Tuesday of the First week in Ordinary Time

Letter to the Hebrews

It was not to angels that he subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking.
Instead, someone has testified somewhere: "What is man that you are mindful of him, or the son of man that you care for him?
You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor,
subjecting all things under his feet." In "subjecting" all things (to him), he left nothing not "subject to him." Yet at present we do not see "all things subject to him,"
but we do see Jesus "crowned with glory and honor" because he suffered death, he who "for a little while" was made "lower than the angels," that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
For it was fitting that he, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the leader to their salvation perfect through suffering.
He who consecrates and those who are being consecrated all have one origin. Therefore, he is not ashamed to call them "brothers,"
saying: "I will proclaim your name to my brothers, in the midst of the assembly I will praise you";

Psalms

O LORD, our Lord,
how glorious is your name over all the earth.
What is man that you should be mindful of him,
or the son of man that you should care for him?
You have made him little less than the angels,
and crowned him with glory and honor.
You have given him rule over the works of your hands,
putting all things under his feet.
All sheep and oxen,
yes, and the beasts of the field,
The birds of the air, the fishes of the sea,
and whatever swims the paths of the seas.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

Jesus came to Capernaum with his followers, and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught.
The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes.
In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit;
he cried out, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!"
Jesus rebuked him and said, "Quiet! Come out of him!"
The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud cry came out of him.
All were amazed and asked one another, "What is this? A new teaching with authority. He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him."
His fame spread everywhere throughout the whole region of Galilee.

Bl. Peter Donders(Priest (1809-1887))

Blessed Peter Donders Priest (1809-1887) Peter Donders was born in Tilburg, Holland, on October 27, 1809. Since his youth, he felt called to the priesthood, but his schooling was cut short due to poverty. At the age of 22, with the help of his parish priest, he entered the minor seminary of St. Michael-Gestel. Peter was ordained on June 5, 1841. He set out for Suriname, which was then a Dutch colony, and arrived in Paramaribo on September 16, 1842. He applied himself at once to pastoral works and expressed indignation in letters at the harsh treatment of Africans forced to work on plantations.In 1856, he was sent to the leper station of Batavia, where he worked for the rest of his life. When the Redemptorists arrived in 1866 to take charge of the mission of Surinam, Peter applied for admission to the Congregation. He professed vows on June 24, 1867, and began apostolic life in a community, which allowed him to leave Batavia and evangelize natives and Africans. All the while, he remained committed to serving at the leprosarium. Fr. Peter passed away among the lepers, poor among the poor, on January 14, 1887. He was mourned as their benefactor and invoked as a saint.He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on May 23, 1982.

St. Sava(Abbot and Patron of Serbia (+ 1255))

SAINT SAVA Abbot and Patron of Serbia(+ 1255) Sava was the son of Stephen I, the founder of the Nemanydes dynasty. When Sava was 17, he became a monk on Mount Athos in Greece. He and his father founded the Khilandrai (Chilandari) Monastery on Mount Athos. It became a house for Serbian monks with Sava as its abbot. Sava returned to Serbia in 1207 when a civil war broke out between his brothers Stephen II and Vulkan. He brought many monks with him to help and educate his countrymen. From their headquarters at Studenitsa Monastery, they founded several institutions and began the country's reformation. Sava was appointed metropolitan of the Serbian hierarchy by Emperor Theodore II Laskaris. He was then consecrated by Patriarch Manuel I. In 1219, he returned with more monks from Mount Athos. In 1222, he crowned his brother Stephen II King of Serbia. Through Sava's efforts, his countrymen were united. He translated religious works into Serbian and gave his people a native clergy and hierarchy. After his second pilgrimage to the Holy Land, he passed away in Tirnovo, Bulgaria, on January 14. He is the patron saint of Serbia.

St. Felix of Nola()

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