Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, December 14 2018

Friday of the Second week of Advent

Friday of the Second week of Advent

1. Reading

Book of Isaiah

48,17-19.

]Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I, the LORD, your God, teach you what is for your good, and lead you on the way you should go.
]If you would hearken to my commandments, your prosperity would be like a river, and your vindication like the waves of the sea;
]Your descendants would be like the sand, and those born of your stock like its grains, Their name never cut off or blotted out from my presence.

Psalm

Psalms

1,1-2.3.4.6.

]Blessed the man who follows not
the counsel of the wicked
Nor walks in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the company of the insolent,
]But delights in the law of the LORD
and meditates on his law day and night.
]He is like a tree
planted near running water,
that yields its fruit in due season,
and whose leaves never fade.
Whatever he does, prospers.
]Not so, the wicked, not so;
they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
]For the LORD watches over the way of the just,
but the way of the wicked vanishes.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

11,16-19.

]Jesus said to the crowds: “To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children who sit in marketplaces and call to one another,
]'We played the flute for you, but you did not dance, we sang a dirge but you did not mourn.'
]For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they said, 'He is possessed by a demon.'
]The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they said, 'Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.' But wisdom is vindicated by her works."

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St. John of the Cross(Doctor of the Church (1542-1591))

SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS Doctor of the Church (1542-1591) The father of St. John was disowned by his kin for marrying a poor orphan. Sr. John was raised amidst poverty, but possessed a rich interior world. He loved himself in obedience to Christ and transcended his disordered appetites. While pursuing his sacred studies, he became a servant of the poor in the hospital of Medina. At the age of 21, St. John petitioned to be a lay-brother of the Carmelite friars. After becoming a priest, he attempted to transfer to the Carthusian Order, but was persuaded to stay and reform the Carmelites by St. Teresa. Thus, St. John became the first prior of the Barefooted Carmelites. St. John's reforms were approved by the general, but rejected by the elder friars. They condemned him as an apostate and cast him into prison. He escaped after nine months' suffering at the risk of his life. Twice again, the friars shamefully persecuted and publicly disgraced St. John. However, his complete abandonment by creatures only deepened his interior peace and devout longing for heaven. St. John's works include "The Dark Night of the Soul," a spiritual classic. He intercedes before God: having proven his love in the darkest of nights for the King of Kings.

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St. Nicasius(Bishop and Companions, Martyrs (5th century))

SAINT NICASIUS Archbishop and Companions Martyrs (5th century) In the fifth century, an army from Germania ravaged a part of Gaul and plundered the city of Rheims. St. Nicasius, the holy bishop, foretold the invasion. When St. Nicasius saw the enemy at the gates and in the streets, he went from door to door warning and encouraging other. While doing so, he exposed himself to the swords of the invaders, who harmed him and later beheaded him. Florens, his deacon, and Jocond, his lector, were martyred by his side. St. Nicasius' sister, Eutropia, a virtuous virgin, feared that she might be enslaved. She called upon God and was martyred together with her friends. Their sacrifices were not in vain: God grants the prayers of those who love Him until the end.

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St. Venantius()

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