Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, July 9 2017
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingBook of Zechariah
9,9-10.]Thus says the LORD: Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion, shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! See, your king shall come to you; a just savior is he, Meek, and riding on an ass, on a colt, the foal of an ass.
]He shall banish the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; The warrior's bow shall be banished, and he shall proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Psalms
145(144),1-2.8-9.10-11.13cd-14.]I will extol you, O my God and King,
and I will bless your name forever and ever.
]Every day will I bless you,
and I will praise your name forever and ever.
]The LORD is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and of great kindness.
]The LORD is good to all
and compassionate toward all his works.
]Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
and let your faithful ones bless you.
]Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom
and speak of your might.
]The LORD is faithful in all his words
]and holy in all his works.
]The LORD lifts up all who are falling
and raises up all who are bowed down.
Letter to the Romans
8,9.11-13.]Brothers and sisters: You are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
]If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit that dwells in you.
]Consequently, brothers, we are not debtors to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
]For if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew
11,25-30.]At that time Jesus exclaimed, "I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.
]Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.
]All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him."
]"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
]Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves.
]For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."
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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