Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Book of Isaiah

In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, with the train of his garment filling the temple.
Seraphim were stationed above; each of them had six wings: with two they veiled their faces, with two they veiled their feet, and with two they hovered aloft.
"Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts!" they cried one to the other. "All the earth is filled with his glory!"
At the sound of that cry, the frame of the door shook and the house was filled with smoke.
Then I said, "Woe is me, I am doomed! For I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, holding an ember which he had taken with tongs from the altar.
He touched my mouth with it. "See," he said, "now that this has touched your lips, your wickedness is removed, your sin purged."
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?" "Here I am," I said; "send me!"

Psalms

I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart,
for you have heard the words of my mouth;
in the presence of the angels I will sing your praise;
I will worship at your holy temple.
I will give thanks to your name,
because of your kindness and your truth.
When I called, you answered me;
you built up strength within me.
All the kings of the earth shall give thanks to you, O LORD,
when they hear the words of your mouth;
and they shall sing of the ways of the LORD:
"Great is the glory of the LORD."
Your right hand saves me.
The LORD will complete what he has done for me;
your kindness, O LORD, endures forever;
forsake not the work of your hands.

First Letter to the Corinthians

I am reminding you, brothers and sisters, of the Gospel I preached to you, which you indeed received and in which you also stand.
Through it you are also being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
For I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures;
that he was buried; that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures;
that he appeared to Kephas, then to the Twelve.
After that, he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
After that he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
Last of all, as to one born abnormally, he appeared to me.
For I am the least of the apostles, not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been ineffective. Indeed, I have toiled harder than all of them; not I, however, but the grace of God (that is) with me.
Therefore, whether it be I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret.
He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets.
Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.
After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch."
Simon said in reply, "Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets."
When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing.
They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. They came and filled both boats so that they were in danger of sinking.
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, "Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man."
For astonishment at the catch of fish they had made seized him and all those with him,
and likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners of Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men."
When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him.

St. Paul Miki & his companions(Martyrs (+ 1597) - Memorial)

SAINTS PAUL MIKI & HIS COMPANIONS Martyrs (+ 1597) The Gospel was preached in Japan after St. Francis Xavier's arrival in 1549. Fearing the invasion of his kingdom, Japanese emperor Taiko Toyotomi Hideyoshi banished all foreign religious in 1587. When fifteen Franciscans visited Japan in 1593, they were executed; martyred alongside six religious, three Jesuits, two Japanese converts, and fifteen Japanese tertiaries. They were tortured and crucified on February 5, 1597 on the Hill of Wheat, Tateyama, Nagasaki. Among the martyrs was St. Paul Miki, a Jesuit scholastic [Jesuit in training]. He was born in 1565, entered the Society of Jesus in Japan, and preached the Gospel. They were canonized by Pope Pius IX in 1862 in recognition of heroic virtues and the miracles proceeding from their intercession.********"The only reason for my being killed is that I have taught the doctrine of Christ. I thank God it is for this reason that I die. I believe that I am telling the truth before I die. I know you believe me and I want to say to you all once again: Ask Christ to help you become happy. I obey Christ. After Christ's example, I forgive my persecutors. I do not hate them. I ask God to have pity on all, and I hope my blood will fall on my fellow men as a fruitful rain."

St. Dorothy(Virgin and Martyr (+ 304))

SAINT DOROTHY Virgin and Martyr (+ 304) St. Dorothy lived in Cæsarea. During Diocletian's persecution, both her parents were martyred. When the governor sentenced her to apostasy or death, St. Dorothy bravely called Jesus Christ and preferred death. After being painfully tortured, St. Dorothy was put under the authority of two apostates from the faith who chose to reject Jesus. The Holy Spirit kindled fire in the hearts of all three women; the two apostates lived by the Word made incarnate. As punishment for returning to the Faith, the two women, together with St. Dorothy were first beaten and then burned with plates of red-hot iron. Upon martyrdom, the three women gained the beatific vision; but their story has an epilogue. On the road to execution, a lawyer, called Theophilus, mocked St. Dorothy, telling her to have (her Spouse) Jesus send him apples or roses from His garden. Before dying, a little child appeared by St. Dorothy carrying three apples and three roses. St. Dorothy asked the child to take the apples and roses to Theophilus, telling him they were presents from the garden of Jesus her Spouse. The child entered Theophilus' room; and he saw the child was an angel in disguise. The fruit and flowers were made from heaven. Theophilus then converted to the Faith, and lovingly shared in St. Dorothy's martyrdom.

Bl. Alfonso Maria Fusco((1839-1910))

Blessed Alfonso Maria Fusco Priest (1839-1910) Alfonso Maria Fusco, the oldest of five children, was born on March 23, 1839 in Angri, in the province of Salerno, in the Diocese of Nocera-Sarno. His parents, Aniello Fusco and Josephine Schiavone, were farmers raised with Christian principles and love of God. Aniello and Josephine were married in the Collegiata of St. John the Baptist on January 31, 1834, and for four long years the cradle they had lovingly prepared remained painfully empty. In Pagani, only a short distance from Angri, the relics of St. Alfonso Maria de' Liguori were preserved. It was to his tomb that Aniello and Josephine went in 1838 to pray. While they were there, the Redemptorist Francesco Saverio Pecorelli told them, "You will have a son." Alfonso, a little child, quickly revealed a mild and gentle character. He was responsive to prayer and the needs of the poor. His teachers, in his father's house, were learned priests who instructed and prepared him for his first Communion. When he was seven, Alfonso received his First Holy Communion and Confirmation. When he was eleven, Alfonso told his parents he wanted to become a priest. On November 5, 1850, "freely and with the sole desire to serve God and the Church," Alfonso entered the episcopal Seminary of Nocera dei Pagani. On May 29, 1863, he was ordained by the Archbishop of Salerno, Monsignor Anthony Salomone, amid the joy of his family and his people's enthusiasm. Quickly, Fr. Alfonso distinguished himself among the clergy of the Collegiata of St. John the Baptist in Angri. His fervor and Spirit of the Saints shone during regular attendance at liturgical services and through diligently administering the Sacraments. During the Sacrament of Reconciliation, especially, Fr. Alfonso revealed his paternal understanding of his penitents. He devoted himself to the evangelization of people through his simple and heartfelt preaching. The daily life of Father Alfonso was of a zealous priest. His vocation to pass family values onto the poor in whom he served Jesus prompted him to found an orphanage and an insitute of Sisters. Like St. Josemaria Escriva, from the movie "There Be Dragons," Bl. Alfonso "saw" in a dream Jesus of Nazareth calling him to become a founder. A meeting Maddalena Caputo of Angri impelled Father Alfonso to move more quickly in the foundation of the Institute. On September 25, 1878, Ms. Caputo and three other young women met at night in the Scarcella house in the Ardinghi district of Angri. There, they took vows of poverty, union with God, and charity in educating orphans. The Congregation of the Baptistine Sisters of the Nazarene was thus begun; the seed that fell on good soil brought forth grain a more than a hundredfold. The first house was named the Little House of Providence; and more followed. As more postulants and orphans arrived, the sisters struggled to make ends meet. While accepting their crosses and carrying the burdens with the full freedom of love,the Community grew and became even purer. Bishop Saverio Vitagliano's unjustified attempt to remove Father Alfonso as director; and his own daughters refusal to open the door of the house on Via Germanico in Rome; coupled with the words of Cardinal Respighi for him to withdraw, were moments of great suffering for Fr. Alfonso. He prayed in anguish in the small chapel in the Mother House in Angri and in the church of St. Joachim in Rome. Fr. Alfonso did not leave many writings. He spoke, rather, with the witness of his life. The writings we have by him bear witness to his evangelical wisdom. From the testimony of those who knew him, he had immense love for the Eucharist, the Passion of Jesus, and was devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary. He would often repeat to his Sisters: "Let us become saints, following Jesus closely..." At a time when education was the privilege of the few, denied to poor and to women, Fr. Alfonso and the Sisters gave orphans a peaceful life, education, and a trade to master. He wanted the Sisters to begin their studies as soon as possible so they could teach. Through their instruction and evangelization, they prepared the way for Jesus in the hearts, minds and souls of the children. Fr. Alfonso's spirit was anchored in Divine Providence. He, together with Maddalena Caputo, grew the Work in a short period of time. They soon opened new houses in Campania and other regions of Italy in response to the needs of the Church. During the night of February 5, 1910, Fr. Alfonso began feeling unwell. He received the Sacraments on the morning of February 6; and passed away shortly after in the peace of the Holy Family through St. Joseph's intercession. Bl. Alfonso's life was an act of gratitude to the Love; the diginity of life, and the Body of Christ. The grace from God is the energy helping spread the Sisters' work across four continents. On February 12, 1976, Pope Paul VI recognized Bl. Alfonso's heroic virtues. On October 7, 2001, Pope John Paul II, proclaimed him blessed, offering his life as a model to priests and educators.

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