Catholic Missal of the day: Thursday, May 26 2016

Thursday of the Eighth week in Ordinary Time

Thursday of the Eighth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

First Letter of Peter

2,2-5.9-12.

]Beloved, like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk so that through it you may grow into salvation,
]for you have tasted that the Lord is good.
]Come to him, a living stone, rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in the sight of God,
]and, like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
]But you are "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises" of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
]Once you were "no people" but now you are God's people; you "had not received mercy" but now you have received mercy.
]Beloved, I urge you as aliens and sojourners to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against the soul.
]Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that if they speak of you as evildoers, they may observe your good works and glorify God on the day of visitation.

Psalm

Psalms

100(99),2.3.4.5.

]Sing joyfully to the Lord all you lands,
serve the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful song.
]Know that the LORD is God;
he made us, his we are;
his people, the flock he tends.
]Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
his courts with praise;
give thanks to him; bless his name. 
]The LORD is good:
his kindness endures forever,
and his faithfulness, to all generations.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

10,46-52.

]As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging.
]On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, son of David, have pity on me."
]And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he kept calling out all the more, "Son of David, have pity on me."
]Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take courage; get up, he is calling you."
]He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
]Jesus said to him in reply, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man replied to him, "Master, I want to see."
]Jesus told him, "Go your way; your faith has saved you." Immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.

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St. Philip Neri(Priest (1515-1595) - Memorial)

SAINT PHILIP NERI Priest (1515-1595) Philip was from a line of saints who consoled and blessed the Church during the sixteenth century. After a holy childhood, he left Florence to travel, but soon renounced worldly favors and pursued a religious vocation. While receiving spiritual formation in Rome, theHoly Spirit alighted upon him in visible form. He would have gone to India, but God reserved him for Rome. Under the hands of Mary, as he said, the Oratory grew up, and all Rome was pervaded and transformed by its spirit. Miracles and superabundant grace marked Philip's life. He experienced states of ecstasy, read the hearts of men, foretold their future and knew their eternal destiny. His touch gave health of body, and his very look calmed troubled souls and drove away temptation. "When I met him in the street," says one, "he would pat my cheek and say, 'Well, how is Don Pellegrino?' and leave me so full of joy that I could not tell which way I was going." Philip inspired confidence and love in God and was the common refuge and consoler of all. When sad or perplexed,Fabrizio de Massimi would stand at Philip's door. He said it was enough to see him, to be near him. Others said that when he playfully pulled their hair or their ears, their hearts would bound with joy. Marcio Altieri felt such overflowing gladness in his presence that he said Philip's room was a paradise on earth. Long after Philip's death, it was enough for many, when troubled, to go into his room to find their hearts lightened and gladdened. Philip Neri passed away at the age of 80 in 1595. He bears the title, "Apostle of Rome."

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