Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, February 18 2017
Saturday of the Sixth week in Ordinary Time
Saturday of the Sixth week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingLetter to the Hebrews
11,1-7.]Brothers and sisters: Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.
]Because of it the ancients were well attested.
]By faith we understand that the universe was ordered by the word of God, so that what is visible came into being through the invisible.
]By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice greater than Cain's. Through this he was attested to be righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts, and through this, though dead, he still speaks.
]By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and "he was found no more because God had taken him." Before he was taken up, he was attested to have pleased God.
]But without faith it is impossible to please him, for anyone who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
]By faith Noah, warned about what was not yet seen, with reverence built an ark for the salvation of his household. Through this he condemned the world and inherited the righteousness that comes through faith.
Psalms
145(144),2-3.4-5.10-11.]Every day will I bless you,
and I will praise your name forever and ever.
]Great is the LORD and highly to be praised;
His greatness is unsearchable.
]Generation after generation praises your works
and proclaims your might.
]They speak of the splendor of your glorious majesty
and tell of your wondrous works.
]Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
and let your faithful ones bless you.
]Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom
and speak of your might.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark
9,2-13.]Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them,
]and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them.
]Then Elijah appeared to them along with Moses, and they were conversing with Jesus.
]Then Peter said to Jesus in reply, "Rabbi, it is good that we are here! Let us make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
]He hardly knew what to say, they were so terrified.
]Then a cloud came, casting a shadow over them; then from the cloud came a voice, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."
]Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone but Jesus alone with them.
]As they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them not to relate what they had seen to anyone, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
]So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what rising from the dead meant.
]Then they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
]He told them, "Elijah will indeed come first and restore all things, yet how is it written regarding the Son of Man that he must suffer greatly and be treated with contempt?
]But I tell you that Elijah has come and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him."
St. Flavian(Bishop and Martyr († 449))
SAINT FLAVIANBishop and Martyr( 449) St. Flavian became patriarch of Constantinople in 447. His two-year episcopate was marked by conflict and persecution. On the day of his consecration, Chrysaphius, the emperor's favorite, attempted to extort a large sum of money from him. When he refused, Chrysaphius appointed Dioscorus as patriarch of Alexandria. In 448, St. Flavian condemned the rising heresy of the monk Eutyches, who denied that Our Lord has two perfect natures. Eutyches obtained the assembly of a council in Ephesus (August 449) with Chrysaphius' help. The council was presided by Chrysaphius' nominee, Dioscorus, the patriarch of Alexandria. When Eutyches entered into the council surrounded by soldiers, the Roman legates were forbidden from reading the Pope's letters. When St. Flavian appealed to the Holy See, Dioscorus assaulted him. St. Flavian was thrown, beaten, kicked and finally carried into banishment. He died from his wounds and the ensuing maltreatment; thus gaining a martyr's crown. Miracles following his death attested to his sanctity and the work of the Holy Spirit.
St. Simeon(Bishop and Martyr († c. 107))
Saint SimeonBishop and Martyr ( c. 107) St. Simeon was Jesus' kinsman (Matt. 13:55). His father was St. Joseph's brother, Cleophas. His mother was Our Lady's sister (John 19:25). He was therefore Jesus' first cousin and around eight years older. St. Epiphanius wrote that when the Jews martyred St. James the Lesser, St. Simeon upbraided them for their cruelty. The apostles appointed St. Simeon as his late brother's successor and bishop of Jerusalem. St. Simeon was unanimously chosen for having assisted his late brother. In 66 A.D., the First Jewish-Roman War ensued. The Christians in Jerusalem were warned of the city's impending destruction and appear to have been ordered to leave. That year, before Vespasian entered Judaea, the Christians retired to Pella on the other side of the Jordan. After the capture and burning of Jerusalem, the Christians returned and settled among its ruins. We are told by St. Epiphanius and Eusebius that the church flourished because of the diaspora, that many Jews were converted, and that miracles were wrought by the saints. In 107 A.D., St. Simeon was arrested because of Emperor Trajan's edict to persecute Jews and Christians. He suffered protracted torture in spite of being 120 years old. The judge is said to have remarked on St. Simeon's unconquerable spirit. He died from crucifixion, but his soul ascended to Heaven. St. Simeon is an intercessor for Christians suffering persecution.
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