Catholic Missal of the day: Wednesday, January 30 2019
Wednesday of the Third week in Ordinary Time
Wednesday of the Third week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingLetter to the Hebrews
10,11-18.]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
110(109),1.2.3.4.]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
4,1-20.]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. 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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