Catholic Missal of the day: Thursday, June 9 2016

Thursday of the Tenth week in Ordinary Time

Thursday of the Tenth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

1st book of Kings

18,41-46.

]Elijah then said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain."
]So Ahab went up to eat and drink, while Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, crouched down to the earth, and put his head between his knees.
]"Climb up and look out to sea," he directed his servant, who went up and looked, but reported, "There is nothing." Seven times he said, "Go look again!"
]And the seventh time the youth reported, "There is a cloud as small as a man's hand rising from the sea." Elijah said, "Go and say to Ahab, 'Harness up and leave the mountain before the rain stops you.'"
]In a trice, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain fell. Ahab mounted his chariot and made for Jezreel.
]But the hand of the LORD was on Elijah, who girded up his clothing and ran before Ahab as far as the approaches to Jezreel.

Psalm

Psalms

65(64),10abc.10d-11.12-13.

]You have visited the land and watered it;
]greatly have you enriched it.
]God's watercourses are filled;
]you have prepared the grain.
]Thus have you prepared the land:
drenching its furrows, breaking up its clods,
softening it with showers,
blessing its yield.
]You have crowned the year with your bounty,
and your paths overflow with a rich harvest;
]the untilled meadows overflow with it,
and rejoicing clothes the hills.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

5,20-26.

]Jesus said to his disciples:  "I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven.
]You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, 'You shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable to judgment.'
]But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, 'Raqa,' will be answerable to the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, 'You fool,' will be liable to fiery Gehenna.
]Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you,
]leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
]Settle with your opponent quickly while on the way to court with him. Otherwise your opponent will hand you over to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison.
]Amen, I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny."

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St. Ephrem the Syrian(Doctor of the Church (c. 306-373))

Saint Ephrem the SyrianDeacon and Doctor of the Church(c. 306-373) St. Ephrem was born in Nisibis, Roman Mesopotamia, modern-day Turkey. As a young man, he sought out Bishop James and was baptized. He gained wisdom and holiness; and was appointed teacher at the flourishing School of Nisibis. St. Ephrem was later ordained a deacon at the Church of Edessa. He declined the priesthood, but was a prolific writer who taught and refuted heresies using Greek philosophy, Rabbinic Judaism and Persian poetry. He was noted, above all, for his great and tender devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. Ephrem passed away in Edessa on July 14, 373. His influence on the Eastern Churches caused Pope Benedict XV to declare him, by a decree of the Congregation of Sacred Rites, to be a Doctor of the Universal Church. He is the patron saint of spiritual directors.

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Sts. Primus and Felicianus(Martyrs (3rd century))

STS. PRIMUS and FELICIANUSMartyrs(3rd century) Sts. Primus and Felicianus were brothers who lived in Rome during the third century. They spent nights and days with confessors in dungeons or at places of torment and execution. Some, they encouraged to persevere. Others, who had fallen away, they raised up. Sts. Primus and Felicianus became the servants of everyone in Christ so that everyone might attain to salvation through Him. Their zeal was remarkable, and they were spared the dangers of many bloody persecutions well into old age. Their heroic virtues accompanied them up to the final test. Some pagans raised an outcry and denounced Primus and Felicianus as Christians, which resulted in their imprisonment. They were then scourged and sent to a town twelve miles from Rome. They were tortured again: first together and then separately. They were beheaded on June 9, 304.

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