Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, February 25 2017

Saturday of the Seventh week in Ordinary Time

Saturday of the Seventh week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Sirach

17,1-13.

]God from the earth created man, and in his own image he made him. He makes man return to earth again, and endows him with a strength of his own.
]Limited days of life he gives him and makes him return to earth again.
]He endows man with a strength of his own, and with power over all things else on earth.
]He puts the fear of him in all flesh, and gives him rule over beasts and birds.
]He forms men's tongues and eyes and ears, and imparts to them an understanding heart.
]With wisdom and knowledge he fills them; good and evil he shows them.
]He looks with favor upon their hearts, and shows them his glorious works,
]That they may describe the wonders of his deeds and praise his holy name.
]He has set before them knowledge, a law of life as their inheritance;
]An everlasting covenant he has made with them, his commandments he has revealed to them.
]His majestic glory their eyes beheld, his glorious voice their ears heard.
]He says to them, "Avoid all evil"; each of them he gives precepts about his fellow men.
]Their ways are ever known to him, they cannot be hidden from his eyes.

Psalm

Psalms

103(102),13-14.15-16.17-18a.

]As a father has compassion on his children,
so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.
]For he knows how we are formed,
remembers that we are dust.
]Man's days are like those of grass;
like a flower of the field he blooms;
]The wind sweeps over him and he is gone,
and his place knows him no more.
]But the kindness of the LORD is from eternity
to eternity toward those who fear him,
and his justice toward children's children
]among those who keep his covenant.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

10,13-16.

]People were bringing children to Jesus that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.
]When Jesus saw this he became indignant and said to them, "Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
]Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it."
]Then he embraced them and blessed them, placing his hands on them.

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St. Tarasius(Patriarch of Constantinople († 806))

SAINT TARASIUSPatriarch of Constantinople ( 806) St. Tarasius was born in Constantinople. He received faith thanks to his mother, Eucratia. In adulthood, he gained prestige as a state official and was later promoted to consul. He was then appointed secretary of state to Emperor Constantine and Empress Irene. In the midst of the court and its highest honors, he lived a contemplative life. Paul, Constantinople's patriarch, conformed to the reigning heresy in some respects, but had several good qualities. He was beloved for his charity to the poor and esteemed by the court for his prudence. Touched with remorse, Paul abdicated the patriarchal see and put on a religious habit at the monastery of Florus. Tarasius was his successor, but refused to minister because the see was cut off from Catholic communion. Thus, Tarasius obtained a general council to resolve the dispute on holy images. He became Constantinople's patriarch on Christmas Day. The general council was opened on August 1, 786, at the Church of the Apostles in Constantinople, but was adjourned because of iconoclasts' rioting. The council met again the following year at the Church of St. Sophia in Nice. The council declared the sensibility of allowing holy pictures and images a relative honor and closed with acclamations and prayers for the emperor and empress. Afterward, synodal letters were sent to all the churches and to the pope, who approved the council. Patr. Tarasius was never immune to intrigue and was pulled into conflict. Emperor Constantine VI had an affair with Empress Mary's maid of honor, Theodota, and settled on divorcing Mary. Patr. Tarasius resisted the emperor's attempts to legitimize the affair and remained a model to the clergy and the people. He gave up his soul to God on February 25, 806, after serving for twenty-one years and two months.

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St. Ethelbert of Kent()

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