Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, June 18 2019

Tuesday of the Eleventh week in Ordinary Time

Tuesday of the Eleventh week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Second Letter to the Corinthians

8,1-9.

]We want you to know, brothers and sisters, of the grace of God that has been given to the churches of Macedonia,
]for in a severe test of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their profound poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
]For according to their means, I can testify, and beyond their means, spontaneously,
]they begged us insistently for the favor of taking part in the service to the holy ones,
]and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us through the will of God,
]so that we urged Titus that, as he had already begun, he should also complete for you this gracious act also.
]Now as you excel in every respect, in faith, discourse, knowledge, all earnestness, and in the love we have for you, may you excel in this gracious act also.
]I say this not by way of command, but to test the genuineness of your love by your concern for others.
]For you know the gracious act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sake he became poor although he was rich, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

Psalm

Psalms

146(145),2.5-6.7.8-9a.

]Praise the LORD, my soul!
I will praise the LORD all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live.
]Blessed he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD, his God,
]Who made heaven and earth,
the sea and all that is in them.
Who keeps faith forever,
]secures justice for the oppressed,
gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets captives free.  
]The LORD gives sight to the blind.
The LORD raises up those who were bowed down;
the LORD loves the just.
]The LORD protects strangers.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

5,43-48.

]Jesus said to his disciples: "You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.
]But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,
]that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.
]For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same?
]And if you greet your brothers only, what is unusual about that? Do not the pagans do the same?
]So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect."

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Sts. Marcus and Marcellianus(Martyrs († 286))

SAINTS MARCUS and MARCELLIANUSMartyrs( 286) Marcus and Marcellianus were twin brothers and Roman noblemen. They received faith early in life and later started families. Their peaceful lives were shattered after Diocletian ascended the imperial throne in 284. For being Christian, Marcus and Marcellianus were imprisoned and condemned to beheading. Their friends obtained a thirty-day respite and attempted to persuade them to apostatize. Tranquillinus and Martia, their parents, along with their sons' wives and babies, also attempted to persuade them. When St. Sebastian, an officer in the emperor's household, came to Rome, he encouraged the brothers. As a result, the brothers'father, mother and wives converted. Nicostratus, the public register, and Chromatius, the judge, also converted and set the Saints at liberty. Chromatius then abdicated the magistracy and retired to the country. Marcus and Marcellianus remained in Rome and were concealed by a Christian officer. However, they were betrayed by an apostate and recaptured. Fabian, Chromatius' sucessor, condemned them and nailed their feet to pillars. They remained in that posture a day and a night before being impaled with lances.

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St. Gregory Barbarigo(Bishop (1625-1697))

SAINT GREGORY BARBARIGOBishop (1625-1697) Gregory Barbarigo was born to a ruling family in Venice. He graduated with high honors from the University of Padua with doctorates in canon and civil law. With Apostolic Nuncio Fabio Chigi's encouragement, he attended the Peace Congress in Münster at 19 years old. There, he discerned a religious vocation and consecrated himself to God and the Blessed Virgin Mary. When Fabio Chigi became Pope Alexander VII, he nominated Gregory to the bishopric of Bergamo and appointed him cardinal. Gregory was later transferred to the bishopric of Padua. Heemulated St. Charles Borromeo and zealously carried out the decrees of the Council of Trent. He was pastoral by nature and preached about uprooting vice and cultivating virtue.He took special pains to promote catechetical instruction and visited every village in his diocese. Gregory enlarged the seminaries of both Bergamo and Padua. He built a library in Padua and a printing press to reach Near Eastern people in their own language. His works of charity were remarkable and he always provided for the poor: selling his furniture, clothes and even his bed to help them. After a short illness, he passed away on June 15, 1697. His holiness was renowned and his cause for canonization was soon opened. He was beatified by Clement XIII and canonized by John XXIII.

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St. Elizabeth of Schoenau()

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