Thursday of the Eleventh week in Ordinary Time

Second Letter to the Corinthians

Brothers and sisters: If only you would put up with a little foolishness from me! Please put up with me.
For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God, since I betrothed you to one husband to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts may be corrupted from a sincere (and pure) commitment to Christ.
For if someone comes and preaches another Jesus than the one we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough.
For I think that I am not in any way inferior to these "superapostles."
Even if I am untrained in speaking, I am not so in knowledge; in every way we have made this plain to you in all things.
Did I make a mistake when I humbled myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge?
I plundered other churches by accepting from them in order to minister to you.
And when I was with you and in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. So I refrained and will refrain from burdening you in any way.
By the truth of Christ in me, this boast of mine shall not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

Psalms

I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart
in the company and assembly of the just.
Great are the works of the LORD,
exquisite in all their delights.
Majesty and glory are his work,
and his justice endures forever.
He has won renown for his wondrous deeds;
gracious and merciful is the LORD.
The works of his hands are faithful and just;
sure are all his precepts,
Reliable forever and ever,
wrought in truth and equity.

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."

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. 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. Sr. 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 a 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, 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) In his youth, St. Romuald was troubled by impurity. He had recourse to hunting, and thereby conceived a love for solitude. In 976, Sergius, his father, a nobleman of Ravenna, quarrelled with a relative about an estate and slew the latter in a duel. Romuald was horrified and entered the Benedictine monastery in Classe for forty days' penance. His penance ended with discovering a religious vocation. After three years in Classe, Romuald departed because of his brothers' scandalous behavior. He then lived as a hermit near Venice. There, he was joined by Peter Urseolus, the duke of Venice, who sought redemption after usurping power. Together, they led an austere and penetential life. They experienced demonic retaliation for directing souls to Christ. St. Romuald founded many monasteries, the chief of which was in Camaldoli. It was in a wild, desert place, with a church surrounded by separate cells for the solitaries. Romuald's disciples were hence called Camaldolese. He is said to have seen 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, apostles of Russia, and Sts. John and Benedict of Poland, martyrs for the faith. He was an intimate friend of the emperor St. Henry, and was reverenced and consulted by other great men. 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 Urseolus, his first disciple, whom he reformed. Finally, the persecutions of others made him settle in Camaldoli and found a new order. Romuald passed away, as he had foretold twenty years earlier, in his monastery of Val Castro, on June 19, 1027.

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