Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, December 9 2017
Saturday of the First week of Advent
Saturday of the First week of Advent
1. ReadingBook of Isaiah
30,19-21.23-26.]Thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: O people of Zion, who dwell in Jerusalem, no more will you weep; He will be gracious to you when you cry out, as soon as he hears he will answer you.
]The Lord will give you the bread you need and the water for which you thirst. No longer will your Teacher hide himself, but with your own eyes you shall see your Teacher,
]While from behind, a voice shall sound in your ears: "This is the way; walk in it," when you would turn to the right or to the left.
]He will give rain for the seed that you sow in the ground, And the wheat that the soil produces will be rich and abundant. On that day your cattle will graze in spacious meadows;
]The oxen and the asses that till the ground will eat silage tossed to them with shovel and pitchfork.
]Upon every high mountain and lofty hill there will be streams of running water. On the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall,
]The light of the moon will be like that of the sun and the light of the sun will be seven times greater (like the light of seven days). On the day the LORD binds up the wounds of his people, he will heal the bruises left by his blows.
Psalms
147(146),1-2.3-4.5-6.]Praise the LORD, for he is good;
sing praise to our God, for he is gracious;
it is fitting to praise him.
]The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem;
the dispersed of Israel he gathers.
]He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
]He tells the number of the stars;
He calls each by name.
]Great is our LORD and mighty in power:
to his wisdom there is no limit.
]The LORD sustains the lowly;
the wicked he casts to the ground.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew
9,35-38.10,1.6-8.]Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness.
]At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd.
]Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
]so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest."
]Then he summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.
]Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
]As you go, make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'"
]Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give."
St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin(Marian Visionary (1474-1548))
Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (1474-1548) Juan Diego was chosen by the Holy Virgin Mary to announce salvation in the Americas. Her appearance resulted in tens of thousands converting and in the abolishment of cannibalism. Our Lady's image appeared on the mantle she touched, which remains uncorrupted centuries later - a proof of God's eternal love. Juan Diego's life before the vision is undocumented except in "El Nican Mopohua." It was written in Náhuatl with Latin characters in 1556 by the Indigenous writer Antonio Valeriano. Juan Diego was born in Cuautlitlán, now a part of Mexico City. He was a gifted member of the Chichimeca, the most culturally-advanced group in the Anáhuac Valley. He was named "Cuauhtlatoatzin" ("the talking eagle"). At 50 years old, Juan Diego was baptized by a Franciscan priest, Fr. Peter da Gand. On December 9, 1531, on his way to morning Mass, the Blessed Mother appeared to him on Tepeyac Hill, on the outskirts of what is now Mexico City. She asked him to tell the bishop to build a shrine there in her name and promised to pour out her grace upon those who invoked her. The bishop did not believe Juan Diego and asked for a sign. On December 12, Juan Diego returned to Tepeyac. There, the Blessed Mother told him to climb the hill and pick the flowers in bloom. He obeyed and found roses blooming in the winter. He gathered the roses and took them to Our Lady, who carefully placed them in his mantle and told him to take them to the bishop. When Juan Diego opened his mantle, the roses fell to the ground, and there remained impressed an image of the Blessed Mother. With the bishop's permission, Juan Diego lived near the chapel where the miraculous image was placed for veneration. He cared for the church and the first pilgrims who came to pray to the Mother of God. Much deeper than the exterior grace of having been chosen as Our Lady's messenger, Juan Diego received the grace of interior enlightenment. From that moment, he began a life dedicated to prayer, virtue and love of God and neighbor. He passed away in 1548 and was buried in the first chapel dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe. He was beatified on May 6, 1990, by Pope John Paul II in the Basilica of Santa Maria di Guadalupe, Mexico City, and canonized on July 31, 2002. The miraculous image, which is preserved in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, shows a woman of mixed native and European heritage. She is supported by an angel whose wings are reminiscent of one of the major gods of the traditional religion of that area. The black girdle around her waist signifies that she is pregnant. Thus, the image depicts that Christ is to be born again among the people of the New World. Laser scanning and scientific instruments determined that the Virgin's eyes rested upon those present at the Cloak's first unveiling. The representation of native traditions in colors and symbols, and the image's miraculous preservation, confirms that the Blessed Virgin is alive and is the Mediatrix of the human race.
St. Leocadia(Virgin and Martyr († c. 304))
SAINT LEOCADIAVirgin and Martyr( c. 304) St. Leocadia was a native of Toledo, Spain. In 304, Governor Dacian had her arrested. Her contemporary, St. Eulalia, had been tortured to death a year earlier. Undeterred, St. Leocadia accepted her fate and was martyred in prison. Three famous churches in Toledo are named after St. Leocadia. Most of the Councils of Toledo took place at one of her churches. She is honored as the city's principal patroness. St. Leocadia's relics were kept in the Toledo Church until the Moorish invasion. Her relics were transferred to Oviedo and later to the abbey of St. Guislain near Mons in Hainault. On April 26, 1589, her relics were returned to the Toledo Cathedral.
St. Peter Fourier()
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