Catholic Missal of the day: Wednesday, July 24 2019
Wednesday of the Sixteenth week in Ordinary Time
Wednesday of the Sixteenth week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingBook of Exodus
16,1-5.9-15.]The children of Israel set out from Elim, and came into the desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.
]Here in the desert the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
]The Israelites said to them, "Would that we had died at the LORD'S hand in the land of Egypt, as we sat by our fleshpots and ate our fill of bread! But you had to lead us into this desert to make the whole community die of famine!"
]Then the LORD said to Moses, "I will now rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather their daily portion; thus will I test them, to see whether they follow my instructions or not.
]On the sixth day, however, when they prepare what they bring in, let it be twice as much as they gather on the other days."
]Then Moses said to Aaron, "Tell the whole Israelite community: Present yourselves before the LORD, for he has heard your grumbling."
]When Aaron announced this to the whole Israelite community, they turned toward the desert, and lo, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud!
]The LORD spoke to Moses and said,
]"I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them: In the evening twilight you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread, so that you may know that I, the LORD, am your God."
]In the evening quail came up and covered the camp. In the morning a dew lay all about the camp,
]and when the dew evaporated, there on the surface of the desert were fine flakes like hoarfrost on the ground.
]On seeing it, the Israelites asked one another, "What is this?" for they did not know what it was. But Moses told them, "This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat."
Psalms
78(77),18-19.23-24.25-26.27-28.]They tempted God in their hearts
by demanding the food they craved.
]Yes, they spoke against God, saying,
“Can God spread a table in the desert?”
]He commanded the skies above
and the doors of heaven he opened;
]He rained manna upon them for food
and gave them heavenly bread.
]Man ate the bread of angels,
food he sent them in abundance.
]He stirred up the east wind in the heavens,
and by his power brought on the south wind.
]And he rained meat upon them like dust,
and, like the sand of the sea, winged fowl,
]Which fell in the midst of their camp
round about their tents.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew
13,1-9.]On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea.
]Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore.
]And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow.
]And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up.
]Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep,
]and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for lack of roots.
]Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it.
]But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.
]Whoever has ears ought to hear."
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.
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).
St. John Boste Bl. George Swallowell & Bl. John Ingram()
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