Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, February 17 2019

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Jeremiah

17,5-8.

]Thus says the LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh, whose heart turns away from the LORD.
]He is like a barren bush in the desert that enjoys no change of season, But stands in a lava waste, a salt and empty earth.
]Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose hope is the LORD.
]He is like a tree planted beside the waters that stretches out its roots to the stream: It fears not the heat when it comes, its leaves stay green; In the year of drought it shows no distress, but still bears fruit.

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.

2. Reading

First Letter to the Corinthians

15,12.16-20.

]Brothers and sisters : If Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead?
]For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised,
]and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.
]Then those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
]If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are the most pitiable people of all.
]But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

6,17.20-26.

]And he came down with them and stood on a stretch of level ground. A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon
]And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.
]Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh.
]Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.
]Rejoice and leap for joy on that day! Behold, your reward will be great in heaven. For their ancestors treated the prophets in the same way.
]But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
]But woe to you who are filled now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will grieve and weep.
]Woe to you when all speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way.”

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Seven Founders of the Servite Order()

The Seven Holy Foundersof the Order of Servites Can you imagine seven prominent men from Boston or London leaving their homes and professions for religious life? That is what happened in the cultured and prosperous city of Florence in the middle of the 13th century. Though prosperous, the city was divided by political strife and the Cathari heresy. In 1240, seven Florentine noblemen, drawn together by friendship and devotion to the Blessed Virgin, gave themselves to common prayer and works of charity. Their call to serve God eventually led them to leave homes and businesses and form a community outside the city. Around the year 1245, they moved to Monte Senario for prayerful seclusion. Their initial difficulties were providing for their dependents, since two were still married and two were widowers. As others came to join them, they laid the foundations for the Servite Order, whose members commit to serve the Church, follow Christ and witness the Gospel. The Blessed Virgin is their Lady and they live a communal life according to the Rule of St. Augustine. With help fromSt. Peter of Verona, O.P., the small group adopted the name "the Servants of Mary." Community members combine monastic life and active ministry. In the monastery, they lead a life of prayer, work and silence. In the active apostolate, they engage in parochial work: teaching, preaching and ministering. Pope Leo XIII canonized the founders as the Seven Founders of the Servite Order in 1888.

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