Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, June 2 2023
Friday of the Eighth week in Ordinary Time
Book of Sirach
44,1.9-13.Now will I praise those godly men, our ancestors, each in his own time.
But of others there is no memory, for when they ceased, they ceased. And they are as though they had not lived, they and their children after them.
Yet these also were godly men whose virtues have not been forgotten;
Their wealth remains in their families, their heritage with their descendants;
Through God's covenant with them their family endures, their posterity, for their sake.
And for all time their progeny will endure, their glory will never be blotted out;
Psalms
149(148),1-2.3-4.5-6a.9b.Sing to the LORD a new song
of praise in the assembly of the faithful.
Let Israel be glad in their maker,
let the children of Zion rejoice in their king.
Let them praise his name in the festive dance,
let them sing praise to him with timbrel and harp.
For the LORD loves his people,
and he adorns the lowly with victory.
Let the faithful exult in glory;
let them sing for joy upon their couches;
Let the high praises of God be in their throats.
This is the glory of all his faithful. Alleluia!
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark
11,11-26.Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple area. He looked around at everything and, since it was already late, went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
The next day as they were leaving Bethany he was hungry.
Seeing from a distance a fig tree in leaf, he went over to see if he could find anything on it. When he reached it he found nothing but leaves; it was not the time for figs.
And he said to it in reply, "May no one ever eat of your fruit again!" And his disciples heard it.
They came to Jerusalem, and on entering the temple area he began to drive out those selling and buying there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.
He did not permit anyone to carry anything through the temple area.
Then he taught them saying, "Is it not written: 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples'? But you have made it a den of thieves."
The chief priests and the scribes came to hear of it and were seeking a way to put him to death, yet they feared him because the whole crowd was astonished at his teaching.
When evening came, they went out of the city.
Early in the morning, as they were walking along, they saw the fig tree withered to its roots.
Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered."
Jesus said to them in reply, "Have faith in God.
Amen, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it shall be done for him.
Therefore I tell you, all that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours.
When you stand to pray, forgive anyone against whom you have a grievance, so that your heavenly Father may in turn forgive you your transgressions."
Sts. Peter & Marcellinus(Martyrs (+ c. 304))
SAINTS MARCELLINUS, PETER Martyrs (+ c. 304) During Diocletian's persecution, Pope Damasus received information about the martyrdom of Saints Marcellinus and Peter. He was told about their passing by the executioner himself. They were beheaded, but received the beatific vision and joined the Church Triumphant in heaven.The saints are happy in heaven because they followed Christ.They rejoice with him for ever because they shed their blood for love of him.(Entrance antiphon)
Sts. Pothinus(Sanctus, Attalus, Blandina, & the other Martyrs of Lyons (+ 177))
SAINTS POTHINUS, Bishop, SANCTUS, ATTALUS, BLANDINA, and the other Martyrs of Lyons (+ 177) After the miraculous victory obtained by the prayer of Christians under Marcus Aurelius in 174, the Church enjoyed a kind of peace, though it was often disturbed in particular places by popular commotions, or by the superstitious fury of certain governors. This appears from the violent persecution that was raised at Vienne and Lyons three years after the aforesaid victory, while St. Pothinus was Bishop of Lyons and St. Irenæus, who had been sent thither by St. Polycarp out of Asia, was a priest of that city. Many of the principal Christians were brought before the Roman governor. Among them was a slave, Blandina, and her mistress, also a Christian. They were tormented a whole day through, but they bore it all till the executioners gave up, confessing themselves outdone. Red-hot plates were held to the sides of Sanctus, a deacon of Vienne, till his body became one great sore, and he looked no longer like a man. In the midst of his tortures, he was "bedewed and strengthened by the stream of heavenly water which flows from the side of Christ." Meantime, many confessors were kept in prison, and with them were some who had been terrified into apostasy. Even the heathens marked the joy of martyrdom in the Christians who were decked for their eternal espousals, and also the misery of the apostates. The faithful confessors brought back those who had fallen away, and the Church, "that Virgin Mother," rejoiced when she saw her children live again in Christ. Some Christians passed away in prison: the rest were executed one by one. St. Blandina was martyred last of all. She was executed after encouraging her younger brother and watching him get put to death.
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Published: 2023-11-27T19:31:19Z | Modified: 2023-11-27T19:31:19Z