Thursday of the Tenth week in Ordinary Time

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.

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.

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) Ephrem was a Syrian and the son of a citizen of Nisibis in Mesopotamia. As a young man, he sought out Bishop James and was baptized. Ephrem made such progress in holiness and learning that he was appointed teacher at a flourishing school in Nisibis. Ephrem was ordained as a deacon at the Church of Edessa. He declined the priesthood out of humility, but continually transcended the limits of his spirit. St. Ephrem's writings were so infused with the light of the Holy Spirit that he was considered a Doctor of the Church even while living. He was noted, above all, for his great and tender devotion to the Immaculate Virgin. Full of merits, Ephrem passed away at Edessa in Mesopotamia on the fourteenth of July. Pope Benedict XV declared him, by a decree of the Congregation of Sacred Rites, to be a Doctor of the Universal Church.

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

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STS. PRIMUS and FELICIANUSMartyrs(3rd century) These two were brothers who lived in Rome during the later half of the third century. They encouraged each other in all good works, seemed to possess nothing but for the poor, and often spent nights and days with confessors in dungeons or at the places of torment and execution. Some they encouraged to persevere; others, who had fallen away, they raised again. Sts. Primus and Felicianus made themselves the servants of all in Christ that all might attain to salvation through Him. Their zeal was remarkable, and they were spared the dangers of many bloody persecutions well into old age. The brothers practiced heroic virtue up to the final test. The pagans raised an outcry against Primus and Felicianus, having them arrested and imprisoned. The brothers were scourged and sent to a town twelve miles from Rome for torture. Once there, they were tortured together and afterward separately. "But where sin increased, grace increased all the more" (Rom. 5:20). The brothers were beheaded on the 9th of June, earning crowns of martyrdom and reigning with Jesus Christ forever.

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