Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, June 17 2017

Saturday of the Tenth week in Ordinary Time

Saturday of the Tenth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Second Letter to the Corinthians

5,14-21.

]Brothers and sisters: The love of Christ impels us, once we have come to the conviction that one died for all; therefore, all have died.
]He indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
]Consequently, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh; even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer.
]So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come.
]And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation,
]namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
]So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
]For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

Psalm

Psalms

103(102),1-2.3-4.9-10.11-12.

]Bless the LORD, O my soul;
and all my being, bless his holy name.
]Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits.
]He pardons all your iniquities,
he heals all your ills.
]He redeems your life from destruction,
he crowns you with kindness and compassion.
]He will not always chide,
nor does he keep his wrath forever.
]Not according to our sins does he deal with us,
nor does he requite us according to our crimes.
]For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so surpassing is his kindness toward those who fear him.
]As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he put our transgressions from us.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

5,33-37.

]Jesus said to his disciples: "You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, 'Do not take a false oath, but make good to the Lord all that you vow.'
]But I say to you, do not swear at all; not by heaven, for it is God's throne;
]nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
]Do not swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
]Let your 'Yes' mean 'Yes,' and your 'No' mean 'No.' Anything more is from the evil one."

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St. Herve(Abbot (6th century))

Saint Herve of BrittanyAbbot(6th century) Saint Herve, sometimes called Harvey or Hervues, is venerated throughout Brittany, northwestern France. We have few accounts of him because his life was not written until the late medieval period. What is certain is that he was a hermit in Brittany, where he is still venerated. St. Herve was the bard Hyvarnion's son and was born blind. When his father died, his mother became an achoress. St. Herve was raised by his uncles and lived for a while as a hermit and a bard. He then joined a monastic school in Plouvien founded by his uncle. After becoming the abbot of Plouvien, he built an abbey in Lanhourneau. St. Herve is venerated as a miracle worker. He kept a domesticated wolf as a companion and had a special ministry of healing animals.He is invoked against eye trouble and is often depicted alongside a wolf.

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St. Avitus(Abbot (6th century))

SAINT AVITUSAbbot St. Avitus was a native of Orleans, north-central France. Together with St. Calais, he took the monastic habit at the abbey of Menat in Auvergne. The small abbey was later endowed by Queen Brunehault and St. Boner, the bishop of Clermont. Sts. Avitus and Calais later returned to Miscy, a league and a half below Orleans. They stayed at an abbey founded by St. Euspicius, a holy priest, and his nephew, St. Maximin or Mesnim. St. Avitus was the abbey's third abbot. Currently, the abbey is named after St. Maximin and is administered by the Cistercians. Sts. Avitus and Calais later retired to Dunois on the frontiers of La Perche. When others joined them, St. Calais retired to a forest in Maine. Later on, King Clotaire built a church and a monastery for St. Avitus and his companions. The monastery is now a Benedictine convent called St. Avy of Chateaudun in the diocese of Chartres. It is situated on the Loire, at the foot of a hill on which the town of Chateaudun is built. Leobin, Euphronius and Rusticus attended St. Avitus to his happy death around the year 530. His body was reverently interred in Orleans.

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Sts. Teresa and Sancia of Portugal()

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