Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, January 15 2019
Tuesday of the First week in Ordinary Time
Tuesday of the First week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingLetter to the Hebrews
2,5-12.]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
8,2a.5.6-7.8-9.]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
1,21b-28.]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.
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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