Friday of the Ninth week in Ordinary Time

Book of Tobit

11,5-17.

Meanwhile, Anna sat watching the road by which her son was to come.
When she saw him coming, she exclaimed to his father, "Tobit, your son is coming, and the man who traveled with him!"
Raphael said to Tobiah before he reached his father: "I am certain that his eyes will be opened.
Smear the fish gall on them. This medicine will make the cataracts shrink and peel off from his eyes; then your father will again be able to see the light of day."
Then Anna ran up to her son, threw her arms around him, and said to him, "Now that I have seen you again, son, I am ready to die!" And she sobbed aloud.
Tobit got up and stumbled out through the courtyard gate. Tobiah went up to him
with the fish gall in his hand, and holding him firmly, blew into his eyes. "Courage, father," he said.
Next he smeared the medicine on his eyes,
and it made them smart. Then, beginning at the corners of Tobit's eyes, Tobiah used both hands to peel off the cataracts. When Tobit saw his son, he threw his arms around him
and wept. He exclaimed, "I can see you, son, the light of my eyes!" Then he said: "Blessed be God, and praised be his great name, and blessed be all his holy angels. May his holy name be praised throughout all the ages,
Because it was he who scourged me, and it is he who has had mercy on me. Behold, I now see my son Tobiah!" Then Tobit went back in, rejoicing and praising God with full voice. Tobiah told his father that his journey had been a success; that he had brought back the money; and that he had married Raguel's daughter Sarah, who would arrive shortly, for she was approaching the gate of Nineveh. '
Rejoicing and praising God, Tobit went out to the gate of Nineveh to meet his daughter-in-law. When the people of Nineveh saw him walking along briskly, with no one leading him by the hand, they were amazed.
Before them all Tobit proclaimed how God had mercifully restored sight to his eyes. When Tobit reached Sarah, the wife of his son Tobiah, he greeted her: "Welcome, my daughter! Blessed be your God for bringing you to us, daughter! Blessed are your father and your mother. Blessed is my son Tobiah, and blessed are you, daughter! Welcome to your home with blessing and joy. Come in, daughter!" That day there was joy for all the Jews who lived in Nineveh.

Psalms

146(145),1b.2.6c-7.8-9a.9bc-10.

Praise the LORD, O my soul;
I will praise the LORD all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live.
The LORD keeps faith forever,
secures justice for the oppressed,
gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets captives free.
The LORD gives sight to the blind.
The LORD raises up those who were bowed down;
the LORD loves the just.
The LORD protects strangers.
The fatherless and the widow the LORD sustains,
but the way of the wicked he thwarts.
The LORD shall reign forever;
your God, O Zion, through all generations. Alleluia.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

12,35-37.

As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said, "How do the scribes claim that the Messiah is the son of David?
David himself, inspired by the holy Spirit, said: 'The Lord said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand until I place your enemies under your feet."'
David himself calls him 'lord'; so how is he his son?" (The) great crowd heard this with delight.

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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, Upper 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 as 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. Nevertheless, he continuously applied himself to transcend his limitations. Ephrem's writings were so infused with the light of the Holy Spirit that some considered him a Doctor of the Church while he was still living. He was noted, above all, for his great and tender devotion to the Holy Virgin. Full of merits, Ephrem passed away at Edessa, Upper Mesopotamia, on July 14. 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) Primus and Felicianus were brothers who lived in Rome during the later half of the third century. They encouraged each other in all good works, used their possessions to serve the poor, and 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. Their heroic virtues accompanied them up to the final test. Some pagans raised an outcry and denounced Primus and Felicianus as Christians, resulting in the brothers' imprisonment. Primus and Felicianus were then scourged and sent to a town twelve miles from Rome. Once there, they were tortured: first together and afterward separately. Sts. Primus and Felicianus were beheaded on June 9. They received martyrs' crowns; and reign with Jesus Christ and the saints forever.

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