Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, January 7 2018
Epiphany of the Lord
Epiphany of the Lord
1. ReadingBook of Isaiah
60,1-6.]Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you.
]See, darkness covers the earth, and thick clouds cover the peoples; But upon you the LORD shines, and over you appears his glory.
]Nations shall walk by your light, and kings by your shining radiance.
]Raise your eyes and look about; they all gather and come to you: Your sons come from afar, and your daughters in the arms of their nurses.
]Then you shall be radiant at what you see, your heart shall throb and overflow, For the riches of the sea shall be emptied out before you, the wealth of nations shall be brought to you.
]Caravans of camels shall fill you, dromedaries from Midian and Ephah; All from Sheba shall come bearing gold and frankincense, and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
Psalms
72(71),1-2.7-8.10-11.12-13.]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.
]Justice shall flower in his days,
and profound peace, till the moon be no more.
]May he rule from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
]The kings of Tarshish and the Isles shall offer gifts;
the kings of Arabia and Seba shall bring tribute.
]All kings shall pay him homage,
all nations shall serve him.
]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.
Letter to the Ephesians
3,2-3a.5-6.]Brothers and sisters: You have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for your benefit,
](namely, that) the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly earlier.
]which was not made known to human beings in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,
]that the Gentiles are coheirs, members of the same body, and copartners in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew
2,1-12.]When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
]saying, "Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage."
]When King Herod heard this, he was greatly troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
]Assembling all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born.
]They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it has been written through the prophet:
]'And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; since from you shall come a ruler, who is to shepherd my people Israel.'"
]Then Herod called the magi secretly and ascertained from them the time of the star's appearance.
]He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search diligently for the child. When you have found him, bring me word, that I too may go and do him homage."
]After their audience with the king they set out. And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over the place where the child was.
]They were overjoyed at seeing the star,
]and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
]And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed for their country by another way.
St. Raymond of Peñafort(Priest (c. 1175-1275))
SAINT RAYMOND OF PEÑAFORTPriest(C. 1175-1275) Raymond was born circa 1175 to a noble Spanish family. Starting the age of 20, he taught philosophy in Barcelona with great success. Ten years later, he earned a doctorate at the University of Bologna. A tender devotion to our Blessed Lady, which he had nurtured since childhood, made him renounce all his honors in middle life and enter the Order of St. Dominic. He founded the Order of Our Lady of Ransom for the Redemption of Captives, together with St. Peter Nolasco and King James of Aragon. The Holy Mother of God appeared to them in visions and bid them ransom Christian slaves from Islamic captors. Raymond ransomed countless Christians and preached a crusade against the Moors. Spain was liberated in the fifteenth century thanks to their efforts. Raymond bid King James of Aragon to extirpate the cause of his sins. When the king tarried, Raymond asked for leave to depart Majorca. However, the king refused and forbade Raymond's conveyance. Hence, Raymond spread his cloak upon the waters, tied one end to his staff as a sail, made the sign of the cross, stepped upon it, and was borne to Barcelona in six hours. He then gathered up his cloak dry and stole into his monastery. The king was overcome by this miracle and became a sincere penitent. Angels, who intercede until the end of time, likely bore Raymond's weight and conveyed him to Barcelona. In 1230, Gregory IX summoned Raymond to Rome, made him his confessor and grand penitentiary, and directed him to compile The Decretals: a collection of the scattered decisions of the popes and councils. When Raymond refused the archbishopric of Tarragona, he was elected as the third general of his Order in 1238. He resigned on account of his age and continued evangelizing the Moors. He lived to be 100 years old, and intercedes now in heaven.
St. Angela Foligno(Religious (1248 - 1309))
Saint Angela of Foligno(1248 – January 4, 1309) St. Angela of Foligno was a Christian mystic. She was a Franciscan tertiary who is known as the Teacher of Theologians. She also led a community that refused to accept enclosure in order to care for lepers and the sick. Some saints show marks of holiness very early, but not Angela! She was from a leading family in Foligno, Italy. Social status was her primary concern. As a wife and mother, she continued a life of distraction. Around the age of 40, she recognized the emptiness of her vain existence and sought God’s help in the Sacrament of Penance. Angela's Franciscan confessor helped her find God’s forgiveness and guided her to prayer and works of charity. Shortly after her conversion, her husband and children died. She then sold her possessions and entered the Secular Franciscan Order. She meditated on the crucified Christ, served the poor of Foligno as a nurse and begged for their needs. Other women later joined her and together they formed a religious community. At her confessor’s advice, Angela wrote her Book of Visions and Instructions. In it, she recalls some of the temptations she suffered after her conversion. She also expresses her thanks to God for the Incarnation of Jesus. She was beatified in 1693 and canonized in 2013.
St. Lucian(Priest and Martyr († 312))
SAINT LUCIANPriest and Martyr( 312) St. Lucian was born in Samosata, Syria. When his parents passed away, he distributed his considerable inheritance among the poor. He then withdrew to Edessa and lived near a holy man named Macarius. The latter conferred his knowledge of Holy Scriptures and formed St. Lucian's spirituality. When St. Lucian was ordained a priest, his time was divided between external duties, works of charity and studying sacred scriptures. He revised the books of the Old and New Testaments and expunged the errors of copyists and heretics. He prepared the way for St. Jerome, who produced the Latin translation known as the Vulgate. After being denounced as a Christian, St. Lucian was thrown into prison and tortured for 12 days. Some Christians visited him in prison on the feast day of Epiphany and brought bread and wine. While chained to the ground on his back, he consecrated the divine mysteries and communicated the faithful who were present. He was soon martyredin prison and was brought by Jesus Christ to Heaven.
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