Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, February 18 2019
Monday of the Sixth week in Ordinary Time
Monday of the Sixth week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingBook of Genesis
4,1-15.25.]The man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, "I have produced a man with the help of the LORD."
]Next she bore his brother Abel. Abel became a keeper of flocks, and Cain a tiller of the soil.
]In the course of time Cain brought an offering to the LORD from the fruit of the soil,
]while Abel, for his part, brought one of the best firstlings of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
]but on Cain and his offering he did not. Cain greatly resented this and was crestfallen.
]So the LORD said to Cain: "Why are you so resentful and crestfallen?
]If you do well, you can hold up your head; but if not, sin is a demon lurking at the door: his urge is toward you, yet you can be his master."
]Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let us go out in the field." When they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
]Then the LORD asked Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" He answered, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
]The LORD then said: "What have you done! Listen: your brother's blood cries out to me from the soil!
]Therefore you shall be banned from the soil that opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
]If you till the soil, it shall no longer give you its produce. You shall become a restless wanderer on the earth."
]Cain said to the LORD: "My punishment is too great to bear.
]Since you have now banished me from the soil, and I must avoid your presence and become a restless wanderer on the earth, anyone may kill me at sight."
]Not so!" the LORD said to him. "If anyone kills Cain, Cain shall be avenged sevenfold." So the LORD put a mark on Cain, lest anyone should kill him at sight.
]Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son whom she called Seth. "God has granted me more offspring in place of Abel," she said, "because Cain slew him."
Psalms
50(49),1.8.16bc-17.20-21.]God the LORD has spoken and summoned the earth,
from the rising of the sun to its setting.
]"Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you,
for your burnt offerings are before me always.”
]"Why do you recite my statutes,
]and profess my covenant with your mouth,
]Though you hate discipline
and cast my words behind you?"
]"You sit speaking against your brother;
against your mother's son you spread rumors.
]"When you do these things, shall I be deaf to it?
Or do you think that I am like yourself?
I will correct you by drawing them up before your eyes.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark
8,11-13.]The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with Jesus, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.
]He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation."
]Then he left them, got into the boat again, and went off to the other shore.
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.
Category: Mass by Year / Catholic Missal 2019 / Catholic Missal of february 2019
Published: 2026-07-14T18:16:35Z | Modified: 2026-07-14T18:16:35Z