Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, July 9 2019
Tuesday of the Fourteenth week in Ordinary Time
Tuesday of the Fourteenth week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingBook of Genesis
32,23-33.]In the course of the night, Jacob arose, took his two wives, with the two maidservants and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
]After he had taken them across the stream and had brought over all his possessions,
]Jacob was left there alone. Then some man wrestled with him until the break of dawn.
]When the man saw that he could not prevail over him, he struck Jacob's hip at its socket, so that the hip socket was wrenched as they wrestled.
]The man then said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak." But Jacob said, "I will not let you go until you bless me."
]"What is your name?" the man asked. He answered, "Jacob."
]Then the man said, "You shall no longer be spoken of as Jacob, but as Israel, because you have contended with divine and human beings and have prevailed."
]Jacob then asked him, "Do tell me your name, please." He answered, "Why should you want to know my name?" With that, he bade him farewell.
]Jacob named the place Peniel, "Because I have seen God face to face," he said, "yet my life has been spared."
]At sunrise, as he left Penuel, Jacob limped along because of his hip.
]That is why, to this day, the Israelites do not eat the sciatic muscle that is on the hip socket, inasmuch as Jacob's hip socket was struck at the sciatic muscle.
Psalms
17(16),1.2-3.6-7.8b.15.]Hear, O LORD, a just suit;
attend to my outcry;
hearken to my prayer from lips without deceit.
]From you let my judgment come;
Your eyes behold what is right.
]Though you test my heart, searching it in the night,
though you try me with fire, you shall find no malice in me.
]I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God;
incline your ear to me; hear my word.
]Show your wondrous mercies,
O savior of those who flee from their foes
]Hide me in the shadow of your wings.
]I in justice shall behold your face;
on waking I shall be content in your presence.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew
9,32-38.]A demoniac who could not speak was brought to Jesus,
]and when the demon was driven out the mute person spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel."
]But the Pharisees said, "He drives out demons by the prince of demons."
]Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness.
]At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd.
]Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
]so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest."
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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