Catholic Missal of the day: Wednesday, June 1 2016
Wednesday of the Ninth week in Ordinary Time
Wednesday of the Ninth week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingSecond Letter to Timothy
1,1-3.6-12.]Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God for the promise of life in Christ Jesus,
]to Timothy, my dear child: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
]I am grateful to God, whom I worship with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, as I remember you constantly in my prayers, night and day.
]For this reason, I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands.
]For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control.
]So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for his sake; but bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God.
]He saved us and called us to a holy life, not according to our works but according to his own design and the grace bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before time began,
]but now made manifest through the appearance of our savior Christ Jesus, who destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
]for which I was appointed preacher and apostle and teacher.
]On this account I am suffering these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know him in whom I have believed and am confident that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.
Psalms
123(122),1-2a.2bcd.]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.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark
12,18-27.]Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and put this question to him,
]saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us, 'If someone's brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.'
]Now there were seven brothers. The first married a woman and died, leaving no descendants.
]So the second married her and died, leaving no descendants, and the third likewise.
]And the seven left no descendants. Last of all the woman also died.
]At the resurrection (when they arise) whose wife will she be? For all seven had been married to her."
]Jesus said to them, "Are you not misled because you do not know the scriptures or the power of God?
]When they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but they are like the angels in heaven.
]As for the dead being raised, have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God told him, 'I am the God of Abraham, (the) God of Isaac, and (the) God of Jacob'?
]He is not God of the dead but of the living. You are greatly misled."
St. Justin(Martyr († c. 165) - Memorial)
SAINT JUSTIN Martyr ( c. 165) St. Justin was born circa 103 AD in Neapolis, Samaria, modern-day Palestine. He studied the teachings of Plato and Socrates; and several of his apologetics works are extant. St. Justin converted during adulthood; and God drew him closer through the Church and the working of the Holy Spirit. One day, St. Justin meditated on the thought of God by the seashore. He encountered an elderly gentleman who shared the Gospel. St. Justin, hearing about Jesus Christ and the Church, received the gift of faith. By praying, reading Holy Scripture and witnessing the constancy of Christian martyrs, St. Justin's faith in Jesus Christ grew mighty. He preached the Gospel in Greece, Egypt and Italy. He leveraged his knowledge of philosophy to reflect the light and image of Christ. He established a school inRome, where he was accused by envious philosophers and put to death during the reign of Marcus Aurelius.
St. Pamphilus(Priest and Martyr († 308))
SAINT PAMPHILUS Priest and Martyr ( 308) St. Pamphilus was from a wealthy family Berytus, modern-day Lebanon. The city was a prosperous Roman colony renowned for its education system. St. Pamphilus excelled at the sciences and was immediately employed by the magistracy after graduating. After encountering Christ, St. Pamphilus relished no other study than that of salvation. Thus, he set aside his privileges and studied Holy Scripture. Although he was a magistrate and a master of sciences, he became the scholar of Pierius, Origen's successor, at the great catechetical school of Alexandria. St. Pamphilus established residency in Cæsarea, Palestine. At his private expense, he collected a great library and gifted it to the Church. He also established a public school of sacred literature. The Church is further indebted to him for a correct edition of the Holy Bible, which he transcribed with infinite care. Nothing was more remarkable than St. Pamphilus' humility. Toward his slaves and domestics, he behaved like a brother or a tender father. He led an austere life, sequestered from the world and its company, and was indefatigable in labor. Eventually, he dissolved his estate and distributed it among the poor. In the year 307, St. Pamphilus was arrested and tortured by Urbanus, the governor of Palestine. The iron hooks that tore into St. Pamphilus' sides failed to shake his faith. He was then imprisoned for two years, during which time Urbanus was beheaded and replaced by Firmilian. After several persecutions, Firmilian summoned St. Pamphilus and sentenced him to death. St. Pamphilus' flesh was torn off to the very bone and his bowels were exposed to view. The torments were continued without interruption, but St. Pamphilus never once cried out. His martyrdom finished with immolation over a slow fire. He now reigns forever with Jesus Christ, the Son of God and King of Kings.
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