Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, January 8 2019
2nd day after Epiphany
2nd day after Epiphany
1. ReadingFirst Letter of John
4,7-10.]Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.
]Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love.
]In this way the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.
]In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins.
Psalms
72(71),1-2.3-4.7-8.]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 mountains shall yield peace for the people,
and the hills justice.
]He shall defend the afflicted among the people,
save the children of the poor.
]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.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark
6,34-44.]When Jesus saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.
]By now it was already late and his disciples approached him and said, "This is a deserted place and it is already very late.
]Dismiss them so that they can go to the surrounding farms and villages and buy themselves something to eat."
]He said to them in reply, "Give them some food yourselves." But they said to him, "Are we to buy two hundred days' wages worth of food and give it to them to eat?"
]He asked them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." And when they had found out they said, "Five loaves and two fish."
]So he gave orders to have them sit down in groups on the green grass.
]The people took their places in rows by hundreds and by fifties.
]Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to (his) disciples to set before the people; he also divided the two fish among them all.
]They all ate and were satisfied.
]And they picked up twelve wicker baskets full of fragments and what was left of the fish.
]Those who ate (of the loaves) were five thousand men.
St. Apollinaris(The Apologist, Bishop (2nd century))
SAINT APOLLINARIS, THE APOLOGIST Bishop(2nd century) Claudius Apollinaris was the bishop of Hierapolis, in the kingdom of Phrygia, modern Turkey. He was an apologist and civil rights activist. Besides encomiums from Eusebius, St. Jerome, Theodoret and others, little is known about Apollinaris. His writings, which were then held in great esteem, seem now to be lost. Apollinaris wrote many able treatises against heresies. He pointed out, as St. Jerome testifies, from what philosophical sect each heresy derived its errors. He also addressed an apologetic letter to Emperor Marcus Aurelius circa 175 A.D. Therein, he links the miraculous victory over the Quadi to the prayers of Christians. Apollinaris implored the emperor to protect Christians from persecution by pagans. Thus, Marcus Aurelius published an edict forbidding anyone, under pain of death, to accuse Christians for their religion. By a strange inconsistency, he lacked the courage to abolish the laws then in force. As a consequence, many Christians suffered martyrdom, though their accusers were also put to death. The date of Apollinaris' death is unknown. The Roman Martyrology mentions him on January 8. He lives now in the company of saints and beholds God forever.
St. Severin(Abbot (410-482))
St. SeverinAbbot(410-482) While the Roman Empire was collapsing, St. Severin travelled to the most stricken, war-torn area to serve and minister to its people. He carried nothing more than the clothes on his back; but built refugee centers, schools and monasteries. He was like a prototype of St. Francis of Assisi. Austria honors St. Severin as its apostle. Germanic tribes were invading Noricum, modern Austria, and Bavaria. The Roman Empire was collapsing and those on its fringes were acutely affected. St. Severin made the conscious decision to work among the inhabitants of that area, amidst Germanic tribes who invaded Rome. He only bore the weight of the enormous risks through faith and likely a strong devotion to Saints Mary and Joseph. He walked by faith and not by sight (2 Cor 5:7). In Noricum, St. Severin organized refugee centers and procured food. Germanic warlords like Odoacer permitted his activities on account of his absolute poverty and clear lack of political agenda. He arrived in Noricum not wearing shoes and sleeping in the open. He had no claim to wealth or status; hence the power of his faith was great. He worked without any material gain and at the expense of his own life. The sheer vulnerability and radical lifestyle must have caused others to think he was harmless or a lunatic. The immunity he gained allowed him to eventually establish schools and monasteries with Germanic consent. When St. Severin's monastery was razed by invading Huns, his body was carried to Lucullano, near Naples. His body was then transferred to a monastery dedicated to him. The lasting impact he had on Austria and Bavaria have led those countries to venerate him as an apostle and father.
St. Thorfinn(Bishop († 1285))
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