Catholic Missal of the day: Wednesday, June 13 2018

Wednesday of the Tenth week in Ordinary Time

Wednesday of the Tenth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

1st book of Kings

18,20-39.

]Ahab sent to all the Israelites and had the prophets assemble on Mount Carmel.
]Elijah appealed to all the people and said, "How long will you straddle the issue? If the LORD is God, follow him; if Baal, follow him." The people, however, did not answer him.
]So Elijah said to the people, "I am the only surviving prophet of the LORD, and there are four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal.
]Give us two young bulls. Let them choose one, cut it into pieces, and place it on the wood, but start no fire. I shall prepare the other and place it on the wood, but shall start no fire.
]You shall call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers with fire is God." All the people answered, "Agreed!"
]Elijah then said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one young bull and prepare it first, for there are more of you. Call upon your gods, but do not start the fire."
]Taking the young bull that was turned over to them, they prepared it and called on Baal from morning to noon, saying, "Answer us, Baal!" But there was no sound, and no one answering. And they hopped around the altar they had prepared.
]When it was noon, Elijah taunted them: "Call louder, for he is a god and may be meditating, or may have retired, or may be on a journey. Perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened."
]They called out louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until blood gushed over them.
]Noon passed and they remained in a prophetic state until es, for the number of tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the LORD had said, "Your name shall be Israel."
]Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come here to me." When they had done so, he repaired the altar of the LORD which had been destroyed.
]He took twelve stones, for the number of tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the LORD had said, "Your name shall be Israel."
]He built an altar in honor of the LORD with the stones, and made a trench around the altar large enough for two seahs of grain.
]When he had arranged the wood, he cut up the young bull and laid it on the wood.
]"Fill four jars with water," he said, "and pour it over the holocaust and over the wood." "Do it again," he said, and they did it again. "Do it a third time," he said, and they did it a third time.
]The water flowed around the altar, and the trench was filled with the water.
]At the time for offering sacrifice, the prophet Elijah came forward and said, "LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things by your command.
]Answer me, LORD! Answer me, that this people may know that you, LORD, are God and that you have brought them back to their senses."
]The LORD'S fire came down and consumed the holocaust, wood, stones, and dust, and it lapped up the water in the trench.
]Seeing this, all the people fell prostrate and said, "The LORD is God! The LORD is God!"

Psalm

Psalms

16(15),1-2a.4.5.8.11.

]Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge;
]I say to the LORD, "My Lord are you."
]They multiply their sorrows
Who court other gods.
Blood libations to them I will not pour out,
Nor will I take their names upon my lips.
]O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup,
you it is who hold fast my lot.
]I set the LORD ever before me;
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
]You will show me the path to life,
fullness of joys in your presence,
the delights at your right hand forever.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

5,17-19.

]Jesus said to his disciples: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.
]Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place.
]Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven."

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St. Anthony of Padua(Priest and Doctor of the Church (1195-1231))

SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUAPriest and Doctor of the Church(1195-1231) In 1221, St. Francis of Assisi held a general chapter. When the assembly dispersed, an unknown Portuguese friar, who asked for nothing and refused nothing, lingered behind. Nine months later, Fr. Anthony rose under obedience to preach to the religious assembled in Forli. As his discourse proceeded, "the Ark of the Testament," "the eldest son of St. Francis" stood revealed in all his sanctity, learning and eloquence before his rapt and astonished brethren. Fr. Anthony was baptized Ferdinand de Bulloens. He was formed by the Canons Regular of St. Augustine before becoming a Franciscan. He was deeply affected by the martyrdom of five Franciscans who preached to the Moors in Africa. In a twist of fate, he was denied a martyr's palm and enfeebled by sickness at the age of 27. After recovering, he took the humblest offices in his community. From this school, he was called forth; and for nine years, France, Italy and Sicily witnessed his preaching and miracles. One night, when Fr. Anthony was staying with a friend in the city of Padua, brilliant rays of light began streaming through the cracks of his closed door. The friend peered through the keyhole and beheld a Child of glorious countenance standing on a book and clinging with both arms around Fr. Anthony's neck. The Child Jesus tenderly caressed Fr. Anthony. When the vision disappeared, Fr. Anthony charged his friend, by the love of Him whom he had seen, to "tell the vision to no one" as long as he lived. Suddenly, in 1231, Fr. Anthony's brief apostolate ended. The voices of children in Padua were heard crying, "Our father Anthony is dead," and church bells rang without ringers. The following year, Fr. Anthony was canonized "St. Anthony of Padua" in Rome.

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