Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, March 27 2017

Monday of the Fourth week of Lent

Monday of the Fourth week of Lent

1. Reading

Book of Isaiah

65,17-21.

]Thus says the LORD: Lo, I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; The things of the past shall not be remembered or come to mind.
]Instead, there shall always be rejoicing and happiness in what I create; For I create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight;
]I will rejoice in Jerusalem and exult in my people. No longer shall the sound of weeping be heard there, or the sound of crying;
]No longer shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not round out his full lifetime; He dies a mere youth who reaches but a hundred years, and he who fails of a hundred shall be thought accursed.
]They shall live in the houses they build, and eat the fruit of the vineyards they plant.

Psalm

Psalms

30(29),2.4.5-6.11-12a.13b.

]I will extol you, O LORD, for you drew me clear
and did not let my enemies rejoice over me.
]O LORD, you brought me up from the nether world;
you preserved me from among those going down into the pit.
]Sing praise to the LORD, you his faithful ones,
and give thanks to his holy name.
]For his anger lasts but a moment;
a lifetime, his good will.
]At nightfall, weeping enters in,
but with the dawn, rejoicing.
]Hear, O LORD, and have pity on me;
O LORD, be my helper.”
]You changed my mourning into dancing;
O LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

4,43-54.

]At that time Jesus left for Galilee.
]For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his native place.
]When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves had gone to the feast.
]Then he returned to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. Now there was a royal official whose son was ill in Capernaum.
]When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, who was near death.
]Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe."
]The royal official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."
]Jesus said to him, "You may go; your son will live." The man believed what Jesus said to him and left.
]While he was on his way back, his slaves met him and told him that his boy would live.
]He asked them when he began to recover. They told him, "The fever left him yesterday, about one in the afternoon."
]The father realized that just at that time Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live," and he and his whole household came to believe.
](Now) this was the second sign Jesus did when he came to Galilee from Judea.

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St. John of Egypt((† 394))

SAINT JOHN OF EGYPT ( 394) St. John worked with his father as a carpenter. At 25 years old, he sought spiritual direction from a hermit. He was tested with unreasonable commands, which included rolling heavy stones and tending dead trees. He received discipleship and formation, and attained the heights of spiritual mastery. After sixteen years, St. John withdrew to the top of a steep cliff. He contemplated God and seldom entertained company. He was constantly aware of God's presence. He served the Church as a spiritual director and anchorite. In return for his perfect obedience, he was given authority over creatures. St. Augustine tells us that St. John appeared in a vision to a holy woman whose sight he cured. He was continually attacked by demons, but he prayed and persevered. His experience of supernatural realities was broad and deep. When visited by a deacon he had never met, he reverently kissed the deacon's hand. To the Emperor Theodosius, he foretold future victories and the time of death. On the last three days of his life, St. John prayed and worshiped God. On the third day, he was found kneeling in prayer, but his soul was in heaven.

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St. Rupert of Salzburg()

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