Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, June 9 2018

Immaculate Heart of Mary - Memorial

Immaculate Heart of Mary - Memorial

1. Reading

Book of Isaiah

61,9-11.

]Thus says the Lord: The descendants of my people shall be renowned among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; All who see them shall acknowledge them as a race the LORD has blessed.
]I rejoice heartily in the LORD, in my God is the joy of my soul; For he has clothed me with a robe of salvation, and wrapped me in a mantle of justice, Like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem, like a bride bedecked with her jewels.
]As the earth brings forth its plants, and a garden makes its growth spring up, So will the Lord GOD make justice and praise spring up before all the nations.

Psalm

1st book of Samuel

2,1.4-5.6-7.8abcd.

]My heart exults in the LORD,
my horn is exalted in my God.
I have swallowed up my enemies;
I rejoice in my victory.
]The bows of the mighty are broken,
while the tottering gird on strength.
]The well-fed hire themselves out for bread,
while the hungry batten on spoil.
The barren wife bears seven sons,
while the mother of many languishes.
]The LORD puts to death and gives life;
He casts down to the nether world;
He raises up again.
]The LORD makes poor and makes rich,
He humbles, he also exalts.
]He raises the needy from the dust;
]from the dung heap he lifts up the poor,
]to seat them with nobles
]and make a glorious throne their heritage.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

2,41-51.

]Each year Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover,
]and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom.
]After they had completed its days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it.
]Thinking that he was in the caravan, they journeyed for a day and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances,
]but not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.
]After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions,
]and all who heard him were astounded at his understanding and his answers.
]When his parents saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, "Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety."
]And he said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"
]But they did not understand what he said to them.
]He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart.

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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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