Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, May 25 2018
Friday of the Seventh week in Ordinary Time
Friday of the Seventh week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingLetter 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.
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.
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."
St. Bede the Venerable(Priest and Doctor of the Church (673-735))
SAINT BEDE THE VENERABLE Priest and Doctor of the Church (673-735) Venerable Bede is a saint from the Anglo-Saxon Church and the first English historian. At 7 years old, he was consecrated to God and entrusted to the care of St. Benedict Biscop in Wearmouth. He became a monk in the sister-house of Jarrow and trained no less than six hundred scholars. To the toils of teaching and the exact observance of his rule, Bede added long hours of private prayer and study. He was familiar with Latin, Greek and Hebrew. In the treatise that he compiled for his scholars, he put together all that the world had stored in history, chronology, physics, music, philosophy, poetry, arithmetic and medicine. In his Ecclesiastical History, he recorded the lives of Anglo-Saxon Saints and Holy Fathers, and his commentaries on Holy Scripture are still in use by the Church. He is generally accepted as the father of English history. Venerable Bede translated the Gospel of St. John from Greek up to the hour of his death on Ascension Day, 735. "He spent that day joyfully," writes one of his scholars. After his attendant had written one last sentence, he said, "Consummatum est. Take my head and face me toward the old praying-place..." Laying on the floor, he sang, "Glory be to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost," and breathed his last. His translations of Sacred Scripture spread Christendom throughout England. He was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII in 1899.
St. Gregory VII(Pope (c. 1013-1085))
SAINT GREGORY VII Pope (c. 1013 - 1085) Pope Gregory VII, born Hildebrand, was from southern Tuscany. He was educated at a monastery and was appointed deacon and legate by four successive popes. As the legate of Victor II, he condemned simony at a council in Lyons. He also successfully opposed the Roman aristocracy's appointment of an antipope, Benedict X. He was elected pope in 1073 by popular support. He then codified priestly celibacy and banned simony. Pope Gregory's reforms were unpopular among churchmen associated with Emperor Henry IV of Germany. The Emperor was at war with Catholic princes; and the pope's denunciation of certain clergymen provoked his anger. The first threat against Pope Gregory's life came from Cencio Frangipane. The latter, who practiced investiture and attempted to influence papal elections, wounded Pope Gregory during the Christmas midnight Mass of 1075 and imprisoned him. Pope Gregory was rescued the next day by the populace. Pope Gregory's conflict with Emperor Henry escalated when the latter convened a council to depose the elected pope. The populace and the majority of German princes opposed Henry's move; and the latter was forced to reconcile. However, further military victories against Catholic princes emboldened Henry, who captured Rome in 1084. Henry then instated an antipope and besieged Pope Gregory at the castle of St. Angelo. Pope Gregory set into canon law that only the College of Cardinals could elect a pope. In addition, only the pope could invest bishops with authority. The reforms were deeply unpopular overseas, including France and England. His reforms were the first to secure the independence of the Church and integrity of the priesthood. On May 25, 1085, at the age of 72, during the twelfth year of his pontificate, he went to his eternal reward. He was canonized in 1748.
Bl. Mykola Tsehelskyi(Priest and Martyr (1896-1951))
Blessed Mykola Tsehelskyi Greek-Catholic Priest and Martyr (1896-1951) Mykola Tsehelskyi was born on December 17, 1896, in the village of Strusiv, Ternopil District, Ukraine. He completed his course at the theological faculty of Lviv University in 1923. On April 5, 1925, Metropolitan Andriy Sheptytsky ordained him a priest. Fr. Mykola zealously raised up the spirituality, education and welfare of his parishioners. He ministered in the village of Soroko, where he built a new church. After World War II, the era of total repression began. Fr. Mykola experienced intimidation, threats and beatings. On October 28, 1946, Fr. Mykola was arrested. On January 27, 1947, he was sentenced to ten years in prison. Although he had a wife, two sons and two daughters, he was deported to labor camps in Mordovia. He lived in extremely horrid conditions at a camp that was notoriously strict and cruel. Fr. Mykola suffered from severe pain and died a martyr on May 25, 1951. Miracles from his intercession and proof of his heroic virtues show that he gained the beatific vision. He was beatified with 24 other Greek Catholics by Pope John Paul II on June 27, 2001, in Lliv.
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