Monday of the First week in Ordinary Time

Letter to the Hebrews

Brothers and sisters: In times past, God spoke in partial and various ways to our ancestors through the prophets;
in these last days, he spoke to us through a son, whom he made heir of all things and through whom he created the universe,
who is the refulgence of his glory, the very imprint of his being, and who sustains all things by his mighty word. When he had accomplished purification from sins, he took his seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
as far superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
For to which of the angels did God ever say: "You are my son; this day I have begotten you"? Or again: "I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me"?
And again, when he leads the first-born into the world, he says: "Let all the angels of God worship him."

Psalms

The LORD is king; let the earth rejoice;
let the many islands be glad.
Justice and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
The heavens proclaim his justice,
and all peoples see his glory.
All gods are prostrate before him.
You, O LORD, are the Most High over all the earth,
exalted far above all gods.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the Gospel of God:
"This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."
As he passed by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea; they were fishermen.
Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men."
Then they abandoned their nets and followed him.
He walked along a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They too were in a boat mending their nets.
Then he called them. So they left their father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and followed him.

St. Hilary of Poitiers(Bishop and Doctor of the Church (c. 315- c. 367))

SAINT HILARY OF POITIERS Bishop and Doctor of the Church (c. 315-c. 367) St. Hilary was a native of Poitiers in Aquitaine, Southwestern France. He was raised and educated as a pagan. In middle age, he embraced Christianity: moved thereto by God presented in the Holy Scriptures. He soon converted his wife and daughter and detached himself from anti-Christian company. At the beginning of his conversion, St. Hilary refused to eat with and acknowledge Jews and heretics. He relaxed his severity later on and became a fisher of men (Mk. 1:14-20, Mt. 4:18-22). He received Holy Orders; and in 350, was consecrated bishop of Poitiers. The Arian heresy, under the protection of Emperor Constantine, was then at its peak. St. Hilary supported the orthodox cause in several Gallic councils where Arians formed an overwhelming majority. As a consequence, he was banished to Phrygia in Anatolia. He spent four years in exile composing his great Treatise on the Trinity, and many others works. In 359, he attended the Council of Seleucia in Constantinople. He went there with the council's deputies and contended with Arians and other heretics. He confounded the reasoning of their leaders so that they asked the emperor to send him back to Gaul. Bp. Hilary traversed Gaul, Italy and Illyria. He disproved heresies by illuminating the mood and inconsistency from which they stem. Chesterton wrote, "Heresy sets the mood against the mind." After seven or eight years of missionary travel, St. Hilary returned to Poitiers. He passed away peacefully in 368.

St. Veronica of Binasco(Religious (c. 1445-1497))

SAINT VERONICA OF BINASCO Religious (c. 1445-1497) Veronica's family were peasants from a village near Milan. She toiled in the fields, but was pious, contemplative and holy. As the desire for perfection grew within her, she became deaf to selfish jokes and songs, and sometimes hid her face and wept. Veronica was illiterate, but became enamored with learning. She rose secretly at night to teach herself to read. Our Lady appeared to her and presented three mystical letters that taught her more than books. The first signified purity of intention; the second, abhorrence of murmuring or criticism; the third, daily meditation on the Passion. By purity of intention, Veronica began her duties for no human motive, but God alone. By abhorrence of gossip, murmuring and criticism, she finished what she had begun by minding her own business, never judging others and praying for those who erred. By daily meditation on the Passion, she forgot her own pains and sorrows in those of the Lord - mourning hourly, but silently, for sins. Veronica experienced ecstasies. She also saw in successive visions the whole life of Jesus. By a special grace, neither her raptures nor her tears ever interrupted her labors. After three years' patient waiting, Veronica was received as a lay-sister at the convent of St. Martha in Milan. The community was extremely poor and Veronica's duty was to beg for food. Three years after receiving the habit, she was afflicted with secret, constant bodily pain; she never asked to be relieved of her duties. By exact obedience, Veronica became a living copy of the rule. She obeyed with a smile the least hint of her superiors and sought the hardest and most humbling occupations. She gave her heart undivided to Jesus Christ and enjoyed the highest favors granted to the saints. She passed away in 1497, after a six-month illness, in the thirtieth year of her religious profession.

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