Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, July 12 2019

Friday of the Fourteenth week in Ordinary Time

Friday of the Fourteenth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Genesis

46,1-7.28-30.

]Israel set out with all that was his. When he arrived at Beer-sheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
]There God, speaking to Israel in a vision by night, called, "Jacob! Jacob!" "Here I am," he answered.
]Then he said: "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you a great nation.
]Not only will I go down to Egypt with you; I will also bring you back here, after Joseph has closed your eyes."
]So Jacob departed from Beer-sheba, and the sons of Israel put their father and their wives and children on the wagons that Pharaoh had sent for his transport.
]They took with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan. Thus Jacob and all his descendants migrated to Egypt.
]His sons and his grandsons, his daughters and his granddaughters--all his descendants--he took with him to Egypt.
]Israel had sent Judah ahead to Joseph, so that he might meet him in Goshen. On his arrival in the region of Goshen,
]Joseph hitched the horses to his chariot and rode to meet his father Israel in Goshen. As soon as he saw him, he flung himself on his neck and wept a long time in his arms.
]And Israel said to Joseph, "At last I can die, now that I have seen for myself that Joseph is still alive."

Psalm

Psalms

37(36),3-4.18-19.27-28.39-40.

]Trust in the LORD and do good,
that you may dwell in the land and be fed in security.
]Take delight in the LORD,
and he will grant you your heart's requests.
]The LORD watches over the lives of the wholehearted;
their inheritance lasts forever.
]They are not put to shame in an evil time;
in days of famine they have plenty.
]Turn from evil and do good,
that you may abide forever;
]For the LORD loves what is right,
and forsakes not his faithful ones.
]The salvation of the just is from the LORD;
He is their refuge in time of distress.
]The LORD helps them and delivers them;
He delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
because they take refuge in him.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

10,16-23.

]Jesus said to his Apostles: “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.
]But beware of men, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues,
]and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake as a witness before them and the pagans.
]When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say. You will be given at that moment what you are to say.
]For it will not be you who speak but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
]Brother will hand over brother to death, and the father his child; children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.
]You will be hated by all because of my name, but whoever endures to the end will be saved."
]When they persecute you in one town, flee to another. Amen, I say to you, you will not finish the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes."

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St. John Gualbert(Abbot (999-1073))

SAINT JOHN GUALBERTAbbot(999-1073) St. John Gualbert founded the Vallumbrosan Order without being ordained. He was a nobleman from Florence, Italy; and was involved in a blood-feud with a near relative. One Good Friday, he and his armed followers encountered their enemy outside Florence. The enemy fell to his knees and begged for mercy, for the sake of Good Friday and Jesus' Passion. St. John granted mercy and renounced revenge. When St. John entered the Church of St. Miniato to pray, the figure of Our Crucified Lord bowed its head toward him as if to ratify his pardon. He thus left the world and entered the Benedictine Order. He criticized simony, the buying and selling of ecclesiastical offices, and thus reformed the bishopric of Florence. St. John founded a monastery in Vallombrosa, a few miles from Florence, called St. Salvi. However, his enemies plundered the monastery, razed it to the ground and beat and wounded the monks. Alban Butler quoted him saying, "For suffering with Christ, you will be rewarded with his crown of glory. 'Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven'" (Mt. 5:10). St. John reformed several other monasteries. He is regarded as the Vallumbrosan's founder despite never being ordained. St. John continued working for peoples' salvation before passing away at the age of 88. He had been the confidant of popes and noblemen alike. He passed on July 11, 1073, with many miracles being granted through his intercession. He lives forever with Jesus Christ and continues hearing prayers for intercession.

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