Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, July 9 2018
Monday of the Fourteenth week in Ordinary Time
Monday of the Fourteenth week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingBook of Hosea
2,16.17b-18.21-22.]Thus says the LORD: I will allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak to her heart.
]She shall respond there as in the days of her youth, when she came up from the land of Egypt.
]On that day, says the LORD, She shall call me “My husband,” and never again “My baal.”
]I will espouse you to me forever: I will espouse you in right and in justice, in love and in mercy;
]I will espouse you in fidelity, and you shall know the LORD.
Psalms
145(144),2-3.4-5.6-7.8-9.]Every day will I bless you,
and I will praise your name forever and ever.
]Great is the LORD and highly to be praised;
His greatness is unsearchable.
]Generation after generation praises your works
and proclaims your might.
]They speak of the splendor of your glorious majesty
and tell of your wondrous works.
]They discourse of the power of your terrible deeds
and declare your greatness.
]They publish the fame of your abundant goodness
and joyfully sing of your justice.
]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.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew
9,18-26.]While Jesus was speaking, an official came forward, knelt down before him, and said, "My daughter has just died. But come, lay your hand on her, and she will live."
]Jesus rose and followed him, and so did his disciples.
]A woman suffering hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel on his cloak.
]She said to herself, "If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured."
]Jesus turned around and saw her, and said, "Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you." And from that hour the woman was cured.
]When Jesus arrived at the official's house and saw the flute players and the crowd who were making a commotion,
]he said, "Go away! The girl is not dead but sleeping." And they ridiculed him.
]When the crowd was put out, he came and took her by the hand, and the little girl arose.
]And news of this spread throughout all that land.
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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