Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, January 30 2016
Saturday of the Third week in Ordinary Time
Saturday of the Third week in Ordinary Time
1. Reading2nd book of Samuel
12,1-7a.10-17.]The LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he came to him, Nathan said: "Judge this case for me! In a certain town there were two men, one rich, the other poor.
]The rich man had flocks and herds in great numbers.
]But the poor man had nothing at all except one little ewe lamb that he had bought. He nourished her, and she grew up with him and his children. She shared the little food he had and drank from his cup and slept in his bosom. She was like a daughter to him.
]Now, the rich man received a visitor, but he would not take from his own flocks and herds to prepare a meal for the wayfarer who had come to him. Instead he took the poor man's ewe lamb and made a meal of it for his visitor."
]David grew very angry with that man and said to Nathan: "As the LORD lives, the man who has done this merits death!
]He shall restore the ewe lamb fourfold because he has done this and has had no pity."
]Then Nathan said to David: "You are the man! Thus says the LORD God of Israel:
]Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah to be your wife.'
]Thus says the LORD: 'I will bring evil upon you out of your own house. I will take your wives while you live to see it, and will give them to your neighbor. He shall lie with your wives in broad daylight.
]You have done this deed in secret, but I will bring it about in the presence of all Israel, and with the sun looking down.'"
]Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." Nathan answered David: "The LORD on his part has forgiven your sin: you shall not die.
]But since you have utterly spurned the LORD by this deed, the child born to you must surely die."
]Then Nathan returned to his house. The LORD struck the child that the wife of Uriah had borne to David, and it became desperately ill.
]David besought God for the child. He kept a fast, retiring for the night to lie on the ground clothed in sackcloth.
]The elders of his house stood beside him urging him to rise from the ground; but he would not, nor would he take food with them.
Psalms
51(50),12-13.14-15.16-17.]A clean heart create for me, O God,
and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
]Cast me not out from your presence,
and your Holy Spirit take not from me.
]Give me back the joy of your salvation,
and a willing spirit sustain in me.
]I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners shall return to you.
]Free me from blood guilt, O God, my saving God;
then my tongue shall revel in your justice.
]O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark
4,35-41.]On that day, as evening drew on, Jesus said to his disciples: "Let us cross to the other side."
]Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him.
]A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up.
]Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?"
]He woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Quiet! Be still!" The wind ceased and there was great calm.
]Then he asked them, "Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?"
]They were filled with great awe and said to one another, "Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?"
St. Bathildes(Queen (c. 634-680))
SAINT BATHILDES Queen. (c. 634-680) St. Bathildes was an Anglo Saxon slave who became a Christian queen. She was sold at a very young age to Erkenwald, the mayor of the palace under King Clovis II. When she grew up, Erkenwald was so impressed by her prudence and virtues that he placed her in charge of his household. St. Bathildes was acquainted with King Clovis II and became his royal consort. Her virtues increased in accordance with the demands of her life and status. Holy Angels certainly assist in nurturing each virtue; as Scripture says, "You will see the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man" (Jn 1:51). King Clovis II gave Bathildes authority for the protection of the Church, care of the poor and furtherance of religious undertakings. Before passing away, he appointed Queen Bathildes regent of the kingdom. She forbade the enslavement of Christians, did all in her power to promote piety and filled France with hospitals and religious houses. When her son, Clotaire, was of age, Queen Bathildes withdrew from the world and entered the convent of Chelles. There, she seemed to entirely forget her queenship. She was distinguished from the rest of the community only by her humility, obedience to spiritual superiors and devotion to the sick, whom she comforted and served with wonderful charity. When Queen Bathildes was near death, God visited her with a severe illness. She bore her affliction patiently and united her suffering to Jesus' Cross. She breathed forth her soul with prayer on January 30, 680. Amid the Church Triumphant in heaven, St. Bathildes reigns with Jesus Christ in our true native land.
Bl. Columba Marmion(Abbot (1858-1923))
Bl. Columba Marmion Third Abbot of Maredsous (1858-1923) Bl. Columba Marmion was born in Dublin, Ireland, on April 1, 1858, to an Irish father (William Marmion) and a French mother (Herminie Cordier). He was named Joseph Aloysius at birth. He entered the Dublin diocesan seminary in 1874 and completed his theological studies at the College of the Propagation of the Faith in Rome. He was ordained a priest at St. Agatha of the Goths on June 16, 1881. Fr. Columba wanted to be a missionary monk in Australia, but was won over by the liturgical atmosphere of the newly founded Abbey of Maredsous in Belgium. He visited the Abbey before returning to Ireland in 1881. Later, his bishop appointed him curate in Dundrum and professor at the major seminary in Clonliffe (1882-86). As the chaplain at the convent of Redemptorist nuns and at a women's prison, he learned to guide souls, to hear confessions, to counsel and to help the dying. In 1886, Fr. Columba received his bishop's permission to become a monk. He voluntarily renounced a promising ecclesiastical career and was welcomed at Maredsous in Belgium by Abbot Placidus Wolter. His novitiate, under the iron rule of Dom Benoît D'Hondt and among a group of young novices, proved all the more difficult because he had to change habits, culture and language. But saying that he had entered the monastery to learn obedience, he let himself be molded by monastic discipline, community life and choral prayer until his solemn profession on February 10, 1891. Fr. Columba received his first "obedience" or mission when he was assigned to the small group of monks sent to found the Abbey of Mont César in Louvain. Although it unsettled him, he generously and obediently forged ahead. He was entrusted with the task of Prior beside Abbot de Kerchove and served as a spiritual director and professor to the young monks studying philosophy or theology in Louvain. He preached retreats in Belgium and in the United Kingdom and gave spiritual direction to many communities, including the Carmelite nuns. He became the confessor of Mons. Joseph Mercier, the future Cardinal, and the two formed a lasting friendship. During this period, Maredsous Abbey was governed by Dom Hildebrand de Hemptinne, its second Abbot, who in 1893 would become, at the request of Leo XIII, the first Prelate of the Benedictine Confederation. Fr.Columba was thus elected the third Abbot of Maredsous on September 28, 1909, receiving the abbatial blessing on October 3. Ab. Columbawas placed at the head of a community of more than 100 monks, with a humanities college, a trade school and a farm. He also edited the Revue Bénédictine and other publications. He also helped the Anglican monks of Caldey when they wished to convert to Catholicism. Ab. Columba's greatest ordeal was the First World War. His decision to send the young monks to Ireland so that they could complete their education in peace led to many anxieties. It also caused misunderstandings and conflicts between the two generations within the community. German lay brothers, who had been present since the monastery's foundation by Beuron Abbey, had to be sent home (despite the Benedictine vow of stability). After the war, a small group of monks was dispatched to the Monastery of the Dormition in Jerusalem to replace the German monks expelled by the British authorities. Finally, the Belgian monasteries were separated from the Beuron Congregation; and in 1920, the Belgian Congregation of the Annunciation was set up with Maredsous, Mont César and St. André of Zevenkerken. Fr. Columba's sole comfort during this period was preaching and giving spiritual direction. His secretary, Dom Raymond Thibaut, prepared his spiritual conferences for publication: Christ the Life of the Soul (1917), Christ in His Mysteries (1919) and Christ the Ideal of the Monk (1922). He was already considered an outstanding abbot (Queen Elisabeth of Belgium consulted with him at length) and a great spiritual author. Bl. Columba Marmion passed away during a flu epidemic on January 30, 1923. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 3, 2000.
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