Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, January 15 2016
Friday of the First week in Ordinary Time
Friday of the First week in Ordinary Time
1. Reading1st book of Samuel
8,4-7.10-22a.]All the elders of Israel came in a body to Samuel at Ramah
]and said to him, "Now that you are old, and your sons do not follow your example, appoint a king over us, as other nations have, to judge us."
]Samuel was displeased when they asked for a king to judge them. He prayed to the LORD, however,
]who said in answer: "Grant the people's every request. It is not you they reject, they are rejecting me as their king.
]Samuel delivered the message of the LORD in full to those who were asking him for a king.
]He told them: "The rights of the king who will rule you will be as follows: He will take your sons and assign them to his chariots and horses, and they will run before his chariot.
]He will also appoint from among them his commanders of groups of a thousand and of a hundred soldiers. He will set them to do his plowing and his harvesting, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.
]He will use your daughters as ointment-makers, as cooks, and as bakers.
]He will take the best of your fields, vineyards, and olive groves, and give them to his officials.
]He will tithe your crops and your vineyards, and give the revenue to his eunuchs and his slaves.
]He will take your male and female servants, as well as your best oxen and your asses, and use them to do his work.
]He will tithe your flocks and you yourselves will become his slaves.
]When this takes place, you will complain against the king whom you have chosen, but on that day the LORD will not answer you."
]The people, however, refused to listen to Samuel's warning and said, "Not so! There must be a king over us.
]We too must be like other nations, with a king to rule us and to lead us in warfare and fight our battles."
]When Samuel had listened to all the people had to say, he repeated it to the LORD,
]who then said to him, "Grant their request and appoint a king to rule them."
Psalms
89(88),16-17.18-19.]Blessed the people who know the joyful shout;
in the light of your countenance, O LORD, they walk.
]At your name they rejoice all the day,
and through your justice they are exalted.
]For you are the splendor of their strength,
and by your favor our horn is exalted.
]For to the LORD belongs our shield,
and to the Holy One of Israel, our King.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark
2,1-12.]When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it became known that he was at home.
]Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them, not even around the door, and he preached the word to them.
]They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
]Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they opened up the roof above him. After they had broken through, they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying.
]When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Child, your sins are forgiven."
]Now some of the scribes were sitting there asking themselves,
]Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming. Who but God alone can forgive sins?
]Jesus immediately knew in his mind what they were thinking to themselves, so he said, "Why are you thinking such things in your hearts?
]Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, pick up your mat and walk'?
]But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth"--
]he said to the paralytic, "I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home."
]He rose, picked up his mat at once, and went away in the sight of everyone. They were all astounded and glorified God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this."
St. Paul(The First Hermit († 342))
SAINT PAUL The First Hermit (c. 230-342) St. Paul was born in Upper Egypt circa 230. He was from a wealthy family, but was orphaned at 15 years old. Fearing that a persecution would endanger his Christian perseverance, he retired to a remote village. When his pagan brother-in-law denounced him, he entered a desert trusting that God would supply his needs. St. Paul's confidence was rewarded: On the spot where Providence led him, he found water from a spring, the fruit of a palm-tree for food and its leaves for clothing. His first thought was returning when the persecution was over, but he remained after tasting great delights in prayer and penance. He remained there for ninety years: praying, doing penance and contemplating God. God revealed St. Paul's existence to St. Antony. St. Antony had been searching for water for three days when he followed a she-wolf through a passage in the rocks. He found St. Paul and they knew each other instantly, praising God together. During the visit, a raven brought them a loaf of bread. Alban Butler narrates that St. Paul exclaimed, "See how good God is! For sixty years this bird has brought me half a loaf every day. Now thou art come, Christ has doubled the provision for His servants." After passing the night in prayer, St. Paul told St. Antony that he was about to die. He asked to be buried in a cloak St. Antony received from St. Athanasius. When St. Antony hastened to fetch the cloak, he saw St. Paul's soul rise to heaven. St. Antony returned to find St. Paul kneeling as if in prayer and two lions digging the grave.
St. Remigius(Archbishop (438-533))
SAINT REMIGIUS Archbishop (438-533) St. Remigius, or Remi, was a nobleman. His faith increased because he cultivated it. At 22, in spite of the canons and his own reluctance, he was consecrated archbishop of Rheims. St. Remigius was unusually tall. His bearing was gentle, humble and retiring. He was not only learned and eloquent, but had the gift of miracles. His charity was boundless, and in toil he knew no weariness. His body was the outward expression of a noble and holy soul, with a spirit of meekness and compunction. For so choice a workman, God had fitting work. Southern France was in the hands of Arians, and the pagan Franks were wresting the North from the Romans. St. Remigius met the Frankish king Clovis and baptized him on Christmas day in 496. The conversion is credited to Clovis' holy wife Clotilda. With Clovis, Jesus Christ gained the whole Frankish nation. The altars of idols were toppled, churches were built and bishops were consecrated. St. Remigius converted so many Arians that he left France a Catholic kingdom. St. Remigius passed away in 533 after an episcopate of 74 years. He was an instrument of God's will who shaped Western history. He intercedes in causes related to his life.
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