Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, February 4 2019
Monday of the Fourth week in Ordinary Time
Monday of the Fourth week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingLetter to the Hebrews
11,32-40.]What more shall I say? I have not time to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,
]who by faith conquered kingdoms, did what was righteous, obtained the promises; they closed the mouths of lions,
]put out raging fires, escaped the devouring sword; out of weakness they were made powerful, became strong in battle, and turned back foreign invaders.
]Women received back their dead through resurrection. Some were tortured and would not accept deliverance, in order to obtain a better resurrection.
]Others endured mockery, scourging, even chains and imprisonment.
]They were stoned, sawed in two, put to death at sword's point; they went about in skins of sheep or goats, needy, afflicted, tormented.
]The world was not worthy of them. They wandered about in deserts and on mountains, in caves and in crevices in the earth.
]Yet all these, though approved because of their faith, did not receive what had been promised.
]God had foreseen something better for us, so that without us they should not be made perfect.
Psalms
31(30),20.21.22.23.24.]How great is the goodness, O LORD,
which you have in store for those who fear you,
And which, toward those who take refuge in you,
you show in the sight of the children of men.
]You hide them in the shelter of your presence
from the plottings of men;
You screen them within your abode
from the strife of tongues.
]Blessed be the LORD whose wondrous mercy
he has shown me in a fortified city.
]Once I said in my anguish,
“I am cut off from your sight”;
Yet you heard the sound of my pleading
when I cried out to you.
]Love the LORD, all you his faithful ones!
The LORD keeps those who are constant,
but more than requites those who act proudly.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark
5,1-20.]Jesus and his disciples came to the other side of the sea, to the territory of the Gerasenes.
]When he got out of the boat, at once a man from the tombs who had an unclean spirit met him.
]The man had been dwelling among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any longer, even with a chain.
]In fact, he had frequently been bound with shackles and chains, but the chains had been pulled apart by him and the shackles smashed, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.
]Night and day among the tombs and on the hillsides he was always crying out and bruising himself with stones.
]Catching sight of Jesus from a distance, he ran up and prostrated himself before him,
]crying out in a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me!"
](He had been saying to him, "Unclean spirit, come out of the man!")
]He asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "Legion is my name. There are many of us."
]And he pleaded earnestly with him not to drive them away from that territory.
]Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside.
]And they pleaded with him, "Send us into the swine. Let us enter them."
]And he let them, and the unclean spirits came out and entered the swine. The herd of about two thousand rushed down a steep bank into the sea, where they were drowned.
]The swineherds ran away and reported the incident in the town and throughout the countryside. And people came out to see what had happened.
]As they approached Jesus, they caught sight of the man who had been possessed by Legion, sitting there clothed and in his right mind. And they were seized with fear.
]Those who witnessed the incident explained to them what had happened to the possessed man and to the swine.
]Then they began to beg him to leave their district.
]As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed pleaded to remain with him.
]But he would not permit him but told him instead, "Go home to your family and announce to them all that the Lord in his pity has done for you."
]Then the man went off and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him; and all were amazed.
St. Jane of Valois(Queen and Religious († 1505))
SAINT JANE OF VALOIS Queen and Religious ( 1505) St. Jane of Valois was a queen whose humiliations were remarkable even in the annals of the saints. Her father, Louis XI, hoped for a son to succeed him. He banished Jane from his palace and even attempted her life. At the age of 5, the neglected child offered her whole heart to God and yearned to do some special service in honor of His Holy Mother. At King Louis' wish, though against her own inclination, Jane was wedded to the Duke of Orleans. Toward an indifferent and unworthy husband, her conduct was ever more patient and dutiful. Her prayers and tears saved him from a traitor's death for rebellion and shortened his imprisonment. When her husband ascended the throne as Louis XII, his first act was to repudiate her by false representations. At the final sentence of separation, the saintly queen exclaimed, "God be praised Who has allowed this, that I may serve Him better." She retired to Bourges and founded the Order of the Annunciation in honor of Mary, the Mother of God. Jane thus fulfilled her childhood dream of honoring Mother Mary. Jane was guided by St. Francis of Paula, her childhood director, and overcame serious obstacles that even "good" people raised. In 1501, the rule of the Annunciation was finally approved by Alexander VI. The Order's main goal was imitating Our Lady's ten virtues in the mystery of the Incarnation. The superioress was called Ancelle, "handmaid," in honor of Mary's humility. Jane built and endowed the first convent of the Order in 1502.She passed away in a state of grace after a sanctified life. She was buried in the royal crown and purple, beneath which lay the habit of her Order. She was canonized by Pope Pius XII on May 28, 1950, because of her heroic virtues and the miracles proceeding from her intercession.
St. John de Britto(Martyr († 1693))
SAINT JOHN DE BRITTOMartyr( 1693) John de Britto was a page in Don Pedro II of Portugal's court. His modesty and virtues were sometimes off-putting to his careless companions. When he was dangerously ill, St. Francis Xavier miraculously cured him. With gratitude, his mother vested him for a year in the garb worn by the Jesuit Fathers. From that time, John's heart burned to follow the example of the Apostle of the Indies. On December 17, 1662, John entered the novitiate of the Society in Lisbon. Eleven years later, in spite of his family and the court's opposition, he left everything to evangelize Madura's Hindus. When his mother learned that he was going to the Indies, she used her influence to prevent him from leaving and persuaded the Papal Nuncio to intervene. John wrote, "God, Who called me from the world into religious life, now calls me from Portugal to India." For 14 years, John preached, baptized and converted multitudes. The Holy Cross was his consolation during privations, hardships and persecutions. After 14 years, he was seized, tortured and nearly killed. He was banished from the country and forced to return to Portugal. However, he overcame every obstacle and returned. Like St. John the Baptist, John de Britto suffered defamation and martyrdom. A woman accused him of wrongdoing after being set aside by a converted king. After a painful imprisonment, John was beheaded in 1693. His heroic virtues and the miracles proceeding from his intercession saw him canonized by Ven. Pope Pius XII in 1947.
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