Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, January 24 2026

Saturday of the Second week in Ordinary Time

2nd book of Samuel

David returned from his defeat of the Amalekites  and spent two days in Ziklag.
On the third day a man came from Saul's camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. Going to David, he fell to the ground in homage.
David asked him, "Where do you come from?" He replied, "I have escaped from the Israelite camp."
"Tell me what happened," David bade him. He answered that the soldiers had fled the battle and that many of them had fallen and were dead, among them Saul and his son Jonathan.
David seized his garments and rent them, and all the men who were with him did likewise.
They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the soldiers of the LORD of the clans of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
"Alas! the glory of Israel, Saul, slain upon your heights; how can the warriors have fallen!
Saul and Jonathan, beloved and cherished, separated neither in life nor in death, swifter than eagles, stronger than lions!
Women of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and in finery, who decked your attire with ornaments of gold.
"How can the warriors have fallen-- in the thick of the battle, slain upon your heights!
"I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother! most dear have you been to me; More precious have I held love for you than love for women.
"How can the warriors have fallen, the weapons of war have perished!"

Psalms

Shepherd of Israel, listen!
From your throne upon the cherubim, shine forth
Rouse your power,
come to save us.
LORD of hosts, how long will you burn with anger
while your people pray?
You have fed them the bread of tears,
made them drink tears in abundance.
You have left us to be fought over by our neighbors;
our enemies deride us.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

Jesus came with his disciples into the house. Again the crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat.
When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

St. Francis of Sales(Doctor of the Church (+ 1622))

SAINT FRANCIS OF SALES Bishop and Doctor of the Church (1566-1622) St. Francis of Sales was from a noble, pious family near Annecy, France. He was a brilliant student in Paris and Padua. He gave up the grand career his father had marked out for him and became a priest. When the Duke of Savoy began restoring the Church in the Chablais, St. Francis offered himself for the work. He set out on foot with his Bible, breviary and one companion: his cousin Louis of Sales. Every door and every heart was closed to him; he was rejected with insult and threatened with death. In spite of temptations and darkness, he persevered; and before long, the Church burst forth into a second spring. It is stated that he converted 72,000 Calvinists. At the pope's behest, St. Francis was consecrated coadjutor bishop of Geneva in 1602. At times, his gentleness toward heretics and sinners almost scandalized his friends. One of them said, "Francis of Sales will go to Paradise of course, but I am not so sure of the Bishop of Geneva. I am almost afraid his gentleness will play him a shrewd turn." "Ah," said the Saint, "I would rather account to God for too great gentleness than for too great severity. Is not God all love? God the Father is the Father of mercy; God the Son is a Lamb; God the Holy Spirit is a Dove that is gentleness itself." Together with St. Jane Frances of Chantal, Francis of Sales founded the Order of the Visitation in Annecy, which soon spread across Europe. Though poor, he declined excess provisions, dignities and the great see of Paris. Francis of Sales passed away in Avignon in 1622. The following words of scripture well-summarize his life: "Goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever" (Ps. 23:6).

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