Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, June 25 2018

Monday of the Twelfth week in Ordinary Time

Monday of the Twelfth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

2nd book of Kings

17,5-8.13-15a.18.

]Shalmaneser, king of Assyria,  occupied the whole land and attacked Samaria, which he besieged for three years.
]In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and deported the Israelites to Assyria, settling them in Halah, at the Habor, a river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
]This came about because the Israelites sinned against the LORD, their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the domination of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and because they venerated other gods.
]They followed the rites of the nations whom the LORD had cleared out of the way of the Israelites (and the kings of Israel whom they set up).
]And though the LORD warned Israel and Judah by every prophet and seer, "Give up your evil ways and keep my commandments and statutes, in accordance with the entire law which I enjoined on your fathers and which I sent you by my servants the prophets,"
]they did not listen, but were as stiff-necked as their fathers, who had not believed in the LORD, their God.
]They rejected his statutes, the covenant which he had made with their fathers, and the warnings which he had given them.
]till, in his great anger against Israel, the LORD put them away out of his sight. Only the tribe of Judah was left.

Psalm

Psalms

60(59),3.4-5.12-13.

]O God, you have rejected us and broken our defenses;
You have been angry; rally us!
]You have rocked the country and split it open;
repair the cracks in it, for it is tottering.
]You have made your people feel hardships;
you have given us stupefying wine.
]Have not you, O God, rejected us,
so that you go not forth, O God, with our armies?
]Give us aid against the foe,
for worthless is the help of men.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

7,1-5.

]Jesus said to his disciples: "Stop judging, that you may not be judged.
]For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.
]Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?
]How can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove that splinter from your eye,' while the wooden beam is in your eye?
]You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother's eye."

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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.

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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.

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Sts. Jason & Sosipater()

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