Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, March 1 2019

Friday of the Seventh week in Ordinary Time

Friday of the Seventh week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Sirach

6,5-17.

]A kind mouth multiplies friends and appeases enemies, and gracious lips prompt friendly greetings.
]Let your acquaintances be many, but one in a thousand your confidant.
]When you gain a friend, first test him, and be not too ready to trust him
]For one sort of friend is a friend when it suits him, but he will not be with you in time of distress.
]Another is a friend who becomes an enemy, and tells of the quarrel to your shame.
]Another is a friend, a boon companion, who will not be with you when sorrow comes.
]When things go well, he is your other self, and lords it over your servants;
]But if you are brought low, he turns against you and avoids meeting you.
]Keep away from your enemies; be on your guard with your friends.
]A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure.
]A faithful friend is beyond price, no sum can balance his worth.
]A faithful friend is a life-saving remedy, such as he who fears God finds;
]For he who fears God behaves accordingly, and his friend will be like himself.

Psalm

Psalms

119(118),12.16.18.27.34.35.

]Blessed are you, O LORD;
teach me your statutes.
]In your statutes I will delight;
I will not forget your words.
]Open my eyes, that I may consider
the wonders of your law.
]Make me understand the way of your precepts,
and I will meditate on your wondrous deeds.
]Give me discernment, that I may observe your law
and keep it with all my heart.
]Lead me in the path of your commands,
for in it I delight.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

10,1-12.

]Jesus came into the district of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds gathered around him and, as was his custom, he again taught them.
]The Pharisees approached and asked, "Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?" They were testing him.
]He said to them in reply, "What did Moses command you?"
]They replied, "Moses permitted him to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her."
]But Jesus told them, "Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you this commandment.
]But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.
]For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother (and be joined to his wife),
]and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh.
]Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate."
]In the house the disciples again questioned him about this.
]He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her;
]and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."

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St. Albinus(Bishop († 550))

SAINT ALBINUSBishop(469- 550) St. Albinus was from a noble family in Brittany. His virtues and piety reflected his parents' wisdom and character. He discerned a religious vocation and embraced the monastic state in Tintillant, near Angers. At 35 years old, Fr. Albinus was appointed the monastery's abbot. He had recently witnessed King Clovis' conversion and the rise of the Frankish empire. Twenty-five years later, he was consecrated bishop of Angers. He used diocesan funds to ransom parishioners who were enslaved by pirates. He also restored Church discipline and championed the cause of prisoners. As with all saints, he placed prayer first, mortified his senses and maintained recollectedness. During the third Council of Orleans in 538, Bp. Albinus procured the revival of the thirtieth canon of the Council of Epaone: Those who contracted incestuous marriages in the first or second degree of consanguinity were excommunicated. His mind relied upon the will of God rather than his own. He is the patron saint of defense against piracy.

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St. David(Bishop († 561))

SAINT DAVIDBishop(500-589) St. David was the son of Sant, the prince of Cardigan, and of Non, from Wales. He began religious life under St. Paulinus, who was a disciple of St. Germanus. St. Germanus had been sent to Britain by Pope Celestine to counteract the Pelagian Heresy. St. David traversed Wales and the British Isles. He constructed numerous monasteries that were centers of agriculture and learning. He counteracted the Pelagian Heresy so effectively that a legend arose: A dove alighted upon him while he spoke and the earth he stood on rose so that others could hear him. The Pelagian Heresy was dissolved and definitively refuted at the Council of Orange in 529. St. David was consecrated bishop of Caerleon after St. Dubricius resigned and fixed his see at his monastery in southwestern Wales. St. David founded twelve monasteries and governed the Church according to the Roman canons. Alban Butler wrote the following narrative about his passing: "At the age of 89, he laid himself down knowing his hour had come. As his agony closed, our Lord stood before him in a vision, and the Saint cried out: 'Take me up with Thee'; and so gave up his soul on Tuesday, March 1, 589."

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