Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, June 20 2017

Tuesday of the Eleventh week in Ordinary Time

Tuesday of the Eleventh week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Second Letter to the Corinthians

8,1-9.

]We want you to know, brothers and sisters, of the grace of God that has been given to the churches of Macedonia,
]for in a severe test of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their profound poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
]For according to their means, I can testify, and beyond their means, spontaneously,
]they begged us insistently for the favor of taking part in the service to the holy ones,
]and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us through the will of God,
]so that we urged Titus that, as he had already begun, he should also complete for you this gracious act also.
]Now as you excel in every respect, in faith, discourse, knowledge, all earnestness, and in the love we have for you, may you excel in this gracious act also.
]I say this not by way of command, but to test the genuineness of your love by your concern for others.
]For you know the gracious act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sake he became poor although he was rich, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

Psalm

Psalms

146(145),2.5-6.7.8-9a.

]Praise the LORD, my soul!
I will praise the LORD all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live.
]Blessed he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD, his God,
]Who made heaven and earth,
the sea and all that is in them.
Who keeps faith forever,
]secures justice for the oppressed,
gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets captives free.  
]The LORD gives sight to the blind.
The LORD raises up those who were bowed down;
the LORD loves the just.
]The LORD protects strangers.

Gospel

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. Silverius(Pope and Martyr († 538))

SAINT SILVERIUSPope and Martyr( 538) Saint Silverius was the son of Pope Hermisdas. The latter had been married before joining the priesthood. Pope Silverius was elected after St. Agapetas passed away. Pope Silverius refused to promote Empress Theodora's shismatic sect (the Acephali). In retaliation, she attempted to depose him and sent Vigilius, an archdeacon. Vigilius paid a Roman general, Belisarius, to remove Pope Silverius and instate three schismatic patriarchs: Anthimus of Constantinople, Severus of Antioch and Theodosius of Alexandria. After being accused of treason and conspiring to aid the Goths, Pope Silverius was banished to Patara, Lycia. The bishop of that city undertook the pope's defense and spoke boldly to the Emperor in Constantinople. He said, "There are many kings in the world, but only one pope over the Church of the whole world." Thus, Emperor Justinian ordered Pope Silverius' reinstatement. Pope Silverius papacy ended with his martyrdom. His enemies kidnapped him on the way to Rome and abandoned him on a desert island. He died from starvation on June 20, 538.

---

Sts. Aaron and Alban and Julius()

misalcatolico.com

---

Category: Mass by Year / Catholic Missal 2017 / Catholic Missal of june 2017