Book of Ezekiel

2,2-5.

As the Lord spoke to me, the spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard the one who was speaking
say to me: Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, rebels who have rebelled against me; they and their fathers have revolted against me to this very day.
Hard of face and obstinate of heart are they to whom I am sending you. But you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord GOD!
And whether they heed or resist--for they are a rebellious house--they shall know that a prophet has been among them.

Psalms

123(122),1-2a.2bcd.3-4.

To you I lift up my eyes
who are enthroned in heaven --
As the eyes of servants
are on the hands of their masters.
As the eyes of a maid
are on the hands of her mistress,
so are our eyes on the LORD, our God,
till he have pity on us. 
Have pity on us, O LORD, have pity on us,
for we are more than sated with contempt;
our souls are more than sated
with the mockery of the arrogant,
with the contempt of the proud.

Second Letter to the Corinthians

12,7-10.

Brothers and sisters, that I paul might not become to elated, because of the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, an angel of Satan, to beat me, to keep me from being too elated.
Three times I begged the Lord about this, that it might leave me,
but he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness." I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me.
Therefore, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and constraints, for the sake of Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

6,1-6.

Jesus departed from there and came to his native place,  accompanied by his disciples.
When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. They said, "Where did this man get all this? What kind of wisdom has been given him? What mighty deeds are wrought by his hands!
Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him.
Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house."
So he was not able to perform any mighty deed there, apart from curing a few sick people by laying his hands on them.
He was amazed at their lack of faith.

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St. Pantaenus(Father of the Church († c. 216))

SAINT PANTÆNUS Father of the Church († c. 216) Saint Pantænus was born during the second century. He was Sicilian who taught stoicism. He befriended Christians because of their innocence, joyfulness and disinterested love. Soon, he received faith in Jesus through their prayers and witness. After encountering Jesus, Pantænus studied Holy Scripture under the apostles' disciples. He went to Alexandria in Egypt, where the disciples of St. Mark founded a school of Christian doctrine. Pantænus' great progress merited his appointment as head of the Christian school around the year 179. He revitalized and expanded the institute: making it a leader and a standout amid the schools of philosophy. The Indians who traded in Alexandria entreated Pantænus to visit their country; so he left the school and preached the Gospel in the East. He found some seeds of the faith already sown in the Indies and a book of the Gospel of St. Matthew, written in Hebrew and carried there by St. Bartholomew. He brought the book with him to Alexandria after several years. He continued teaching in private until around the year 216, when he closed a noble life with a happy death.

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Bl. María Romero Meneses(Religious (1902-1977))

BLESSED MARÍA ROMERO MENESES Salesian Sister (1902-1977) Blessed María Romero Meneses was a SalesianSister who is popularly known as the Social Apostle of Costa Rica. She was born in Granada, Nicaragua, on January 13, 1902. In Costa Rica, María was a social apostle through multiple initiatives for the poor. She started with teaching catechism and vocational skills; and finished with a medical center, a school for the Church's social doctrine and seven housing communities for poor families. María was one of eight children from an upper class family. She was educated by her aunts and parents. She had artistic talent, so her parents had her trained in drawing and painting as well as piano and violin. She was also enrolled at the Salesian Sisters' school. In 1914, when she was 12, María fell ill with rheumatic fever that paralyzed her for six months. It was a source of trial and suffering that made her miss a year at herbeloved school. During her trial, she already showed a mature faith, character and will. She called her sufferings "gifts of God." When a doctor informed her that her heart had been seriously damaged, she did not complain, but put her confidence for a complete recovery in Our Lady, Help of Christians. To a school friend who visited her, she said after receiving heavenly guidance, "I know that the Blessed Virgin will cure me." A few days later, María returned to school in good health. Many were in disbelief that she had been miraculously healed. On December 8, 1915, María joined the Marian association "Daughters of Mary." She offered herself with great confidence to the Mother of God. The Salesian spiritual director Don Emilio Bottari helped her discern a vocation and recorded her mystical experiences. In 1920, at age of 18, María joined the Daughters of Mary. Fr. Emilio Bottari gave her a prophetic recommendation: "Even though difficult moments will come and you will feel torn to pieces, be faithful and strong in your vocation." For María, these words sustained her for the rest of her life. On January 6, 1929, in Nicaragua, María made her final profession. Her interior life unfolded as each day she strived to live in joyful union with God as His instrument, after the example of Don Bosco, which she described in her spiritual writings. In 1931, Sr. Maria was sent to San José, Costa Rica, which became her second country. In 1933, she was teaching music, drawing and typing to wealthy girls at the school and catechetics and practical trades in the barrios. In 1934, she began winning over young girls who were her students (misioneritas) to join her in the work of evangelizing and catechizing. She discovered that her life's work was inspiring the have's to help the have-not's. In 1945, Sr. Maria began establishing community recreational centers. In 1953, she had centers for food distribution. In 1961, she opened a casita: a school for poor girls. In 1966, she opened a (again) nonprofit clinic, where God's Providence helped her with the volunteer services of doctors and donations of medicines. Sr. Maria then planned a village housing for communities. On a piece of land outside the city, in 1973, the first seven homes were built in the Centro San José. It was followed by a farm, a market and school space for religious formation, catechesis and job training. There was also a church dedicated to Our Lady, Help of Christians. Sr. María always joined love and devotion to the Eucharist with Mary and Her social apostolate. Sr. María was very "limited" in terms of available funding, but with total confidence, she always left everything in the hands of Our Lady. In her later years, she retired from full time teaching, but continued catechesis. On July 7, 1977, in Leon, Nicaragua, at the Salesian house where she had been sent to rest, Sr. María suffered a fatal heart attack. She was 75 years old. Her remains were sent to San José, Costa Rica, and buried at the Salesian Chapel. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on April 14, 2002.

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Bl. Ralph Milner & Roger Dickenson(Martyrs († 1591))

Bl. Ralph Milner & Fr. Roger DickensonBritish MartyrsThese two men lived in England at a time when practicing one’s Catholic faith meant imprisonment and possible execution. Ralph Milner was an elderly, illiterate farmer and a father of eight children. He was from Flacstead, Hampshire. He was raised Protestant, but was so impressed by his Catholic neighbors that he received catechism and baptism. On the day of his First Communion, he was arrested for changing his religion and was imprisoned at the Winchester jail.Farmer Milner’s behavior in prison was such that he gained the respect and trust of the prison guards and was granted frequent parole. He came and went at will: seeing to the spiritual and temporal needs of his fellow prisoners and aiding and escorting undercover Catholic priests. He thus met the secular priest, Father Roger Dickenson (sometimes spelled Dicconsen).Father Dickenson was a native of Lincoln who had studied for the priesthood in Rheims, France. In 1583, he was sent on a mission to England and was imprisoned, but managed to escape his drunken guards. He was not so fortunate a second time and was arrested with Ralph Milner, who had been escorting him around the local villages. The two were put under close confinement at the Winchester jail. Father Dickenson was charged with the crime of being a Catholic priest and Ralph Milner for aiding him.During their trial, the judge pitied Ralph Milner and made several attempts to set him free, urging him to merely visit a Protestant church as a matter of form. Since to Ralph Milner this would have been tantamount to renouncing his new-found Faith, he refused, saying that he could not “embrace a counsel so disagreeable to the maxims of the gospel.”On July 7, 1591, the day of execution, Ralph Milner’s children were escorted to the gallows. They begged him to renounce his Faith and so save his life, but again he refused. He gave them his final blessing, declaring that “he could wish them no greater happiness than to die for the like cause.” The two men were hanged, drawn, and quartered. Witnesses said they faced their deaths calmly and courageously.

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