Friday of the Fifth week in Ordinary Time

1st book of Kings

11,29-32.12,19.

At that time Jeroboam left Jerusalem, and the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road. The two were alone in the area, and the prophet was wearing a new cloak.
Ahijah took off his new cloak, tore it into twelve pieces,
and said to Jeroboam: "Take ten pieces for yourself; the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I will tear away the kingdom from Solomon's grasp and will give you ten of the tribes.
One tribe shall remain to him for the sake of David my servant, and of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
and Israel went into rebellion against David's house to this day.

Psalms

81(80),10-11ab.12-13.14-15.

"There shall be no strange god among you
nor shall you worship any alien god.
I, the LORD, am your God
who led you forth from the land of Egypt."
But my people did not listen to my words;
Israel did not obey me.
So I gave them up to the hardness of their hearts;
they walked according to their own counsels."
"If only my people would hear me,
and Israel walk in my ways,
Quickly would I humble their enemies;
against their foes I would turn my hand."

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

7,31-37.

Jesus left the district of Tyre and went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, into the district of the Decapolis.
And people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impediment and begged him to lay his hand on him.
He took him off by himself away from the crowd. He put his finger into the man's ears and, spitting, touched his tongue;
then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Be opened!")
And (immediately) the man's ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly.
He ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more he ordered them not to, the more they proclaimed it.
They were exceedingly astonished and they said, "He has done all things well. He makes the deaf hear and (the) mute speak."

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St. Severinus of Agaunum(Abbot (+ 507))

SAINT SEVERINUS Abbot of Agaunum(+ 507) St. Severinus, of a noble family in Burgundy, was educated in the Catholic faith at a time when the Arian heresy reigned in that country. He forsook the world in his youth, and dedicated himself to God in the monastery of Agaunum, which then only consisted of scattered cells, till the Catholic King Sigismund built there the great abbey of St. Maurice. Severinus was the holy abbot of that place, and had governed his community many years in the exercise of penance and charity, when, in 504, Clovis, the first Christian king of France, lying ill of a fever which his physicians had failed to cure, sent his chamberlain to conduct the Saint to court. It was said that sick people recovered their health by Severinus' prayers. Thus Severinus took leave of his monks, telling them he should never see them in this world again. On the journey, Severinus healed Eulalius, Bishop of Nevers, who had been deaf and dumb; and also a leper at the gates of Paris. Coming to the palace Severinus immediately restored the king to perfect health by putting on the latter his cloak. The king, in gratitude, distributed large alms to the poor and released his prisoners. Severinus, returning toward Agaunum, stopped at Château-Landon in Gatinois, where two priests served God in a solitary chapel. He was admitted among them as a stranger, but known by his sanctity. Severinus foretold his death, which happened in 507 A.D. His chapel is now an abbey of reformed canons regular of St. Augustine. The Huguenots scattered St. Severus' relics when they plundered his church. His recorded history and inspired writings remain with us. His legacy lives on in the countless people he encountered and formed during his life. St. Severinus can always be called upon as an intercessor, for the mirror of God nonetheless shines His light.

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