Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Book of Isaiah

58,7-10.

Thus says the LORD: Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; clothe the naked when you see them, and do not turn your back on your own.
Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your wound shall quickly be healed; Your vindication shall go before you, and the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer, you shall cry for help, and he will say: Here I am!
If you bestow your bread on the hungry and satisfy the afflicted; Then light shall rise for you in the darkness, and the gloom shall become for you like midday.

Psalms

112(111),4-5.6-7.8-9.

Light shines through the darkness for the upright;
he is gracious and merciful and just.
Well for the man who is gracious and lends,
who conducts his affairs with justice;
He shall never be moved;
the just one shall be in everlasting remembrance.
An evil report he shall not fear;
His heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.
His heart is steadfast; he shall not fear
till he looks down upon his foes
Lavishly he gives to the poor,
his justice shall endure forever;
his horn shall be exalted in glory.

First Letter to the Corinthians

2,1-5.

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, proclaiming the mystery of God, I did not come with sublimity of words or of wisdom.
For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
I came to you in weakness and fear and much trembling,
and my message and my proclamation were not with persuasive (words of) wisdom, but with a demonstration of spirit and power,
so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

5,13-16.

Jesus said to his disciples: "You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house.
Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father."

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St. Agatha(Virgin & Martyr (+ 251) - Memorial)

SAINT AGATHA Virgin and Martyr (+ 251) St. Agatha was born in Sicily to rich and noble parents. A child of benediction from the first, she was promised to her parents before conception and consecrated to God from her earliest infancy. In the midst of dangers and temptations, she served Christ in purity of body and soul, and died for chastity. Quintanus, governor of Sicily under Emperor Decius, had heard the rumor of her beauty and wealth, and made the laws against Christians a pretext for summoning her from Palermo to Catania. "O Jesus Christ, all that I am is Yours; I consecrate my body to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Preserve me." For her purity, the Lord blessed St. Agatha. Jesus Christ and Mama Mary kept St. Agatha pure and undefiled while she was imprisoned for a whole month. They gave her the strength to reject sin as she offered her life to God.When Quintanus turned from passion to cruelty, and cut off her breasts, Our Lord sent the Prince of His apostles to heal her. And when, after she had been rolled naked upon potsherds, she asked that her torments might be ended, Jesus Christ answered her prayer and took her to Himself. St. Agatha gave herself wholeheartedly to Jesus Christ. She followed Him in virginal purity, and then looked to Him for protection. To this very day, Christ has shown His tender regard for the body of St. Agatha. Again and again, during the eruptions of Mount Etna, the people of Catania have exposed her veil for public veneration, and found safety. In modern times, on opening the tomb where her body rests, they beheld the skin still entire, and a sweet fragrance issuing from the temple of the Holy Spirit.

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