Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, March 23 2018
Friday of the Fifth week of Lent
Friday of the Fifth week of Lent
1. ReadingBook 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!
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.
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.
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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