Tuesday of the Fourth week in Ordinary Time

2nd book of Samuel

18,9-10.14b.24-25a.30-32.19,1-3.

Absalom unexpectedly came up against David's servants. He was mounted on a mule, and, as the mule passed under the branches of a large terebinth, his hair caught fast in the tree. He hung between heaven and earth while the mule he had been riding ran off.
Someone saw this and reported to Joab that he had seen Absalom hanging from a terebinth.
Joab replied, "I will not waste time with you in this way." And taking three pikes in hand, he thrust for the heart of Absalom, still hanging from the tree alive.
Now David was sitting between the two gates, and a lookout mounted to the roof of the gate above the city wall, where he looked about and saw a man running all alone.
The lookout shouted to inform the king, who said, "If he is alone, he has good news to report." As he kept coming nearer,
The king said, "Step aside and remain in attendance here." So he stepped aside and remained there.
When the Cushite came in, he said, "Let my lord the king receive the good news that this day the LORD has taken your part, freeing you from the grasp of all who rebelled against you."
But the king asked the Cushite, "Is young Absalom safe?" The Cushite replied, "May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rebel against you with evil intent be as that young man!"
The king was shaken, and went up to the room over the city gate to weep. He said as he wept, "My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!"
Joab was told that the king was weeping and mourning for Absalom;
and that day's victory was turned into mourning for the whole army when they heard that the king was grieving for his son.

Psalms

86(85),1-2.3-4.5-6.

Incline your ear, O LORD; answer me,
for I am afflicted and poor.
Keep my life, for I am devoted to you;
save your servant who trusts in you.
You are my God.
Have mercy on me, O Lord,
for to you I call all the day.
Gladden the soul of your servant,
for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
abounding in kindness to all who call upon you.
Hearken, O LORD, to my prayer
and attend to the sound of my pleading.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

5,21-43.

When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he stayed close to the sea.
One of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, came forward. Seeing him he fell at his feet
and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, "My daughter is at the point of death. Please, come lay your hands on her that she may get well and live."
He went off with him, and a large crowd followed him and pressed upon him.
There was a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years.
She had suffered greatly at the hands of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet she was not helped but only grew worse.
She had heard about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak.
She said, "If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured."
Immediately her flow of blood dried up. She felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
Jesus, aware at once that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who has touched my clothes?"
But his disciples said to him, "You see how the crowd is pressing upon you, and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'"
And he looked around to see who had done it.
The woman, realizing what had happened to her, approached in fear and trembling. She fell down before Jesus and told him the whole truth.
He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be cured of your affliction."
While he was still speaking, people from the synagogue official's house arrived and said, "Your daughter has died; why trouble the teacher any longer?"
Disregarding the message that was reported, Jesus said to the synagogue official, "Do not be afraid; just have faith."
He did not allow anyone to accompany him inside except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.
When they arrived at the house of the synagogue official, he caught sight of a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.
So he went in and said to them, "Why this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep."
And they ridiculed him. Then he put them all out. He took along the child's father and mother and those who were with him and entered the room where the child was.
He took the child by the hand and said to her, "Talitha koum," which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise!"
The girl, a child of twelve, arose immediately and walked around. (At that) they were utterly astounded.
He gave strict orders that no one should know this and said that she should be given something to eat.

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St. Bridgid of Ireland (+ 523)()

SAINT BRIDGID Abbess, and Patroness of Ireland (c. 453-523) Next to the glorious St. Patrick, St. Bridgid, his spiritual daughter in Christ is held with singular veneration. She was born about the year 453 at Fochard in Ulster, Northern Ireland. During her infancy, her pious father saw in vision holy persons in radiant garments pouring a sacred unguent on her head. While very young, St. Bridgid consecrated her life to God. She joyfully performed works of mercy. "Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me" (Mt 25:40). St. Bridgid longed to be with just Jesus, Mary and the Trinity. Hence she took on a religious habit and turned down many suitors. Our Lord blessed her with a malady in her eye which turned away her former suitors, but upon receiving her bridal veil from St. Patrick, she was fully restored. This miracle also changed the altar to its orginal beauty. Edified by St. Bridgid, other ladies made their vows, and founded a religious residence. With the bishop's blessing, the first convent was established in Ireland. Bridgid assumed the superiority in Obedient to the prelate, St. Bridgid assumed leadership or "superiority" of the community. The bishops of Ireland were compelled by the Holy Spirit to establish similar institutions in their respective dioceses. Like the Blessed Virgin Mary travelling to assist her cousin, Elizabeth, while pregnant with Jesus, St. Bridgid travelled and worked with the spirit and fervor of the saints. While thus engaged in a portion of the province of Connaught, a deputation arrived from Leinster to solicit the Saint to take up her residence in that territory. It was only the prospect of the many spiritual advantages that would result from compliance with the request that induced her to accede, as she did, to the wishes of those who had petitioned her. Taking with her a number of her spiritual daughters, our Saint journeyed to Leinster, where they were received with respect and joy. The site on which Kildare now stands appearing to be well adapted for a religious institute, St. Bridgid and her companions took up residence. Although of humble means, St. Bridgid relieved the poor of the vicinity considerably; and when the wants of these persons surpassed her finances, she sacrificed the movables of the convent. On one occasion, imitating the burning charity of St. Ambrose and other servants of God, St. Bridgid sold the sacred vestments to relieve the poor and marginalized. She was so down to earth that she sometimes attended the cattle on the land which belonged to her monastery. The renown of Bridgid's charity drew multitudes to Kildare; the fame of her piety attracted many persons anxious to solicit her prayers or learn from her. In the course of time, the number of these so much increased that it was necessary to provide accommodation for them in the neighborhood of the new monastery. Thus was laid the foundation and origin of the town of Kildare. The spiritual exigencies of her community, and of those numerous strangers who resorted to the vicinity, suggested the fitting transformation of the locality into an episcopal see. Deeming the proposal just and useful, Conlath, a holy ascetic, was chosen by Bridgid to be the first bishop of the new diocese. In time, the diocese became the ecclesiastical metropolis of the province. After seventy years devoted to the practice of virtues, corporal infirmities admonished our Saint that the time of her dissolution was nigh. It was now half a century since, by her holy vows, she had irrevocably consecrated herself to God, and during that period great results had been attained. Her holy institute bore good fruit throughout the Emerald Isle, greatly advancing the Gospel. St. Bridgid's last illness was soothed by the presence of Nennidh, a priest of eminent sanctity whom St. Bridgid had raised up. On February 1, 523, after receiving the Eucharist, St. Bridget moved into eternity. Her passing was enjoyed by Jesus who received St. Bridgid in their true native land. St. Bridgid's relics were interred in the church adjoining her convent. Later, her relics were exhumed and deposited in a shrine near the altar. In the ninth century, when Ireland was attacked by the Danes, St. Bridgid's relics were transferred to Down-Patrick, were they were deposited with those of St. Patrick. Their relics, together with that of St. Columba, were transferred to the Cathedral. The head of St. Bridgid is now kept in the church of the Jesuits at Lisbon.

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