Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, July 20 2019

Saturday of the Fifteenth week in Ordinary Time

Saturday of the Fifteenth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Exodus

12,37-42.

]The children of Israel set out from Rameses for Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, not counting the children.
]A crowd of mixed ancestry also went up with them, besides their livestock, very numerous flocks and herds.
]Since the dough they had brought out of Egypt was not leavened, they baked it into unleavened loaves. They had been rushed out of Egypt and had no opportunity even to prepare food for the journey.
]The time the Israelites had stayed in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
]At the end of four hundred and thirty years, all the hosts of the LORD left the land of Egypt on this very date.
]This was a night of vigil for the LORD, as he led them out of the land of Egypt; so on this same night all the Israelites must keep a vigil for the LORD throughout their generations.

Psalm

Psalms

136(135),1.23-24.10-12.13-15.

]Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever;
]Who remembered us in our abjection,
for his mercy endures forever;
]And freed us from our foes,
for his mercy endures forever.
]Who smote the Egyptians in their first-born,
for his mercy endures forever;
]And brought out Israel from their midst,
for his mercy endures forever;
]With a mighty hand and an outstretched arm,
for his mercy endures forever.
]Who split the Red Sea in twain,
for his mercy endures forever;
]And led Israel through its midst,
for his mercy endures forever;
]But swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea,
for his mercy endures forever.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

12,14-21.

]The Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
]When Jesus realized this, he withdrew from that place. Many (people) followed him, and he cured them all,
]but he warned them not to make him known.
]This was to fulfill what had been spoken through Isaiah the prophet:
]"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom I delight; I shall place my spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
]He will not contend or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.
]A bruised reed he will not break, a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory.
]And in his name the Gentiles will hope."

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St. Apollinaris(Bishop and Martyr (1st century))

SAINT APOLLINARISBishop and Martyr(1st century) St. Apollinaris was the first bishop of Ravenna. He was consecrated by St. Peter and sat twenty years. He survived persecutions up to the reign of Emperor Vespasian. St. Peter Chrysologus, one of St. Apollinaris' successors, gave us this account of him: "Though he frequently suffered for the Faith and ardently desired to lay down his life for Christ, God preserved Apollinaris a long time and did not allow the persecutors to take his life." St. Apollinaris is considered a martyr because he suffered multiple persecutions. St. Apollinaris' relics were enshrined first in Classis, four miles from Ravenna: a kind of suburb to the city and its seaport. In 549, his relics were moved to a more secret vault in the same church. St. Fortunatus urged his friends to make pilgrimages there, and St. Gregory the Great ordered parties in doubtful suits to be sworn before it. In 630, Pope Honorius built and dedicated a church to St. Apollinaris in Rome. St. Apollinaris is celebrated in all the martyrologies. He is invoked as an intercessor and a help against evil.

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St. Margaret of Antioch(Virgin and Martyr (3rd century))

SAINT MARGARET OF ANTIOCHVirgin and Martyr(3rd century) According to the ancient martyrologies, St. Margaret suffered in Antioch, Pisidia, during the last general persecution. She had been instructed in the Faith by a Christian nurse and was killed by her father, a pagan priest. Her veneration was propagated in England, France and Germany. The twelfth century saw an increase in hercult because of Islamic invasions in Edessa and Spain (Surah 9:29, Sahih al-Bukhari 6924, At-Tabari Volume VI). Her relics are kept in Monte-Fiascone, Tuscany, central Italy.

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St. Kunigunde()

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