Wednesday of the Ninth week in Ordinary Time

Second Letter to Timothy

1,1-3.6-12.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God for the promise of life in Christ Jesus,
to Timothy, my dear child: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
I am grateful to God, whom I worship with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, as I remember you constantly in my prayers, night and day.
For this reason, I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands.
For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control.
So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for his sake; but bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God.
He saved us and called us to a holy life, not according to our works but according to his own design and the grace bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before time began,
but now made manifest through the appearance of our savior Christ Jesus, who destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
for which I was appointed preacher and apostle and teacher.
On this account I am suffering these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know him in whom I have believed and am confident that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.

Psalms

123(122),1-2a.2bcd.

To you I lift up my eyes
who are enthroned in heaven --
As the eyes of servants
are on the hands of their masters.
As the eyes of a maid
are on the hands of her mistress,
so are our eyes on the LORD, our God,
till he have pity on us.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

12,18-27.

Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and put this question to him,
saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us, 'If someone's brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.'
Now there were seven brothers. The first married a woman and died, leaving no descendants.
So the second married her and died, leaving no descendants, and the third likewise.
And the seven left no descendants. Last of all the woman also died.
At the resurrection (when they arise) whose wife will she be? For all seven had been married to her."
Jesus said to them, "Are you not misled because you do not know the scriptures or the power of God?
When they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but they are like the angels in heaven.
As for the dead being raised, have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God told him, 'I am the God of Abraham, (the) God of Isaac, and (the) God of Jacob'?
He is not God of the dead but of the living. You are greatly misled."

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St. Boniface(Bishop and Martyr (+754) - Memorial)

ST. BONIFACEBishop, Martyr(+ 754) St. Boniface was born in Crediton, Devonshire, England, around 673. Some missionaries staying at his father's house spoke to him of heavenly things and inspired him to devote himself to God. Boniface later entered the Exminster monastery and trained for apostolic work. His first attempt to convert the pagans in Holland failed, so he went to Rome and obtained the Pope's blessing; and returned with authority to preach to Germanic tribes. Evangelizing was a slow and dangerous task. Fr. Boniface's life was in constant peril, while his flock was often reduced to abject poverty by wandering robber bands. Yet his courage never flagged. He began with Bavaria and Thuringia, next visited Friesland and then passed on to Hesse and Saxony: demolishing idol temples and raising churches on their site. Fr. Boniface endeavored, as far as possible, to make every object of idolatry contribute in some way to the glory of God. On one occasion, having cut down an immense oak used for rituals to Jupiter, he blessed the wood and used it to build a church, which he dedicated to the Prince of the Apostles. He was then recalled to Rome, consecrated bishop by the Pope, and returned to extend and organize the rising German Church. With diligent care, he reformed abuses among the existing clergy and established religious houses throughout the land. At length, feeling his infirmities increase, Bp. Boniface appointed a successor to his monastery and set out to convert another pagan tribe. While he was waiting to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation to some newly-baptized Christians, a troop of pagans arrived armed with swords and spears. His attendants would have opposed them, but the Bishop said to his followers: "Let us put our hope in God." Scarcely had he finished speaking when the barbarians fell them and martyred all fifty-two.

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