Catholic Missal of the day: Thursday, July 6 2017
Thursday of the Thirteenth week in Ordinary Time
Thursday of the Thirteenth week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingBook of Genesis
22,1-19.]God put Abraham to the test. He called to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" he replied.
]Then God said: "Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. There you shall offer him up as a holocaust on a height that I will point out to you."
]Early the next morning Abraham saddled his donkey, took with him his son Isaac, and two of his servants as well, and with the wood that he had cut for the holocaust, set out for the place of which God had told him.
]On the third day Abraham got sight of the place from afar.
]Then he said to his servants: "Both of you stay here with the donkey, while the boy and I go on over yonder. We will worship and then come back to you."
]Thereupon Abraham took the wood for the holocaust and laid it on his son Isaac's shoulders, while he himself carried the fire and the knife.
]As the two walked on together, Isaac spoke to his father Abraham. "Father!" he said. "Yes, son," he replied. Isaac continued, "Here are the fire and the wood, but where is the sheep for the holocaust?"
]"Son," Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the sheep for the holocaust." Then the two continued going forward.
]When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied up his son Isaac, and put him on top of the wood on the altar.
]Then he reached out and took the knife to slaughter his son.
]But the LORD'S messenger called to him from heaven, "Abraham, Abraham!" "Yes, Lord," he answered.
]"Do not lay your hand on the boy," said the messenger. "Do not do the least thing to him. I know now how devoted you are to God, since you did not withhold from me your own beloved son."
]As Abraham looked about, he spied a ram caught by its horns in the thicket. So he went and took the ram and offered it up as a holocaust in place of his son.
]Abraham named the site Yahweh-yireh; hence people now say, "On the mountain the LORD will see."
]Again the LORD'S messenger called to Abraham from heaven
]and said: "I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you acted as you did in not withholding from me your beloved son,
]I will bless you abundantly and make your descendants as countless as the stars of the sky and the sands of the seashore; your descendants shall take possession of the gates of their enemies,
]and in your descendants all the nations of the earth shall find blessing--all this because you obeyed my command.'
]Abraham then returned to his servants, and they set out together for Beer-sheba, where Abraham made his home.
Psalms
115(113B),1-2.3-4.5-6.8-9.]Not to us, O LORD, not to us
but to your name give glory,
because of your mercy, because of your truth.
]Why should the pagans say,
"Where is their God?"
]Our God is in heaven;
whatever he wills, he does.
]Their idols are silver and gold,
the handiwork of men.
]They have mouths but speak not;
they have eyes but see not;
]they have ears but hear not;
they have noses but smell not.
]Their makers shall be like them,
everyone that trusts in them.
]The house of Israel trusts in the LORD,
who is their help and shield.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew
9,1-8.]After entering a boat, Jesus made the crossing, and came into his own town.
]And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Courage, child, your sins are forgiven."
]At that, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man is blaspheming."
]Jesus knew what they were thinking, and said, "Why do you harbor evil thoughts?
]Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise and walk'?
]But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" --he then said to the paralytic, "Rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home."
]He rose and went home.
]When the crowds saw this they were struck with awe and glorified God who had given such authority to human beings.
St. Maria Goretti(Virgin and Martyr (1890-1902))
SAINT MARIA GORETTIVirgin and Martyr(1890-1902) St. Maria was a child when she displayed the courage and sanctity of the greatest saints. She was from a family of sharecroppers in Ancone, central Italy. Her father died when she was 9 years old. She took on the responsibility of raising her 5 siblings while her mother worked. When Maria was 11 years old and watching her younger sister, she was approached by Alessandro Serenelli, who threatened to kill her if she would not have sex with him. He approached her before, but she did not tell her mother fearing the family would move and they would be homeless. When Maria resisted Alessandro, he drew a sharpened file and stabbed her 9 times. The file exited her body on the other side and was bent from striking her spine 3 times. When Alessandro left, Maria crawled outside; but he heard her and stabbed her another 5 times. The surgeons who operated on Maria did not use anaesthesia fearing that her heart would fail. The operation lasted several hours. However, the stabbings had punctured Maria's intestines and were poisoning her. Before dying, she said, "I forgive Alessandro Serenelli and I want him with me in Heaven forever." Six years later, while asleep in solitary confinement, Alessandro saw Maria in a dream. She gave him fourteen white lillies, which burned one by one as they touched his hands. Alessandro received the sacrament of reconciliation. Years later, after being released, he approached Maria's mother and asked forgiveness. He attended Maria's canonization ceremony in 1950. Miracles have been attributed to his intercession and his canonization is imminent. St. Maria is the patron saint of victims, young girls and children.
St. Palladius(Bishop and Apostle of the Scots († c. 450))
SAINT PALLADIUS Bishop, Apostle of the Scots ( c. 432) Palladius was a deacon of the Church in Rome. St. Prosper's chronicle informs us that when Agricola, a noted Pelagian, corrupted the British churches, Pope Celestine, at Palladius' insistence, sent St. Germanus there in 429. St. Germanus was the bishop of Auxerre who removed Pelagianism and brought the Britons back to the Catholic faith. In 431, Pope Celestine sent Palladius, now bishop, to the Scots then believing in Christ. The Irish writers of the lives of St. Patrick say that St. Palladius had preached in Ireland a little before St. Patrick, but that he was banished by the King of Leinster and returned to North Britain where he had first opened his mission. Undoubtedly, he was sent to the whole nation of the Scots, several colonies of which had passed from Ireland into North Britain. After St. Palladius left Ireland, he arrived among the Scots in North Britain (according to St. Prosper) in the consulate of Bassus and Antochius, in the year 431. He preached there zealously and formed a considerable Church. Scottish historians tell us that the Faith was planted in North Britain around the year 200, during the time of King Donald, when Victor was pope. They all acknowledged that Palladius was the first bishop in that country and styled him as their first apostle. Hedied in Fordun, fifteen miles from Aberdeen, about the year 432, only a year after his episcopal consecration.
St. Goar(Priest († 575))
SAINT GOAR Priest ( 575) St. Goar was born in Aquitaine, southwestern France. He received spiritual formation and was pious. After being ordained to the priesthood, he went to Germany. Goar settled in the neighborhood of Trier and lived in a cell attached to a church. He was often rapt in contemplative prayer. His advice during confessions made him highly sought after. His legacy lives on in his spiritual descendants. When King Sigebert of Austrasia nominated Goar as bishop of Metz, the latter prayed to be excused. He felt that honors would detract from his mission. Unexpectedly, he passed away from fever in 575. The town of Sankt Goar is named after him.
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