Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, February 9 2016

Tuesday of the Fifth week in Ordinary Time

Tuesday of the Fifth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

1st book of Kings

8,22-23.27-30.

]Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of the whole community of Israel, and stretching forth his hands toward heaven,
]he said, "LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below; you keep your covenant of kindness with your servants who are faithful to you with their whole heart.
]"Can it indeed be that God dwells among men on earth? If the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain you, how much less this temple which I have built!
]Look kindly on the prayer and petition of your servant, O LORD, my God, and listen to the cry of supplication which I, your servant, utter before you this day.
]May your eyes watch night and day over this temple, the place where you have decreed you shall be honored; may you heed the prayer which I, your servant, offer in this place.
]Listen to the petitions of your servant and of your people Israel which they offer in this place. Listen from your heavenly dwelling and grant pardon.

Psalm

Psalms

84(83),3.4.5.10.11.

]My soul yearns and pines
for the courts of the LORD.
My heart and my flesh
cry out for the living God.
]Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest
in which she puts her young?
Your altars, O LORD of hosts,
my king and my God!
]Blessed are they who dwell in your house!
Continually they praise you.
]O God, behold our shield,
and look upon the face of your anointed.
]I had rather one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I had rather lie at the threshold of the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

7,1-13.

]When the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus,
]they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.
](For the Pharisees and, in fact, all Jews, do not eat without carefully washing their hands, keeping the tradition of the elders.
]And on coming from the marketplace they do not eat without purifying themselves. And there are many other things that they have traditionally observed, the purification of cups and jugs and kettles and beds.)
]So the Pharisees and scribes questioned him, "Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders but instead eat a meal with unclean hands?"
]He responded, "Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me;
]In vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines human precepts.'
]You disregard God's commandment but cling to human tradition."
]He went on to say, "How well you have set aside the commandment of God in order to uphold your tradition!
]For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'Whoever curses father or mother shall die.'
]Yet you say, 'If a person says to father or mother, "Any support you might have had from me is qorban"' (meaning, dedicated to God),
]you allow him to do nothing more for his father or mother.
]You nullify the word of God in favor of your tradition that you have handed on. And you do many such things."

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St. Apollonia(Virgin and Martyr († 249))

SAINT APOLLONIA Virgin and martyr and the Martyrs of Alexandria ( 249) Metras was the first to be martyred during a persecution in Alexandria in 249. A mob pierced his eyes with reeds and stoned him to death. Quinta was also stoned to death after refusing to perform pagan rites at a temple. Following these murders, the houses of Christians were vandalized and looted. St. Apollonia was an elderly virgin who was also martyred during the persecution. Her teeth were beaten out and she was led outside the city to be immolated. When he was told to deny Christ, she took a moment's pause and then leapt into the flames. After Decius' election the following year, a 15-year-old boy named Dioscorus was arrested and put on trial. He answered the judge wisely and remained steadfast under torture. His older companions were executed, but he was spared because of his age. "Dioscorus," wrote Bishop Dionysius, "at this time remains with us, reserved for some longer and greater combat." Some Christians apostatized, but the overwhelming majority of victims chose martyrdom. Women triumphed over torture until at last the judges were glad to execute them. The martyrs' courage and virtues should inspire us to live ordinary moments with great love, supernatural intention and docility to the Holy Spirit.

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