Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, June 19 2018
Tuesday of the Eleventh week in Ordinary Time
Tuesday of the Eleventh week in Ordinary Time
1. Reading1st book of Kings
21,17-29.]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
51(50),3-4.5-6ab.11.16.]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
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."
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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