Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, August 30 2019
Friday of the Twenty-first week in Ordinary Time
Friday of the Twenty-first week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingFirst Letter to the Thessalonians
4,1-8.]Brothers and sisters, we earnestly ask and exhort you in the Lord Jesus that, as you received from us
how you should conduct yourselves to please God– and as you are conducting yourselves– you do so even more.
]For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
]This is the will of God, your holiness: that you refrain from immorality,
]that each of you know how to acquire a wife for himself in holiness and honor,
]not in lustful passion as do the Gentiles who do not know God;
]not to take advantage of or exploit a brother in this matter, for the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you before and solemnly affirmed.
]For God did not call us to impurity but to holiness.
]Therefore, whoever disregards this, disregards not a human being but God, who (also) gives his holy Spirit to you.
Psalms
97(96),1.2b.5-6.10.11-12.]The LORD is king; let the earth rejoice;
let the many islands be glad.
]Justice and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
]The mountains melt like wax before the LORD,
before the Lord of all the earth.
]The heavens proclaim his justice,
and all peoples see his glory.
]The LORD loves those who hate evil;
he guards the lives of his faithful ones;
from the hand of the wicked he delivers them.
]Light dawns for the just;
And gladness, for the upright of heart.
]Be glad in the LORD, you just,
And give thanks to his holy name.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew
25,1-13.]Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
]Five of them were foolish and five were wise.
]The foolish ones, when taking their lamps, brought no oil with them,
]but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps.
]Since the bridegroom was long delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
]At midnight, there was a cry, 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'
]Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps.
]The foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
]But the wise ones replied, 'No, for there may not be enough for us and you. Go instead to the merchants and buy some for yourselves.'
]While they went off to buy it, the bridegroom came and those who were ready went into the wedding feast with him. Then the door was locked.
]Afterwards the other virgins came and said, 'Lord, Lord, open the door for us!'
]But he said in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, I do not know you.'
]Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour.”
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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