Tuesday of the Fourth week in Ordinary Time

Letter to the Hebrews

12,1-4.

Brothers and sisters : since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us
while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith. For the sake of the joy that lay before him he endured the cross, despising its shame, and has taken his seat at the right of the throne of God.
Consider how he endured such opposition from sinners, in order that you may not grow weary and lose heart.
In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood.

Psalms

22(21),26b-27.28.30.31-32.

I will fulfill my vows before those who fear him.
The lowly shall eat their fill;
They who seek the LORD shall praise him:
"May your hearts be ever merry!"
All the ends of the earth
shall remember and turn to the LORD;
All the families of the nations
shall bow down before him.
To him alone shall bow down
all who sleep in the earth;
Before him shall bend
all who go down into the dust.
And to him my soul shall live;
my descendants shall serve him.
Let the coming generation be told of the LORD
that they may proclaim to a people yet to be born
the justice he has shown.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

5,21-43.

When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he stayed close to the sea.
One of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, came forward. Seeing him he fell at his feet
and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, "My daughter is at the point of death. Please, come lay your hands on her that she may get well and live."
He went off with him, and a large crowd followed him and pressed upon him.
There was a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years.
She had suffered greatly at the hands of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet she was not helped but only grew worse.
She had heard about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak.
She said, "If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured."
Immediately her flow of blood dried up. She felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
Jesus, aware at once that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who has touched my clothes?"
But his disciples said to him, "You see how the crowd is pressing upon you, and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'"
And he looked around to see who had done it.
The woman, realizing what had happened to her, approached in fear and trembling. She fell down before Jesus and told him the whole truth.
He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be cured of your affliction."
While he was still speaking, people from the synagogue official's house arrived and said, "Your daughter has died; why trouble the teacher any longer?"
Disregarding the message that was reported, Jesus said to the synagogue official, "Do not be afraid; just have faith."
He did not allow anyone to accompany him inside except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.
When they arrived at the house of the synagogue official, he caught sight of a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.
So he went in and said to them, "Why this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep."
And they ridiculed him. Then he put them all out. He took along the child's father and mother and those who were with him and entered the room where the child was.
He took the child by the hand and said to her, "Talitha koum," which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise!"
The girl, a child of twelve, arose immediately and walked around. (At that) they were utterly astounded.
He gave strict orders that no one should know this and said that she should be given something to eat.

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St. John Bosco(Priest (1815-1888) - Memorial)

SAINT JOHN BOSCO Priest (1815-1888) Born in the diocese of Turin in 1815 and brought up in poverty, St. John Bosco devoted his life to the education of working youth. He founded religious congregations: the Salesian Order and the Congregation of the Helpers of Mary. St. John Bosco's mystical experiences were only known after his death. Like Jesus, he never displayed his gifts to make an impression or to satisfy others' curiosity. He passed away on January 30, 1888, at the age of seventy-two.

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St. Marcella(Widow (325-410))

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SAINT MARCELLA Widow (325-410) St. Marcella, whom St. Jerome called the glory of Roman women, was widowed after only seven months of marriage. By grace, she grew determined to consecrate the remainder of her days to the service of God. She rejected the hand of Cerealis, the consul, uncle of Gallus Caesar, and resolved to imitate the lives of the Eastern ascetics. She abstained from wine and meat, employed all her time in pious reading and prayer, and visited churches; never speaking with any man alone. Her example was followed by women who placed themselves under her direction. When the Goths under Alaric plundered Rome in 410, St. Marcella was scourged to make her divulge the location of treasures. Long before, she had distributed them in charitable giving. St. Marcella trembled only for the innocence of her dear spiritual daughter, Principia. By St. Marcella's wisdom and God's grace, the Goths spared Principia; and conducted the Saint and her pupil to the Church of St. Paul, to which Alaric had granted the right of sanctuary, along with that of St. Peter. St. Marcella lived a only a little while longer, passing away in St. Principia's arms at the end of August, 410.

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