Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, January 27 2017

Friday of the Third week in Ordinary Time

Friday of the Third week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Letter to the Hebrews

10,32-39.

]Remember the days past when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a great contest of suffering.
]At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and affliction; at other times you associated yourselves with those so treated.
]You even joined in the sufferings of those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you had a better and lasting possession.
]Therefore, do not throw away your confidence; it will have great recompense.
]You need endurance to do the will of God and receive what he has promised.
]"For, after just a brief moment, he who is to come shall come; he shall not delay.
]But my just one shall live by faith, and if he draws back I take no pleasure in him."
]We are not among those who draw back and perish, but among those who have faith and will possess life.

Psalm

Psalms

37(36),3-4.5-6.23-24.39-40.

]Trust in the LORD and do good,
that you may dwell in the land and be fed in security.
]Take delight in the LORD,
and he will grant you your heart's requests.
]Commit to the LORD your way;
trust in him, and he will act.
]He will make justice dawn for you like the light;
bright as the noonday shall be your vindication.
]By the LORD are the steps of a man made firm,
and he approves his way.
]Though he fall, he does not lie prostrate,
for the hand of the LORD sustains him.
]The salvation of the just is from the LORD;
He is their refuge in time of distress.
]The LORD helps them and delivers them;
He delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
because they take refuge in him.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

4,26-34.

]Jesus said to the crowds: "This is how it is with the Kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land
]and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how.
]Of its own accord the land yields fruit, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
]And when the grain is ripe, he wields the sickle at once, for the harvest has come."
]He said, "To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it?
]It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth.
]But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade."
]With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it.
]Without parables he did not speak to them, but to his own disciples he explained everything in private.

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St. Angela Merici(Foundress (c. 1470-1540))

SAINT ANGELA MERICI VIRGIN (C. 1470-1540) St. Angela Merici was born on a farm in Desenzano, near Brescia in northern Italy. She was orphaned at 10 years old and was raised by her uncle. She joined the Third Order of St. Francis and opened a school for girls in Desenzano. Rather than marry and receive a dowry, she laid down her life to serve Jesus and the Church. St. Angela's school for girls was remarkably successful. After a short stint in Rome, she returned and founded the Company of St. Ursula - an order devoted to teaching and family formation. It was the first group of women religious to work outside the cloister and the first teaching order of women. By the time of her passing, there were over 24 chapters. St. Angela opened a path of holiness for women whose vocation was the education of children. Her Order soon pivoted to the education of poor girls and families. Her resting place is in the Church of St. Afra the Martyr where she first founded her congregation. Numerous parishes and intitutes in the United States are dedicated to St. Ursula thanks to St. Angela's influence. She is the patroness of the sick, the disabled and orphans.

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