Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, June 19 2017
Monday of the Eleventh week in Ordinary Time
Monday of the Eleventh week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingSecond Letter to the Corinthians
6,1-10.]Brothers and sisters: As your fellow workers, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
]For he says: "In an acceptable time I heard you, and on the day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is a very acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
]We cause no one to stumble in anything, in order that no fault may be found with our ministry;
]on the contrary, in everything we commend ourselves as ministers of God, through much endurance, in afflictions, hardships, constraints,
]beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, vigils, fasts;
]by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, in a holy spirit, in unfeigned love,
]in truthful speech, in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness at the right and at the left;
]through glory and dishonor, insult and praise. We are treated as deceivers and yet are truthful;
]as unrecognized and yet acknowledged; as dying and behold we live; as chastised and yet not put to death;
]as sorrowful yet always rejoicing; as poor yet enriching many; as having nothing and yet possessing all things.
Psalms
98(97),1.2-3ab.3cd-4.]Sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done wondrous deeds;
His right hand has won victory for him,
his holy arm.
]The LORD has made his salvation known:
in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.
]He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness
]toward the house of Israel.
]All the ends of the earth have seen
]the salvation by our God.
]Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
break into song; sing praise.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew
5,38-42.]Jesus said to his disciples: "You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
]But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on (your) right cheek, turn the other one to him as well.
]If anyone wants to go to law with you over your tunic, hand him your cloak as well.
]Should anyone press you into service for one mile, go with him for two miles.
]Give to the one who asks of you, and do not turn your back on one who wants to borrow."
St. Juliana Falconieri((1270-1340))
SAINT JULIANA FALCONIERI(1270-1340) St. Juliana Falconieri was born in answer to prayers. Her father built the splendid church of the Annunziata in Florence, while her uncle, Blessed Alexius, became one of the founders of the Servite Order. Under Alexius' care, Juliana grew up, as he said, more like an angel than a human. Such was her modesty that she never used a mirror or gazed upon a man's face. The mere mention of sin made her shudder; and once, hearing a scandal through gossip, she fell into a swoon. St. Juliana's devotion to the sorrows of Our Lady drew her to the Servants of Mary. At 14 years old, she refused a marriage proposal and received the Servants' habit from St. Philip Benizi. Her sanctity attracted many novices, for whose direction she was bidden to draw up a rule. Thus, she became the foundress of the "Mantellate." She was with her children as their servant rather than their mistress. Outside her convent, she led a life of apostolic charity: converting sinners, reconciling enemies and healing the sick. St. Juliana was sometimes rapt for days in ecstasy; and her prayers saved the Servite Order when it was in danger of being suppressed. She passed away from stomach disease that prevented her from eating. She endured her constant agony cheerfully: grieving only for the privation of Holy Communion. She was visited in her last hour by angels in the form of white doves and the Child Jesus, who crowned her with a garland of flowers. Before dying, St. Juliana asked to see and adore the Blessed Sacrament. It was brought to her cell and reverently laid on a corporal, which was placed over her heart. At the moment she expired, the Sacred Host disappeared. Afterward, the form of the Host was found stamped upon her heart in the exact spot over where it had been placed.
St. Romuald(Abbot (c. 952-1027))
SAINT ROMUALD Abbot (c. 952-1027) St. Romuald attained sainthood by conquering impurity. At first, he had recourse to hunting and conceived a love for solitude. When Sergius, his father, killed one of their relatives during a duel in 976, he entered the Benedictine monastery in Classe for forty days. His penance ended with the discernment of his religious vocation. After three years in Classe, St. Romuald departed because of his brothers' scandalous behavior. He lived as a hermit near Venice where he was joined by Peter Urseolus, the duke of Venice. Peter sought redemption after usurping power and St. Romuald experienced darkness from his brothers' scandal. Together, they rediscovered Christ and drew souls to God; all the while experiencing demonic retaliation. St. Romuald founded several monasteries, the largest of which was in Camaldoli. It was located in a wild desert place and had a church surrounded by separate cells. His disciples were thus called Camaldolese. He experienced a vision of a mystic ladder and his white-clothed monks ascending by it to Heaven. Among his first disciples were Sts. Adalbert and Boniface, the apostles of Russia; and also Sts. John and Benedict of Poland, who were martyred. He was also a trusted friend of the emperor, St. Henry. If there was a saint of the silver lining, it would be St. Romuald. He discovered his vocation after his father's act of revenge and the temptations besetting him. The scandal of some monks in Classe brought him Duke Peter Urseolus, his first disciple. Finally, the persecutions of others made him settle in Camaldoli and found a new order. He passed away as he had foretold twenty years earlier in his monastery of Val Castro, on June 19, 1027.
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