Catholic Missal of the day: Wednesday, July 11 2018

Wednesday of the Fourteenth week in Ordinary Time

Wednesday of the Fourteenth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Hosea

10,1-3.7-8.12.

]Israel is a luxuriant vine whose fruit matches its growth. The more abundant his fruit, the more altars he built; The more productive his land, the more sacred pillars he set up.
]Their heart is false, now they pay for their guilt; God shall break down their altars and destroy their sacred pillars.
]If they would say, "We have no king"-- Since they do not fear the LORD, what can the king do for them?
]The king of Samaria shall disappear, like foam upon the waters.
]The high places of Aven shall be destroyed, the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles shall overgrow their altars. Then they shall cry out to the mountains, "Cover us!" and to the hills, "Fall upon us!"
]"Sow for yourselves justice, reap the fruit of piety; Break up for yourselves a new field, for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain down justice upon you."

Psalm

Psalms

105(104),2-3.4-5.6-7.

]Sing to him, sing his praise,
proclaim all his wondrous deeds.
]Glory in his holy name;
rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!
]Look to the LORD in his strength;
seek to serve him constantly.
]Recall the wondrous deeds that he has wrought,
his portents, and the judgments he has uttered.
]You descendants of Abraham, his servants,
sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!
]He, the LORD, is our God;
throughout the earth his judgments prevail.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

10,1-7.

]Jesus summoned his Twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.
]The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
]Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;
]Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.
]Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus, "Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.
]Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
]As you go, make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'"

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St. Benedict(Abbot and Patron of Europe (c. 480-547))

SAINT BENEDICTAbbot and Patron of Europe(c. 480-547) St. Benedict was an Italian nobleman. He attended public school in Rome, but withdrew to Subiaco's moutains after witnessing the Roman youths' licentiousness. Divine providence guided him to the deep cave where he made his abode. St. Benedict lived in Subiaco for three years unbeknownst to everyone except Romanus, a holy monk. The latter awarded St. Benedict the monastic habit. St. Benedict discerned God's will through vigils, listening and meditation. He meditated on the mystery of death, which made his faith-expression unique. As the abbot of a monastery, St. Benedict's guidance was rigorous, but blessed. When a disaffected disciple mixed poison into his drink, he made the sign of the cross over it and the vessel shattered. This miracle was one of many during his life. After building twelve monasteries in Subiaco, St. Benedict founded an abbey in Monte Casino and wrote his Benedictine Rule. His rule and monasteries are widely regarded as the progenitor of Western monasticism. The institutes diffused Christendom throughout Europe after the collapse of the Roman Empire, with the result that works of Western Civilization were preserved and monasteries became centers of higher education. Guided by the will of God through prayer, St. Benedict wrought miracles, saw visions and prophesied. He once raised a dead boy to life. Alban Butler wrote: "Once, a peasant whose son had died ran to him crying, 'Give me back my son!' Benedict replied, 'Such miracles are not for me to work, but for the blessed apostles. Why would you lay a burden upon me that my weakness cannot bear?' Moved at length by compassion, Benedict knelt and prostrated himself. Rising, he said in a loud voice, 'Behold not, O Lord, my sins, but the faith of this man who desires the life of his son, and restore to the body that soul which you have taken.' Hardly had he spoken when the child's body trembled. Taking the child's hand, Benedict gave him alive to his father." If God listened to St. Benedict in life, how much more will God listen when they meet face to face? Six days before his death, St. Benedict ordered his grave to be opened. He fell ill with a fever and requested to be borne to the chapel. After receiving the Eucharist with hands uplifted and leaning on one of his disciples, he calmly passed away on March 21, 547.Pope Paul VI proclaimed St. Benedict the patron of Europe on October 24, 1964 (Apostolic Letter: Pacis nuntius).

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