Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, May 20 2016

Friday of the Seventh week in Ordinary Time

Friday of the Seventh week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Letter of James

5,9-12.

]Do not complain, brothers and sisters, about one another, that you may not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the gates.
]Take as an example of hardship and patience, brothers and sisters, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
]Indeed we call blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of the perseverance of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, because "the Lord is compassionate and merciful."
]But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath, but let your "Yes" mean "Yes" and your "No" mean "No," that you may not incur condemnation.

Psalm

Psalms

103(102),1-2.3-4.8-9.11-12.

]Bless the LORD, O my soul;
and all my being, bless his holy name.
]Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits.
]He pardons all your iniquities,
he heals all your ills.
]He redeems your life from destruction,
he crowns you with kindness and compassion.
]Merciful and gracious is the LORD,
slow to anger and abounding in kindness.
]He will not always chide,
nor does he keep his wrath forever.
]For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so surpassing is his kindness toward those who fear him.
]As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he put our transgressions from us.

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. Bernardine of Siena(Priest (1380-1444))

SAINT BERNARDINE OF SIENA Franciscan Priest (1380-1444) In 1408, St. Vincent Ferrer paused his sermon and declared that among his listeners would arise a greater preacher than himself. That unknown Franciscan friar was St. Bernardine. He had cared for a blind, elderly relative in his youth; and her utterance of Jesus' Holy Name taught him a simple yet profound prayer. He thus gained a devotion to the Holy Name and made its preaching his life's mission. Due to a speech impediment, St. Bernardine's success seemed unlikely. However, Our Lady's prayers removed his speech impediment. He thus began a preaching apostolate that lasted 38 years. Using inspired words and displaying the Holy Name of Jesus on a tablet at the end of his sermons, he obtained miraculous conversions and reformed the greater part of Italy. St. Bernardine's success was exalted by the cross. He was denounced as a heretic and his devotion was branded as idolatrous. After many trials, he lived to see his innocence proven and a lasting memorial of his work established in the Church. The Feast of the Holy Name commemorates at once St. Bernardine's sufferings and his triumph. St. Bernardine passed away on Ascension Eve in 1444. One narrator wrote that the antiphon was chanted: "Father, I have manifested Thy Name to men." His example fulfilled Jesus' words: "Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in Heaven" (Matthew 10:32).

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