Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Book of Exodus

19,2-6.

After the journey from Rephidim to the desert of Sinai, they pitched camp. While Israel was encamped here in front of the mountain,
Moses went up the mountain to God. Then the LORD called to him and said, "Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob;
tell the Israelites: You have seen for yourselves how I treated the Egyptians and how I bore you up on eagle wings and brought you here to myself.
Therefore, if you hearken to my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my special possession, dearer to me than all other people, though all the earth is mine.
You shall be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation. That is what you must tell the Israelites."

Psalms

100(99),2.3.5.

Sing joyfully to the Lord all you lands,
serve the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful song.
Know that the LORD is God;
he made us, his we are;
his people, the flock he tends.
The LORD is good:
his kindness endures forever,
and his faithfulness, to all generations.

Letter to the Romans

5,6-11.

For Christ, while we were still helpless, yet died at the appointed time for the ungodly.
Indeed, only with difficulty does one die for a just person, though perhaps for a good person one might even find courage to die.
But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.
How much more then, since we are now justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath.
Indeed, if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, once reconciled, will we be saved by his life.
Not only that, but we also boast of God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

9,36-38.10,1-8.

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."
Then he summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.
The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;
Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.
Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus, "Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.
Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
As you go, make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'"
Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give."

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

SAINT GREGORY BARBARIGOBishop (1625-1697) Gregory Barbarigo was born to a patrician family in Venice, and graduated with high honors from the University of Padua with doctorates in canon and civil law. With the encouragement of Fabio Chigi, the Apostolic Nuncio, he attended the Peace Congress in Münster when he was 19. There, Gregory consecrated himself to God and the Holy Virgin to serve the Church. After Gregory was ordained, Fabio Chigi became Pope Alexander VII. He nominated Gregory to the Bishopric of Bergamo and appointed him cardinal. Gregory was afterward transferred to the Bishopric of Padua. While carrying out his duties, Bp. Gregory emulated St. Charles Borromeo. He zealously put into effect the admonitions and decrees of the Council of Trent. Pastoral by nature, Bp. Gregory preached about uprooting vice and cultivating virtue.He took special pains to promote catechetical instruction and visited every village of his diocese, teaching and encouraging wherever he went. Bp. Gregory enlarged the seminaries of both Bergamo and Padua. He built a library in Padua and a printing press to reach people in the Near East in their own language. His works of charity were remarkable in that he always provided for the needs of the poor,selling his furniture, clothes and even his bed to help them. After a short illness, Bp. Gregory passed away on June 15, 1697. Reknowned for his virtues, he was beatified by Clement XIII, and added to the list of saints by John XXIII.

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

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SAINTS MARCUS and MARCELLIANUSMartyrs(+286) Marcus and Marcellianus were twin brothers from a noble family in Rome. They received faith in their youth, and were honorably married. Diocletian ascending the imperial throne in 284, the pagans surrounding him raised a persecution. The brothers were thrown into prison and condemned to be beheaded. Their friends obtained a respite of the execution for thirty days and attempted to have them worship false gods. Tranquillinus and Martia, their unbelieving parents, in company with their sons' wives and babies, endeavored to move them by tender entreaties and tears. St. Sebastian, an officer of the emperor's household, came to Rome soon after the brothers were imprisoned and encouraged them. The result of all these interactions was the happy conversion of the father, mother and wives, and also of Nicostratus, the public register, and soon after of Chromatius, the judge, who set the Saints at liberty, and, abdicating the magistracy, retired into the country. Marcus and Marcellianus were concealed by a Christian officer in his apartments in the palace, but they were betrayed by an apostate and retaken. Fabian, who had succeeded Chromatius, condemned them to be bound to two pillars with their feet nailed to the same. In this posture, they remained a day and a night, and on the following day were stabbed with lances.

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St. Elizabeth of Schoenau()

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