Catholic Missal of the day: Wednesday, March 23 2016
Wednesday of Holy Week
Wednesday of Holy Week
1. ReadingBook of Isaiah
50,4-9a.]The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear;
]And I have not rebelled, have not turned back.
]I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; My face I did not shield from buffets and spitting.
]The Lord GOD is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame.
]He is near who upholds my right; if anyone wishes to oppose me, let us appear together. Who disputes my right? Let him confront me.
]See, the Lord GOD is my help; who will prove me wrong?
Psalms
69(68),8-10.21bcd-22.31.33-34.]For your sake I bear insult,
and shame covers my face.
]I have become an outcast to my brothers,
a stranger to my mother's sons,
]because zeal for your house consumes me,
and the insults of those who blaspheme you fall upon me.
]Insult has broken my heart, and I am weak,
]I looked for sympathy, but there was none;
]for consolers, not one could I find.
]Rather they put gall in my food,
and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
]I will praise the name of God in song,
and I will glorify him with thanksgiving.
]“See, you lowly ones, and be glad;
you who seek God, may your hearts revive!
]For the LORD hears the poor,
and his own who are in bonds he spurns not.”
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew
26,14-25.]One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
]and said, "What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?" They paid him thirty pieces of silver,
]and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over.
]On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"
]He said, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The teacher says, "My appointed time draws near; in your house I shall celebrate the Passover with my disciples."'"
]The disciples then did as Jesus had ordered, and prepared the Passover.
]When it was evening, he reclined at table with the Twelve.
]And while they were eating, he said, "Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me."
]Deeply distressed at this, they began to say to him one after another, "Surely it is not I, Lord?"
]He said in reply, "He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me is the one who will betray me.
]The Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had never been born."
]Then Judas, his betrayer, said in reply, "Surely it is not I, Rabbi?" He answered, "You have said so."
St. Turibius of Mongrovejo(Bishop (1538-1606))
SAINT TURIBIUS of MONGROVEJO Archbishop of Lima (1538-1606) Turibius Alphonsus Mongrovejo was born on November 6, 1538, in Mayorga, the Kingdom of Leon, Spain. He was a scholastic who was known to make long pilgrimages on foot. He was amaster of canon and civil law and was appointed judge in Granada by King Philip II. He was then nominated by King Philip II as archbishop for the vacant see of Lima. The pope confirmed Turibius, who received holy orders and was consecrated. Turibius arrived in Lima in 1587. He edified Christians and brought order to his episcopal city. He received confessions daily and prepared for Mass with prayer and meditation. He also visited his vast diocese, which he traversed three times. His first visit lasted seven years and the second lasted four. He held provincial councils and framed decrees and regulations that were adopted in neighboring countries. He sought the common good and channeled nearly his entire revenue toward social safety nets. While performing his duties during a third visit, Turibius was seized with a fatal illness. He passed away on March 23, 1606, in Santa, exclaiming as he received the Viaticum: "I rejoiced in the things that were said to me: 'We shall go into the house of the Lord.'"The proofs of his holy life and of the favors granted through his intercession led Pope Innocent XI to beatify him. He was canonized by Pope Benedict XIII in 1726.
Sts. Victorian and Others(Martyrs († 484))
STS. VICTORIAN AND OTHERS Martyrs ( 484) Huneric was the Arian king of the Vandals in Africa. He succeeded his father Genseric in 477. He tolerated Catholicism, but persecuted the clergy and holy virgins in 480. The killings escalated into a general persecution in 484. Victorian, a principal lord, Roman proconsul and Carthaginian governor, was asked by King Huneric to apostatize. Victorian declined and was martyred. The Roman Martyrology joins him with four others who were martyred on that day. Two brothers who were martyred had promised to die together. They were hung and stretched in the air with weights. Alban Butler narrates the event: "One brother, under the excess of pain, begged to be taken down for a brief pause. The other brother, fearing that relief might cause him to deny his faith, cried out, 'God forbid... Is that what we promised Jesus?' The one was so encouraged that he cried out, "No... Increase my tortures..." Two Carthaginian merchants, both named Frumentius, suffered martyrdom around the same time. Another confessor named Liberatus, an eminent physician, was banished together with his wife. The Roman Martyrologies also mention twelve young children who were dragged away, beaten and scourged. They did not renounce the faith and persevered.
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