Catholic Missal of the day: Thursday, June 18 2026

Thursday of the Eleventh week in Ordinary Time

Book of Sirach

In those days, like a fire there appeared the prophet Elijah whose words were as a flaming furnace.
Their staff of bread he shattered, in his zeal he reduced them to straits;
By God's word he shut up the heavens and three times brought down fire.
How awesome are you, Elijah! Whose glory is equal to yours?
You brought a dead man back to life from the nether world, by the will of the LORD.
You sent kings down to destruction, and nobles, from their beds of sickness.
You heard threats at Sinai, at Horeb avenging judgments.
You anointed kings who should inflict vengeance, and a prophet as your successor.
You were taken aloft in a whirlwind, in a chariot with fiery horses.
You are destined, it is written, in time to come to put an end to wrath before the day of the LORD, To turn back the hearts of fathers toward their sons, and to reestablish the tribes of Jacob.
Blessed is he who shall have seen you and who falls asleep in your friendship.
O Elijah, enveloped in the whirlwind! Then Elisha, filled with a twofold portion of his spirit, wrought many marvels by his mere word. During his lifetime he feared no one, nor was any man able to intimidate his will.
Nothing was beyond his power; beneath him flesh was brought back into life.
In life he performed wonders, and after death, marvelous deeds.

Psalms

The LORD is king; let the earth rejoice;
let the many islands be glad.
Clouds and darkness are round about him,
justice and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
Fire goes before him
and consumes his foes round about.
His lightnings illumine the world;
the earth sees and trembles.
The mountains melt like wax before the LORD,
before the Lord of all the earth.
The heavens proclaim his justice,
and all peoples see his glory.
All who worship graven things are put to shame,
who glory in the things of nought;
all gods are prostrate before him.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

Jesus said to his disciples:
"In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words.
Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread;
and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
and do not subject us to the final test, but deliver us from the evil one.
If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you.
But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions."

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

SAINTS MARCUS and MARCELLIANUSMartyrs( 286) Marcus and Marcellianus were twin brothers and Roman noblemen. They received faith in their youth and became familymen. Their peaceful lives were shattered when Diocletian ascended the imperial throne in 284. Marcus and Marcellianus were imprisoned and condemned to beheading for being Christian. Their friends obtained a respite for thirty days to convince them to apostatize. Tranquillinus and Martia, their unbelieving parents, along with their sons' wives and babies, tried persuading them. St. Sebastian, an officer of the emperor's household, came to Rome and 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 concealed by a Christian officer, but they were betrayed by an apostate and recaptured. Fabian, Chromatius' sucessor, condemned the brothers and had their feet nailed to pillars. They remained in that posture a day and a night before being impaled with lances.

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 when he was 19. There, he consecrated himself to God and the Holy Virgin Mary 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 carried out 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 in his diocese. Bp. 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, Bp. Gregory 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 added to the list of saints by John XXIII.

St. Elizabeth of Schoenau()

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