Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, July 21 2019
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingBook of Genesis
18,1-10.]The LORD appeared to Abraham by the terebinth of Mamre, as he sat in the entrance of his tent, while the day was growing hot.
]Looking up, he saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to greet them; and bowing to the ground,
]he said: "Sir, if I may ask you this favor, please do not go on past your servant.
]Let some water be brought, that you may bathe your feet, and then rest yourselves under the tree.
]Now that you have come this close to your servant, let me bring you a little food, that you may refresh yourselves; and afterward you may go on your way." "Very well," they replied, "do as you have said."
]Abraham hastened into the tent and told Sarah, "Quick, three seahs of fine flour! Knead it and make rolls."
]He ran to the herd, picked out a tender, choice steer, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.
]Then he got some curds and milk, as well as the steer that had been prepared, and set these before them; and he waited on them under the tree while they ate.
]"Where is your wife Sarah?" they asked him. "There in the tent," he replied.
]One of them said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah will then have a son."
Psalms
15(14),2-3.4.5.]He who walks blamelessly and does justice;
who thinks the truth in his heart
]and slanders not with his tongue.
Who harms not his fellow man,
nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;
]by whom the reprobate is despised,
while he honors those who fear the LORD.
]Who lends not his money at usury
and accepts no bribe against the innocent.
One who does these things
shall never be disturbed.
Letter to the Colossians
1,24-28.]Brothers and sisters: I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church,
]of which I am a minister in accordance with God's stewardship given to me to bring to completion for you the word of God,
]the mystery hidden from ages and from generations past. But now it has been manifested to his holy ones,
]to whom God chose to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; it is Christ in you, the hope for glory.
]It is he whom we proclaim, admonishing everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke
10,38-42.]Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him.
]She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak.
]Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me."
]The Lord said to her in reply, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.
]There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her."
St. Lawrence of Brindisi(Priest and Doctor of the Church (1559-1619))
SAINT LAWRENCE OF BRINDISIPriest and Doctor of the Church(1559-1619) Saint Lawrence championed Marian doctrine and stopped an Islamic invasion of Europe. While Ottoman Turks waged jihad and enslaved Christians, and Protestantism caused disunity, St. Lawrence unified German and European leaders and founded religious communities. His writings and response to Protestant challenges led the Church forward through history. St. Lawrence was born on July 22, 1559, to William and Elizabeth Russo. After his parents' untimely passing, he was educated by his uncle at the College of St. Mark in Venice. Aside from his native Neapolitan, he was fluent in Latin, Hebrew, Greek, German, Bohemian, Spanish and French. He entered the Capuchin Franciscan Order in Venice and received his religious name at 16 years old. He completed his studies at the University of Padua, was ordained a priest at 23 and preached to Jews at Pope Clement's request. At 31 years old, St. Lawrence was elected major superior of the Capuchin Franciscan province of Tuscany. He was promoted to minister general in 1602, expanded the Order and defended Marian doctrine. He forged alliances and was called to preach a crusade against Ottoman armies invading Europe. Ottoman armies captured the Hungarian city of Székesfehérvár in the 16th century and used it to launch invasions of Europe. St. Lawrence forged alliances among German nobles and helped raise armies to retake the city. When the seige to retake the city stalled, St. Lawrence, dressed in his friar's robe and holding a Rosary, clutched the army's standard and marched into battle crying, "Christ conquers, Christ reigns, Christ commands!" At St. Lawrence's charge, the united Christians surged forward and cast down their enemies. After the battle, St. Lawrence was summoned to negotiate peace between Spain and his native kingdom of Naples. After visiting the king of Spain in Lisbon, a serious illness took his life in 1619. In 1956, the Capuchins completed a fifteen-volume edition of his writings. Eleven of those fifteen contain his sermons as well as scriptural quotations to illustrate the teachings.Quote: “God is love, and all his operations proceed from love. Once he wills to manifest that goodness by sharing his love outside himself, then the Incarnation becomes the supreme manifestation of his goodness and love and glory. So, Christ was intended before all other creatures and for his own sake. For him all things were created and to him all things must be subject, and God loves all creatures in and because of Christ. Christ is the first-born of every creature, and the whole of humanity as well as the created world finds its foundation and meaning in him. Moreover, this would have been the case even if Adam had not sinned” (St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Doctor of the Universal Church, Capuchin Educational Conference, Washington, D.C.).
St. Victor(Martyr (3rd century))
SAINT VICTOR Martyr(3rd century) Emperor Maximian martyred the Thebæan legion and many others before arriving in Marseilles. Against this backdrop, Victor, a Christian officer in the Roman army, visited and encouraged the faithful. When his Christian identity was discovered, he was arrested and tried in court by prefects Asterius and Eutychius. When the prefects goaded him to apostatize, he refused. After his witnessing, a mob dragged him through the streets before bringing him back for sentencing. Victor was stretched on a rack and his limbs were disjointed. Afterward, he was imprisoned. At midnight, God's Holy Angels visited him and filled the prison with light. Three soldiers present cast themselves at Victor's feet and asked for pardon and baptism. He instructed them, had them baptized by priests at the seaside and returned with them to prison. The next morning, Maximian was informed of the guards' conversion and had them beheaded. Victor was tortured once again. Three days later, he was summoned before a tribunal and commanded to offer incense to a statue of Jupiter. Allegedly, Victor kicked the statue and toppled it. The emperor then ordered Victor's foot to be chopped off. Victor was afterward put under a hand-mill's grindstone. Miraculously, the mill broke every time the executioner bruised or crushed a part of his body. Victor still breathed a little, but was then beheaded. St. Victor's body was thrown into the sea, but was later cast ashore and buried by the Christians in a grotto hewn out of rock. His heroic life attests to the action of the Holy Spirit who sanctifies and gives life. The martyrs' witness encourages us to speak with others about our faith.
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