Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, July 24 2018

Tuesday of the Sixteenth week in Ordinary Time

Tuesday of the Sixteenth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Micah

7,14-15.18-20.

]Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, That dwells apart in a woodland, in the midst of Carmel. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old;
]As in the days when you came from the land of Egypt, show us wonderful signs.
]Who is there like you, the God who removes guilt and pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance; Who does not persist in anger forever, but delights rather in clemency,
]And will again have compassion on us, treading underfoot our guilt? You will cast into the depths of the sea all our sins;
]You will show faithfulness to Jacob, and grace to Abraham, As you have sworn to our fathers from days of old.

Psalm

Psalms

85(84),2-4.5-6.7-8.

]You have favored, O LORD, your land;
you have brought back the captives of Jacob.
]You have forgiven the guilt of your people;
you have covered all their sins.
]You have withdrawn all your wrath;
you have revoked your burning anger.
]Restore us, O God our savior,
And abandon your displeasure against us.
]Will you be ever angry with us,
prolonging your anger to all generations?
]Will you not instead give us life;
and shall not your people rejoice in you?
]Show us, O LORD, your kindness,
and grant us your salvation.  

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

12,46-50.

]While Jesus was speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers appeared outside, wishing to speak with him.
]Someone told him, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak with you."
]But he said in reply to the one who told him, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?"
]And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers.
]For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and mother."

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St. Sharbel Makhluf(Priest (1828-1898))

SAINT CHARBEL MAKHLUFPriest(1828-1898) Joseph Zaroun Makhluf was born in a small mountain village in Lebanon. He was raised by an uncle who opposed his piety; so he snuck away at 23 years old and joined Saint Maron's Baladite monastery. It was at the monastery in Annaya where he took the name Charbel in memory of a 2nd century martyr. He was ordained in 1858. Despite temptations to wealth and comfort, Fr. Charbel lived as a model monk on the bare minimums of everything. He gained a reputation for holiness and was sought after for counsel and blessing. He had a personal devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and the Blessed Virgin Mary and was known to levitate during prayers. Fr. Charbel spent the last 23 years of his life as a hermit. Just before his death, he was briefly paralyzed. Many post-mortem miracles were attributed to St. Charbel Makhluf, including periods in 1927 and 1950 when a bloody "sweat" flowed from his relics. His tomb is a place of pilgrimage for Lebanese and non-Lebanese, Christians and non-Christians. He was beatified in 1965 and canonized on October 9, 1977, by Pope Paul VI.July 24 is his feast-day in the Universal Church. The Maronite Church celebrates him on July 3 and December 24.

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St. Christina(Virgin and Martyr († c. 300))

SAINT CHRISTINA Virgin and Martyr( c. 300) Roman martyrologies say that Christina was the daughter of a magistrate named Urbain. She destroyed his golden idols and distributed their pieces among the poor. As punishment, her flesh was torn with iron hooks and she was fastened to a rack and burned. A miracle occurred when the flames turned away from her and toward the onlookers. Another miracle occurred when she was drowned in Bolsena Lake and an angel loosened her bonds. Christina was tortured by the magistrate who succeeded her father. Alban Butler writes that she remained unhurt inside a burning furnace for 5 days. When she was removed, serpents would not bite her. In a rage, her torturers cut out her tongue and shot her to death with arrows. The island-city of Tyro, Lebanon, where she was executed, is partially submerged. St. Christina's relics are kept in Palermo, Sicily. Her perseverance and courage witness to her heroic love for Jesus. In her life, the words of Scripture ring true: "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear" (Jn. 4:18).

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St. John Boste Bl. George Swallowell & Bl. John Ingram()

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