Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, June 25 2017
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingBook of Jeremiah
20,10-13.]I hear the whisperings of many: "Terror on every side! Denounce! let us denounce him!" All those who were my friends are on the watch for any misstep of mine. "Perhaps he will be trapped; then we can prevail, and take our vengeance on him."
]But the LORD is with me, like a mighty champion: my persecutors will stumble, they will not triumph. In their failure they will be put to utter shame, to lasting, unforgettable confusion.
]O LORD of hosts, you who test the just, who probe mind and heart, Let me witness the vengeance you take on them, for to you I have entrusted my cause.
]Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD, For he has rescued the life of the poor from the power of the wicked!
Psalms
69(68),8-10.14.17.33-35.]For your sake I bear insult,
and shame covers my face.
]I have become an outcast to my brothers,
a stranger to my mother's sons,
]because zeal for your house consumes me,
and the insults of those who blaspheme you fall upon me.
]But I pray to you, O LORD,
for the time of your favor, O God!
In your great kindness answer me
with your constant help.
]Answer me, O LORD, for bounteous is your kindness:
in your great mercy turn toward me.
]“See, you lowly ones, and be glad;
you who seek God, may your hearts revive!
]For the LORD hears the poor,
and his own who are in bonds he spurns not.”
]Let the heavens and the earth sing praise,
the seas and whatever moves in them!"
Letter to the Romans
5,12-15.]Brothers and sisters: Through one man sin entered the world, and through sin, death, and thus death came to all men, inasmuch as all sinned—
]for up to the time of the law, sin was in the world, though sin is not accounted when there is no law.
]But death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin after the pattern of the trespass of Adam, who is the type of the one who was to come.
]But the gift is not like the transgression. For if by that one person's transgression the many died, how much more did the grace of God and the gracious gift of the one person Jesus Christ overflow for the many.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew
10,26-33.]Therefore do not be afraid of them. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known.
]What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
]And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
]Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's knowledge.
]Even all the hairs of your head are counted.
]So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
]Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.
]But whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father."
St. William of Vercelli (of Monte-Vergine)(Abbot († 1142))
SAINT WILLIAM OF MONTE-VERGINEAbbot( 1142) St. William's parents were nobles from Vercelli, northern Italy. They passed away when he was an infant and he was raised by relatives and friends. At 15 years old, he left Piedmont and made an austere pilgrimage to St. James' in Galicia. Afterward, he retired to the kingdom of Naples and lived on a desert mountain. When St. William's contemplation was interrupted, he relocated to Monte-Vergine between Nola and Benevento. However, his reputation preceded him and he was obliged by two neighboring priests to admit disciples. Thus began, in 1119, the foundation of the religious congregation called de Monte-Vergine. St. William passed away on June 25, 1142. He entered Jesus' kingdom, which is described as "wholly transcending the visible order of things" (CCC, 37). He reigns with God and the Church Triumphant forever.
St. Prosper of Aquitaine(Layperson (5th century))
SAINT PROSPER of AQUITAINE (5th century) St. Prosper was born in Aquitaine circa 370. He was a layperson who associated with religious communities. He questioned St. Augustine on the errors of Pelagianism and the latter replied with letters on predestination and perseverance. The letters are authoritative refutations of heresy. When St. Leo the Great was elected pope in 440, he appointed St. Prosper as his secretary. St. Prosper helped refute Nestorianism through letters and correspondence. He also wrote historical books using the works of St. Jerome and others. The date of St. Prosper's death is uncertain, but he was still active in 463. His works referencing St. Augustine formed the basis of future church councils, and his incorporation of works by St. Jerome and others proved to be an invaluable historical source. He is the patron saint of those who defend the doctrine of grance.
Sts. Jason & Sosipater()
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