Tuesday of the Eleventh week in Ordinary Time

1st book of Kings

After the death of Naboth the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite:
"Start down to meet Ahab, king of Israel, who rules in Samaria. He will be in the vineyard of Naboth, of which he has come to take possession.
This is what you shall tell him, 'The LORD says: After murdering, do you also take possession? For this, the LORD says: In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, the dogs shall lick up your blood, too.'"
"Have you found me out, my enemy?" Ahab said to Elijah. "Yes," he answered. "Because you have given yourself up to doing evil in the LORD'S sight,
I am bringing evil upon you: I will destroy you and will cut off every male in Ahab's line, whether slave or freeman, in Israel.
I will make your house like that of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, and like that of Baasha, son of Ahijah, because of how you have provoked me by leading Israel into sin."
(Against Jezebel, too, the LORD declared, "The dogs shall devour Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.")
"When one of Ahab's line dies in the city, dogs will devour him; when one of them dies in the field, the birds of the sky will devour him."
Indeed, no one gave himself up to the doing of evil in the sight of the LORD as did Ahab, urged on by his wife Jezebel.
He became completely abominable by following idols, just as the Amorites had done, whom the LORD drove out before the Israelites.
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth over his bare flesh. He fasted, slept in the sackcloth, and went about subdued.
Then the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite,
"Have you seen that Ahab has humbled himself before me? Since he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his time. I will bring the evil upon his house during the reign of his son."

Psalms

Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
Thoroughly wash me from my guilt
and of my sin cleanse me.
For I acknowledge my offense,
and my sin is before me always:
"Against you only have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight."
Turn away your face from my sins,
and blot out all my guilt.
Free me from blood guilt, O God, my saving God;
then my tongue shall revel in your justice.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

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."

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. 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 of his diocese. Bp. Gregory enlarged the seminaries of both Bergamo and Padua. He built a library in Padua and a printing press to reach people of 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. He was reknowned for being virtuous; and his cause for canonization was soon opened. He was beatified by Clement XIII, and added to the list of saints by John XXIII.

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

SAINTS MARCUS and MARCELLIANUSMartyrs(+286) Marcus and Marcellianus were twin brothers from a noble family in Rome. They received faith during boyhood and later started families. Their peaceful lives were shattered when Diocletian ascended the imperial throne in 284 and a persecution was incited by pagans. Marcus and Marcellianus were imprisoned and condemned to be beheaded. Their friends obtained a respite of the execution for thirty days and implored them to worship false gods. Tranquillinus and Martia, their unbelieving parents, along with their sons' wives and babies, endeavored to sway them. St. Sebastian, an officer of the emperor's household, came to Rome and encouraged the brothers. The result 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. Chromatics afterward abdicated the magistracy and retired into the country. Marcus and Marcellianus were concealed by a Christian officer in an apartment, but they were betrayed by an apostate and retaken. Fabian, who had succeeded Chromatius, condemned the brothers to be bound and their feet nailed to pillars. In this posture, they remained a day and a night; and on the following day were impaled with lances.

St. Elizabeth of Schoenau()

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