Catholic Missal of the day: Wednesday, July 15 2026

Wednesday of the Fifteenth week in Ordinary Time

Book of Isaiah

Thus says the LORD: Woe to Assyria! My rod in anger, my staff in wrath.
Against an impious nation I send him, and against a people under my wrath I order him To seize plunder, carry off loot, and tread them down like the mud of the streets.
But this is not what he intends, nor does he have this in mind; Rather, it is in his heart to destroy, to make an end of nations not a few.
and the boastfulness of his haughty eyes. For he says: "By my own power I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am shrewd. I have moved the boundaries of peoples, their treasures I have pillaged, and, like a giant, I have put down the enthroned.
My hand has seized like a nest the riches of nations; As one takes eggs left alone, so I took in all the earth; No one fluttered a wing, or opened a mouth, or chirped!"
Will the axe boast against him who hews with it? Will the saw exalt itself above him who wields it? As if a rod could sway him who lifts it, or a staff him who is not wood!
Therefore the Lord, the LORD of hosts, will send among his fat ones leanness, And instead of his glory there will be kindling like the kindling of fire.

Psalms

Your people, O LORD, they trample down,
your inheritance they afflict.
Widow and stranger they slay,
the fatherless they murder.
And they say, "The LORD sees not;
the God of Jacob perceives not."
Understand, you senseless ones among the people;
and, you fools, when will you be wise?
Shall he who shaped the ear not hear?
Or he who formed the eye not see?
Shall he who instructs nations not chastise,
He who teaches men knowledge?
For the LORD will not cast off his people,
nor abandon his inheritance;
but judgment shall again be with justice,
and all the upright of heart shall follow it.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

At that time Jesus exclaimed, "I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.
Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.
All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him."

St. Bonaventure(Bishop and Doctor of the Church (1218-1274))

Saint Bonaventure Bishop and Doctor of the Church (1218-1274) Saint Bonaventure's supernatural virtues motivated his studies and professional development. He elevated Western scholasticism. For all his achievements, he was at heart a poor Franciscan: practicing and teaching virtues of humility and disinterested love.St. Francis of Assisi gave him his name after curing him of a mortal sickness, exclaiming, "O bona ventura! (O good luck)" St. Bonaventure is known as the Seraphic Doctor. His writings on divine love illuminate the intellectual ascent from knowledge to faith. The supernatural virtues grow by effort, up to the heart, mind and soul's mystical union with God. St. Bonaventure's friendship with St. Thomas Aquinas occasioned his use of philosophy as the departure point for the human heart and existentialism, which searches for perfect happiness that is only in God (the first principle). On one occasion, St. Thomas asked St. Bonavenure the source of his learning, and the latter pointed to the cross. Another time, St. Thomas found St. Bonaventure in ecstatic union with God while writing St. Francis of Assisi's biography. He exclaimed, "Let us leave a Saint to write of a Saint." They received the doctor's cap together. St. Bonaventure was the guest and adviser of St. Louis and the director of St. Isabella, the king's sister. At the age of 35, in 1257, he was elected general of his order. He only escaped another dignity, the Archbishopric of York, by resigning. In time, Pope Gregory X appointed him cardinal bishop of Albano. Before attending the Council of Lyons, St. Bonaventure stopped to rest at a Franciscan monastery near Florence. Two papal messengers met him there with the cardinal's hat, and found him washing dishes. He asked them to hold the hat until he finished his chores. At the Council, St. Bonaventure's contributions effected the union of Latin and Greek churches. Soon after, he died of natural causes. He passed away whilethe Council was sitting and was interred by the assembled bishops in 1274. He is the patron saint of bowel disorders, having been cured during childhood by St. Francis of Assisi.

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