Wednesday of the Third week in Ordinary Time

Letter to the Hebrews

Brothers and sisters: Every priest stands daily at his ministry, offering frequently those same sacrifices that can never take away sins.
But this one offered one sacrifice for sins, and took his seat forever at the right hand of God;
now he waits until his enemies are made his footstool.
For by one offering he has made perfect forever those who are being consecrated.
The holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying:
"This is the covenant I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord: 'I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them upon their minds,'"
he also says: "Their sins and their evildoing I will remember no more."
Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer offering for sin.

Psalms

The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand
till I make your enemies your footstool.”
The scepter of your power the LORD will stretch forth from Zion:
“Rule in the midst of your enemies.”
“Yours is princely power in the day of your birth, in holy splendor;
before the daystar, like the dew, I have begotten you.”
The LORD has sworn, and he will not repent:
“You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

On another occasion, Jesus began to teach by the sea. A very large crowd gathered around him so that he got into a boat on the sea and sat down. And the whole crowd was beside the sea on land.
And he taught them at length in parables, and in the course of his instruction he said to them,
Hear this! A sower went out to sow.
And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
Other seed fell on rocky ground where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.
And when the sun rose, it was scorched and it withered for lack of roots.
Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it and it produced no grain.
And some seed fell on rich soil and produced fruit. It came up and grew and yielded thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."
He added, "Whoever has ears to hear ought to hear."
And when he was alone, those present along with the Twelve questioned him about the parables.
He answered them, "The mystery of the kingdom of God has been granted to you. But to those outside everything comes in parables,
so that 'they may look and see but not perceive, and hear and listen but not understand, in order that they may not be converted and be forgiven.'"
Jesus said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
The sower sows the word.
These are the ones on the path where the word is sown. As soon as they hear, Satan comes at once and takes away the word sown in them.
And these are the ones sown on rocky ground who, when they hear the word, receive it at once with joy.
But they have no root; they last only for a time. Then when tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
Those sown among thorns are another sort. They are the people who hear the word,
but worldly anxiety, the lure of riches, and the craving for other things intrude and choke the word, and it bears no fruit.
But those sown on rich soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit thirty and sixty and a hundredfold."

St. Gildas the Wise(Abbot (6th century))

SAINT GILDAS THE WISE (or Gildas of Rhuys) Abbot (c. 500-570 or 581) St. Gildas was a 6th-century British monk. His piety and devotion to the Holy Mother of God were acquired thanks to his teachers and spiritual director. He was educated at a British monastery thanks to his noble lineage. His renowned learning and literary style earned him the nameGildas Sapiens (Gildas the Wise). As a young man, St. Gildas travelled to Ireland and received formation from St. Patrick's monks. He then led a solitary life in France and founded a monastery in Rhuis near Vannes. He served as the monastery's abbot and guided many soul to perfection. St. Gildas wrote eight canons of discipline and a severe invective against the crimes of the Britons, called De Excidio Britanniae. He also wrote an invective against the British clergy, whom he accused of sloth and seldom sacrificing at the altar. He was a reformer who braved the perils of a truthful and righteous life for the honor of God. St. Gildas passed away in 570 or in 581. He conformed his will and intellect to the Divine and thus enjoys the beatific vision of God in Heaven. He is the patron saint of the coastal city of Vannes.

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