first week in Ordinary Time
Thursday of the Twenty-first week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingFirst Letter to the Corinthians
1,1-9.]Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
]to the church of God that is in Corinth, to you who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy, with all those everywhere who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.
]Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
]I give thanks to my God always on your account for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus,
]that in him you were enriched in every way, with all discourse and all knowledge,
]as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you,
]so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
]He will keep you firm to the end, irreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus (Christ).
]God is faithful, and by him you were called to fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Psalms
145(144),2-3.4-5.6-7.]Every day will I bless you,
and I will praise your name forever and ever.
]Great is the LORD and highly to be praised;
His greatness is unsearchable.
]Generation after generation praises your works
and proclaims your might.
]They speak of the splendor of your glorious majesty
and tell of your wondrous works.
]They discourse of the power of your terrible deeds
and declare your greatness.
]They publish the fame of your abundant goodness
and joyfully sing of your justice.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew
24,42-51.]Jesus said to his disciples: "Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.
]Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into.
]So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.
]Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household to distribute to them their food at the proper time?
]Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so.
]Amen, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property.
]But if that wicked servant says to himself, 'My master is long delayed,'
]and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards,
]the servant's master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour
]and will punish him severely and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth."
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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