Catholic Missal of the day: Wednesday, January 6 2016

3rd day after Epiphany

3rd day after Epiphany

1. Reading

First Letter of John

4,11-18.

]Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another.
]No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us.
]This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us, that he has given us of his Spirit.
]Moreover, we have seen and testify that the Father sent his Son as savior of the world.
]Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him and he in God.
]We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us. God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.
]In this is love brought to perfection among us, that we have confidence on the day of judgment because as he is, so are we in this world.
]There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with punishment, and so one who fears is not yet perfect in love.

Psalm

Psalms

72(71),1-2.10.12-13.

]O God, with your judgment endow the king,
and with your justice, the king's son;
]He shall govern your people with justice
and your afflicted ones with judgment.
]The kings of Tarshish and the Isles shall offer gifts;
the kings of Arabia and Seba shall bring tribute.
]For he shall rescue the poor when he cries out,
And the afflicted when he has no one to help him.
]He shall have pity for the lowly and the poor;
The lives of the poor he shall save.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

6,45-52.

]After the five thousand had eaten and were satisfied, Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and precede him to the other side toward Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.
]And when he had taken leave of them, he went off to the mountain to pray.
]When it was evening, the boat was far out on the sea and he was alone on shore.
]Then he saw that they were tossed about while rowing, for the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, he came toward them walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them.
]But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost and cried out.
]They had all seen him and were terrified. But at once he spoke with them, "Take courage, it is I, do not be afraid!"
]He got into the boat with them and the wind died down. They were (completely) astounded.
]They had not understood the incident of the loaves. On the contrary, their hearts were hardened.

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St. Andre Bessette(C.S.C. (1845-1937))

Saint Brother André BessetteC.SC.(1845-1937) Brother André was baptized Alfred Bessette. He was born on August 9, 1845, in Quebec, Canada. He was orphaned at the age of 12 together with his siblings. His mother died of tuberculosis and his father had died in a lumbering accident three years earlier. André was barely able to read or write when he was forced to leave school and learn a trade. For 13 years, he labored in various industries despite his own frail health. In 1870, André entered the Congregation of Holy Cross and was assigned as the high school's doorkeeper in Montreal. There, he welcomed the sick and suffering and encouraged them to pray to Saint Joseph, to whom the Holy Cross Brothers were dedicated by their founder, the Venerable Basil Moreau, C.S.C. Brother André's visitors often found that they had been healed of their illnesses and received other spiritual favors. Brother André became known as the miracle man of Montreal, but he always gave the credit to Saint Joseph. So many people called on Brother André that he built a small chapel to Saint Joseph across the street from the school. Through his determination, prayers and his friends' generosity, the great Oratory of Saint Joseph began to rise on Mount Royal. Today, millions of visitors come to the Oratory and beseech Saint Joseph and Brother André. Brother André passed away on January 6, 1937, at the age of 92. He was so beloved that more than a million people attended his funeral in a snowstorm. His body lies in the beautiful basilica he built to honor St. Joseph. Brother André was beatified by Pope John Paul II on May 23, 1982. In his homily that day, the Holy Father said this of Brother André:"A daily crowd of the sick, the afflicted, the poor of all kinds - those who were handicapped or wounded by life - came to him. They found in his presence a welcome ear, comfort and faith in God. Do not the poor of today have as much need of such love, of such hope, of such education in prayer?" Saint Brother André was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 17, 2010.

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