Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, March 18 2016

Friday of the Fifth week of Lent

Friday of the Fifth week of Lent

1. Reading

Book of Jeremiah

20,10-13.

]I hear the whisperings of many: "Terror on every side! Denounce! let us denounce him!" All those who were my friends are on the watch for any misstep of mine. "Perhaps he will be trapped; then we can prevail, and take our vengeance on him."
]But the LORD is with me, like a mighty champion: my persecutors will stumble, they will not triumph. In their failure they will be put to utter shame, to lasting, unforgettable confusion.
]O LORD of hosts, you who test the just, who probe mind and heart, Let me witness the vengeance you take on them, for to you I have entrusted my cause.
]Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD, For he has rescued the life of the poor from the power of the wicked!

Psalm

Psalms

18(17),2-3a.3bc-4.5-6.7.

]I love you, O LORD, my strength,
]O LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer.
]My God, my rock of refuge,
]my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold!
]Praised be the LORD, I exclaim,
and I am safe from my enemies.
]The breakers of death surged round about me,
the destroying floods overwhelmed me;
]The cords of the nether world enmeshed me,
the snares of death overtook me.
]In my distress I called upon the LORD
and cried out to my God;
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.  

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

10,31-42.

]The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus.
]Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you trying to stone me?"
]The Jews answered him, "We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy. You, a man, are making yourself God."
]Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, "You are gods"'?
]If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came, and scripture cannot be set aside,
]can you say that the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world blasphemes because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?
]If I do not perform my Father's works, do not believe me;
]but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may realize (and understand) that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."
](Then) they tried again to arrest him; but he escaped from their power.
]He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained.
]Many came to him and said, "John performed no sign, but everything John said about this man was true."
]And many there began to believe in him.

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St. Cyril of Jerusalem(Doctor of the Church († 386))

SAINT CYRIL OF JERUSALEMBishop and Doctor of the Church( 386) Saint Cyril was born in or near Jerusalem circa 315. He was ordained by St. Maximus, prepared candidates for baptism and catechized for several years. He composed instructions for catechism and wrote them in Mount Calvary's chapel in 347 or 348. His instructions are one of the earliest teachings on the creed and the sacraments. The Didache predates them with its teachings on the Eucharist. St. Cyril was consecrated bishop of Jerusalem after St. Maximus. At the beginning of his episcopate, a cross was seen in the air reaching from Mount Calvary to Mount Olivet. The apparition calls to mind Our Lady's appearances in Portugal, Mexico and others. The apparition was noted in Pope Cyril's correspondence with the emperor. When the apostate Julian resolved to rebuild Jerusalem's Temple Mount, he employed the empire's resources. However, a secular writer tells us that flames leapt from the earth and rendered the place inaccessible to workers. Repeated attempts were made, but the Temple Mount was never rebuilt. Julian later perished during a war against the Persians. St. Cyril was persecuted and repeatedly banished from his see. When the Arian emperor Valens passed away, he returned. He also presided at the Second General Council in Constantinople: held to confirm Catholic succession amidst multiple heretical bishops. St. Cyril passed away peacefully in 386 after an episcopate of 35 years.

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