Saturday of the Seventh week in Ordinary Time

Letter of James

5,13-20.

Beloved : Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praise.
Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the presbyters of the church, and they should pray over him and anoint (him) with oil in the name of the Lord,
and the prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful.
Elijah was a human being like us; yet he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain upon the land.
Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the earth produced its fruit.
My brothers, if anyone among you should stray from the truth and someone bring him back,
he should know that whoever brings back a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

Psalms

141(140),1-2.3.8.

LORD, I call to you; come quickly to help me;
listen to my plea when I call.
Let my prayer be incense before you;
my uplifted hands an evening sacrifice.
Set a guard, LORD, before my mouth,
a gatekeeper at my lips.
My eyes are upon you, O GOD, my Lord;
in you I take refuge; do not strip me of life.

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. Porphyry(Bishop (+ 420))

ST PORPHYRY Bishop (+ 420) At the age of twenty-five, Porphyry, a rich citizen of Thessalonica, left the world for one of the great religious houses in the desert of Sceté. He remained there five years, and then, finding himself drawn to a more solitary life, passed into Palestine, where he spent a similar period in penance, till ill health obliged him to moderate his austerities. He then made his home in Jerusalem, and in spite of his ailments visited the Holy Places every day; thinking, says his biographer, so little of his sickness that he seemed to be afflicted in another body, and not his own. About this time God put it into his heart to sell all he had and give to the poor, and then in reward of the sacrifice restored him by a miracle to perfect health. In 393, he was ordained and entrusted with the care of the relics of the true cross. Three years later, he was consecrated Bishop of Gaza. That city was a hotbed of paganism, and Porphyry found in it an ample scope for his apostolic zeal. His labors and the miracles which attended them effected the conversion of many; and an imperial edict for the destruction of the pagan temples, obtained through the influence of St. John Chrysostom, greatly strengthened his hands. When St. Porphyry first went to Gaza, he found there one temple more splendid than the rest, in honor of the chief god. When the edict went forth to destroy all traces of pagan sacrifice, St. Porphyry built a church upon the site, and paved the way with marbles from the pagan temple. Thus every Christian trod the remnants of idolatry and superstition underfoot before and after the Holy Mass.

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St. Alexander of Alexandria()

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