Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, June 4 2018
Monday of the Ninth week in Ordinary Time
Monday of the Ninth week in Ordinary Time
1. Readingsecond Letter of Peter
1,2-7.]may grace and peace be yours in abundance through knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
]His divine power has bestowed on us everything that makes for life and devotion, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and power.
]Through these, he has bestowed on us the precious and very great promises, so that through them you may come to share in the divinenature, after escaping from the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire.
]For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, virtue with knowledge,
]knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with devotion,
]devotion with mutual affection, mutual affection with love.
Psalms
91(90),1-2.14-15ab.15c-16.]You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High,
who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,
]Say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust."
]Because he clings to me, I will deliver him;
I will set him on high because he acknowledges my name.
]He shall call upon me, and I will answer him;
]I will be with him in distress.
]I will deliver him and glorify him;
]With length of days I will gratify him
And will show him my salvation.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark
12,1-12.]Jesus began to speak to the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and left on a journey.
]At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants to obtain from them some of the produce of the vineyard.
]But they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
]Again he sent them another servant. And that one they beat over the head and treated shamefully.
]He sent yet another whom they killed. So, too, many others; some they beat, others they killed.
]He had one other to send, a beloved son. He sent him to them last of all, thinking, 'They will respect my son.'
]But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
]So they seized him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
]What (then) will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come, put the tenants to death, and give the vineyard to others.
]Have you not read this scripture passage: 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
]by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes'?"
]They were seeking to arrest him, but they feared the crowd, for they realized that he had addressed the parable to them. So they left him and went away.
St. Francis Caracciolo(Co-Founder (1563-1608))
ST. FRANCIS CARACCIOLOPriest and co-founder of the Congregation of the Minor Clerics Regular(1563-1608) St. Francis Caracciolo was born in the kingdom of Naples to a princely family. He preferred reciting the Rosary instead of amusing himself and often gave food to the poor. While studying for the priesthood in Naples, he visited prisoners regularly and adored the Eucharist in unfrequented churches.After being ordained at 25 years old, he was miraculously curedof a rare skin condition. St. Francis founded an order of clerics regular and formulated its rule. One priest fasted on bread and water, another took the discipline, a third wore a hair-shirt and all three took turns in perpetual adoration. To their usual vows, they added the refusal of official dignities. St. Francis undertook many journeys throughout Italy and Spain on foot and without money. While establishing the Order, he subsisted on bread given to him in charity. When he was elected general, he continued his mortifications and devoted seven hours daily to meditating on the Passion. He also prayed for most of the night before the Eucharist. St. Francis was commonly called the Preacher of Divine Love, but it was before the Blessed Sacrament that his ardent devotion was most perceptible. In the presence of his divine Lord, St. Francis' face emitted rays of light. According to his custom, he would lay prostrate before the tabernacle repeating, "Zeal for your house has consumed me." St. Francis passed away from fever at 44 years on the eve of Corpus Christi in 1608. His final words were, "Let us go, let us go to Heaven!" An autopsy revealed that his heart was burned and that there were words imprinted around it: "Zelus domus Tuæ comedit me", "The zeal of Thy house hath eaten me up."
St. Clotilda(Queen (476-545))
SAINT CLOTILDA Queen (476-545) St. Clotilda was the daughter of Chilperic, whose older brother was King Gondebald of Burgundy. King Gondebald killed Chilperic, Chilperic's wife, and all his bothers. St. Clotilda was raised by an uncle and instructed in Catholicism amidst Arianism. St. Clotilda's wit, beauty and beatitudes attracted the victorious king of the Franks,Clovis I, who obtained her hand in marriage. St. Clotilda honored her royal husband, studied to sweeten his warlike temper by Christian meekness and conformed herself to his humor in things that were indifferent. She made those things in which he took the greatest delight the subject of her discourse and praises, thus gaining his affections. When St. Clotilda saw herself mistress of Clovis' heart, she did not defer the great work of endeavoring to win him to God. However, Clovis' human respect made him delay his conversion. His miraculous victory over the Alemanni and his conversion in 496 were the fruit of St. Clotilda's prayers. Among other religious foundations, Clovis built a church dedicated to Sts. Peter and Paul in 511, now called the Abbey of St. Genevieve. Clovis died on November 27, 511, at 45 years old, after a thirty-year reign. His eldest son, Theodoric, reigned over the eastern parts of France from Rheims. Meanwhile, Prince Clodomir reigned from Orleans, Prince Childebert reigned from Paris and Prince Clotaire I reigned from Soissons. The division produced wars and mutual jealousies until Clotaire I reunited the monarchy in 560. The dissensions in St. Clotilda's family weaned her heart from the world. She spent the remainder of her life praying, almsgiving, adoring and fasting. She seemed to forget that she had been queen or that her sons sat on the throne. She foretold her death thirty days before it happened. On the thirtieth day, she received the last sacraments and made a public confession of faith. She passed away on June 4, 545, and attained the beatific vision: seeing Jesus Christ face to face forever.
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