Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, July 1 2016
Friday of the Thirteenth week in Ordinary Time
Friday of the Thirteenth week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingBook of Amos
8,4-6.9-12.]Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land!
]"When will the new moon be over," you ask, "that we may sell our grain, and the sabbath, that we may display the wheat? We will diminish the ephah, add to the shekel, and fix our scales for cheating!
]We will buy the lowly man for silver, and the poor man for a pair of sandals; even the refuse of the wheat we will sell!"
]On that day, says the Lord GOD, I will make the sun set at midday and cover the earth with darkness in broad daylight.
]I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentations. I will cover the loins of all with sackcloth and make every head bald. I will make them mourn as for an only son, and bring their day to a bitter end.
]Yes, days are coming, says the Lord GOD, when I will send famine upon the land: Not a famine of bread, or thirst for water, but for hearing the word of the LORD.
]Then shall they wander from sea to sea and rove from the north to the east In search of the word of the LORD, but they shall not find it.
Psalms
119(118),2.10.20.30.40.131.]Blessed are they who observe his decrees,
who seek him with all their heart.
]With all my heart I seek you;
let me not stray from your commands.
]My soul is consumed with longing
for your ordinances at all times.
]The way of truth I have chosen;
I have set your ordinances before me.
]Behold, I long for your precepts;
in your justice give me life.
]I gasp with open mouth,
in my yearning for your commands.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew
9,9-13.]As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.
]While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples.
]The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
]He heard this and said, "Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.
]Go and learn the meaning of the words, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' I did not come to call the righteous but sinners."
St. Junípero Serra Ferrer(O.F.M. (1713-1784))
Junípero Serra Ferrer, O.F.M. (November 24, 1713– August 28, 1784) Junípero Serra Ferrerwas a Spanish Franciscan who founded missions in Mexico and North America. He advocated for indigenous tribes that faced encroachment from colonists and Spanish government officials. His missions from Zacatecas to California gave a voice and representation to indigenous communities. Fr. Junípero founded a mission in Jalpan de Serra, Querétaro, Mexico. He brought pastoral and agricultural innovations in addition to the Gospel. He abolished blood rituals that are central to witchcraft. When Spanish colonists encroached on native lands, Fr. Junípero obtained the protection of his parishioners' rights. The natives retained their land rights and the colonists were resettled. When the Jesuits were expelled from Spain, Fr. Junípero established a mission in Baja California and the first nine of twenty-one missions from San Diego to San Francisco.He began in San Diego on July 16, 1769, and established a headquarters near Monterey, California, at Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo.The missions integrated indigenous neophytes into Spanish society and trained them to take ownership and management of the land. Fr. Junípero obtained independence for indigenous communities from the colonial government in Mexico and helped them produce surpluses of cattle, wine and grain. The mixed-race populations in California and large native communities testify to abundant care ofFr. Junípero and the Franciscans. Fr. Junípero Serra treated natives as God's children and kept Spanish officials in check. Mexico City, local military officers and colonists did not exploit the indigenous populations thanks to his ceaseless efforts. Many of the missions he founded are UNESCO world heritage sites. He waswas beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 25, 1988; and canonized by Pope Francis in September 2015.
Bl. Antonio Rosmini(Priest and Founder (1797-1855))
Blessed Antonio RosminiPriest and Founder of the Institute of Charity(1797-1855) Antonio Rosmini was baptized the day after his birth on March 24, 1797. His parents were Pier Modesto and Giovanna dei Conti Formenti di Riva. He was raised in Rovereto, a very "Italian" town, which had been part of the Austrian Empire since 1509. In 1816, he enrolled at the University of Padua, Italy, where he received doctorates in theology and canon law. After graduating, he returned to Rovereto and prepared for Holy Orders. In February 1820, he accompanied his sister, Margherita, to Verona, where the Marquess Maddalena of Canossa (now Blessed) had founded a religious institute. During the visit, Maddalena invited him to found a male religious institute. He politely declined, but her invitation in time proved prophetic. Antonio was ordained a priest on April 21, 1821, in Chioggia, Italy. In 1823, he travelled to Rome with the patriarch of Venice who arranged an audience for him with Pope Pius VII. During that audience, the Pontiff encouraged him to undertake the reform of philosophy.In 1826, he went to Milan to publish the results of his philosophical studies. He wrote on many subjects, including the origin of ideas and certitude, the nature of the human soul, ethics, the relationship between Church and State, the philosophy of law, metaphysics, grace, original sin, the sacraments and education. On Ash Wednesday, February 20, 1828, Fr. Antonio withdrew to write the constitutions of the budding Institute of Charity, in which he incorporated the principle of passivity (to be concerned with one's personal sanctification until God's will manifests itself to undertake some external work of charity) and the principle of impartiality (to free one of any personal preference in assuming a work of charity). To assure himself of God's will in his philosophical and foundational work, he went to Rome a second time in November 1828 and received Pope Leo XII's support. On May 15, 1829, he met with the new pope, Pius VIII, who confirmed his double mission as philosopher and founder. During that visit, Fr. Antonio published "Maxims of Christian Perfection" and "Origin of Ideas," which won the admiration of many scholars. By 1832, the Institute of Charity had spread to northern Italy. By 1835, the Institute reached England, where the community grew substantially. In England, the Rosminians are credited with introducing the use of the Roman collar and cassock and the practice of wearing the religious habit in public. They were known for preaching missions, the practice of the Forty Hours, May devotions, the use of the scapular, novena celebrations, public processions and the blessing of throats on the feast of St. Blaise.Pope Gregory XVI approved the Institute's Constitutions on December 20, 1838. On March 25, 1839, twenty Italian and six British priests took vows. On September 20, 1839, Fr. Antonio was appointed provost general for life. This happy period of growth and apostolic success was tempered by opposition to Fr. Antonio's intellectual and philosophical writings from 1826 until his death. Primarily, his "Treatise on Moral Conscience" (1839) led to a sharp, 15-year controversy, which required more than one Papal injunction to silence the "Rosminian Question." Another important, but controversial work was "The Five Wounds of the Church" (1832).Fr. Antonio found himself wedged between the obligation to renew Catholic philosophy and finding his works on the Index. His obedience to the Church was admirable: "In everything, I want to base myself on the authority of the Church, and I want the whole world to know that I adhere to this authority alone" (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, "Note on the Force of the Doctrinal Decrees", L'Osservatore Romano English edition , 25 July 2001, p. 9). To close the issue definitively, the Pontiff submitted all Rosmini's works to examination by the Congregation of the Index. On July 3, 1854, it was decreed: "All the works of Antonio Rosmini-Serbati that have recently been examined are to be dismissed, and this examination in no way detracts from the good name of the author, nor of the religious Society founded by him, nor from his life and singular merits towards the Church" (R. Malone, "Historical Overview of the Rosmini Case", ORE, 25 July 2001, p. 10). Less than a year after the decree that vindicated Fr. Antonio Rosmini, he passed away in Stresa, Italy, at age 58, on July 1, 1855.
St. Gal(Bishop (c. 489-553))
SAINT GALBishop(c. 489-553) St. Gal was born in Clermont, the region of Auvergne, France, around 489. His father was a nobleman. His mother was from the family of Vettius Apagatus, a celebrated Roman who suffered for Christ in Lyons. When they arranged his marriage to a senator's daughter, he withdrew to the Cournon monastery near the city of Auvergne and sought to become a monk. St. Gal embraced religious poverty and received holy orders from Quintianus, the bishop of Auvergne. When Quintianus passed away in 527, St. Gal succeeded him. Once, when he was struck on the head by a brute, his meekness diffused the attacker's rage. Another time, a senator who had become a priest, Evodius, insulted him; but stead of retaliating, meekly arose and went to visit churches in the city. Evodius was so moved that he cast himself at St. Gal's feet in public and begged forgiveness. From that time, they were the most cordial friends. St. Gal defended the Church's independence from Governor Sivigald of Auvergne. The latter attempted to exert secular authority over the Church, seeing is an apparatus of the Merovingian dynasty. St. Gal also attended the councils of 535, 541 and 549 to consolidate and organize the burgeoning French Church. He passed away around 553; and is a saint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church.
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