Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, July 9 2016
Saturday of the Fourteenth week in Ordinary Time
Saturday of the Fourteenth week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingBook of Isaiah
6,1-8.]In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, with the train of his garment filling the temple.
]Seraphim were stationed above; each of them had six wings: with two they veiled their faces, with two they veiled their feet, and with two they hovered aloft.
]"Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts!" they cried one to the other. "All the earth is filled with his glory!"
]At the sound of that cry, the frame of the door shook and the house was filled with smoke.
]Then I said, "Woe is me, I am doomed! For I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"
]Then one of the seraphim flew to me, holding an ember which he had taken with tongs from the altar.
]He touched my mouth with it. "See," he said, "now that this has touched your lips, your wickedness is removed, your sin purged."
]Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?" "Here I am," I said; "send me!"
Psalms
93(92),1ab.1c-2.5.]The LORD is king, in splendor robed;
]robed is the LORD and girt about with strength.
]And he has made the world firm,
]your throne stands firm from of old;
from everlasting you are, O LORD.
]Your decrees are worthy of trust indeed:
holiness befits your house,
O LORD, for length of days.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew
10,24-33.]Jesus said to his Apostles: “No disciple is above his teacher, no slave above his master.
]It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, for the slave that he become like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
]Therefore do not be afraid of them. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known.
]What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
]And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
]Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's knowledge.
]Even all the hairs of your head are counted.
]So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
]Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.
]But whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father."
Sts. Agostino Zhao Rong and Companions(Martyrs († 1815))
AGOSTINO ZHAO RONGPriest and Martyr ( 1815)and Companions Chinese Emperor Kia-Kin (1796-1821) was intolerant of Catholicism and unleashed a wave of persecution. Kia-Kin's edicts of 1805 and 1811 criminalized holy orders, preaching and the promotion of Catholicism. A decree of 1813 released voluntary apostates from torture and execution. In 1815, two decrees resulted in the execution of Chinese Christians by the Viceroy of Sichuan. St. John Gabriel Taurin Dufresse, M.E.P, bishop, was arrested on May 18, 1815, taken to Chengdu, and beheaded on September 14, 1815. The persecutions further jntensified as a result of the decrees. St. Augustine Zhao Rong was one of the soldiers who had escorted Monsignor Dufresse from Chengdu to Beijing. He was so moved by Dufresse's patience that he asked to be numbered among the neophytes. After he was baptized, he was sent to the seminary and ordained a priest. After being arrested, St. Augustine Zhao Rong was tortured to death.
St. Nicholas Pick and Companions()
St. Veronica Giuliani(Virgin (1660-1727))
Saint Veronica Giuliani Virgin (1660-1727) Ursula Giuliani was born in Mercatello, Urbino, Italy. Her parents were Francesco Giuliana and Benedetta Mancini. At eighteen months old, she uttered her first words to upbraid a merchant who was serving a false measure of oil; saying distinctly: "Do justice, God sees you." In her youth, Ursula gave portions of her food and clothing to the poor. These traits, and a great love for the Cross, developed as she grew older. Ursula's father presented suitors in hopes that she would marry. However, she became very ill at the idea of not devoting her life to God. Thus, she received her father's blessing for religious life. At 17 years old, on July 17, 1677, Ursula joined the Poor Clares in Cittá di Castello, Umbria, Italy. She received the veil on October 28 and took the name Veronica in memory of the Passion. She was completely docile to the will of her superiors, though her novitiate was marked by extraordinary interior trials and temptations to return to the world. During her profession in 1678, she experienced a great desire to suffer in union with Our Lord. At this time, she had a vision of Christ bearing His cross. From that moment on, she suffered an acute physical pain in her heart. On April 5, 1697, at the age of 37, Sr. Veronica received the stigmata in her hands, feet and side during a long period of ecstasy. By order of the bishop, she submitted to medical treatment, but obtained no relief. She impressed her fellow nuns by remaining remarkably practical despite her numerous ecstatic experiences. In 1716, she was elected abbess of the convent. She wrote a ten-volume Diary of the Passion, which recorded her mystical experiences. On July 9, 1727, at the age of 67, Veronica died of a stroke caused by a brain hemorrhage. Her heart was examined after death and miraculously showed images of a cross, crown of thorns, and chalice, as she had said it would. Examination also revealed a curvature of the right shoulder as if she had carried a heavy cross. She was canonized by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839.
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