Thursday of the Thirty-second week in Ordinary Time

Letter to Philemon

Beloved, I have experienced much joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the holy ones have been refreshed by you, brother.
Therefore, although I have the full right in Christ to order you to do what is proper,
I rather urge you out of love, being as I am, Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner for Christ Jesus.
I urge you on behalf of my child Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment,
who was once useless to you but is now useful to (both) you and me.
I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you.
I should have liked to retain him for myself, so that he might serve me on your behalf in my imprisonment for the gospel,
but I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that the good you do might not be forced but voluntary.
Perhaps this is why he was away from you for a while, that you might have him back forever,
no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a brother, beloved especially to me, but even more so to you, as a man and in the Lord.
So if you regard me as a partner, welcome him as you would me.
And if he has done you any injustice or owes you anything, charge it to me.
I, Paul, write this in my own hand: I will pay. May I not tell you that you owe me your very self.
Yes, brother, may I profit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.

Psalms

The LORD keeps faith forever,
secures justice for the oppressed,
gives food to the hungry.
the LORD sets captives free.
The LORD gives sight to the blind.
The LORD raises up those who were bowed down;
the LORD loves the just.
The LORD protects strangers.
The fatherless and the widow the LORD sustains,
but the way of the wicked he thwarts.
The LORD shall reign forever;
your God, O Zion, through all generations. Alleluia.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

Asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, Jesus said in reply, “The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed,
and no one will announce, 'Look, here it is,' or, 'There it is.' For behold, the kingdom of God is among you."
Then he said to his disciples, "The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
There will be those who will say to you, 'Look, there he is,' (or) 'Look, here he is.' Do not go off, do not run in pursuit.
For just as lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be (in his day).
But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation."

St. Leo the Great(Pope and Doctor of the Church († 461) - Memorial)

SAINT LEO THE GREATPope and Doctor of the Church(461) St. Leo was born in Rome. He was appointed archdeacon of the Roman Church by St. Celestine and administered together with Pope Sixtus III. When Pope Sixtus passed away, Leo was elected Pope. The ceremony took place on St. Michael's day, 440, amid great joy. At the time, Vandals and Huns were invading the provinces of the empire, and Nestorians, Pelagians and other heretics wreaked havoc upon souls. Pope Leo guided the Church through these perils as the heresy of Eutyches erupted: the latter claiming that Jesus had one unique nature instead of being God and man. Pope Leo responded with the true doctrine of the Incarnation, but the heresy gained a footing among Eastern monks and bishops through the Byzantine court. After three years of toil, Pope Leo brought about the heresy's solemn condemnation at the Council of Chalcedon, the Fathers all signing his tome and exclaiming, "Peter hath spoken by Leo." Soon after, Attila and his Huns broke into Italy and marched through its burning cities toward Rome. Pope Leo went out to meet him and prevailed upon him to turn back. Astonished to see the terrible Attila, the Scourge of God, fresh from the sack of Aquileia, Milan and Pavia, with the rich prize of Rome in his grasp, turn back to the Danube, Attila's chiefs asked why he acted so strangely. Attila replied that he saw two venerable personages, supposedly Sts. Peter and Paul, standing beside Pope Leo. St. Peter's solicitude is as great today as when St. Leo walked the earth. When Rome fell prey to the Vandals two years later, Pope Leo again saved it from destruction. He passed away in 461 after leading the Church for twenty years.

St. Andrew Avellino(Priest (1561-1608))

SAINT ANDREW AVELLINO Priest (1521-1608) After a holy youth, Lancelot Avellino was ordained a priest at Naples. When he was 36, he entered the Theatine Order and took the name Andrew to show his love for the cross. For fifty years, Fr. Andrew was afflicted with a painful rupture, yet he never used a carriage. Once, when he was carrying the Viaticum, and a storm had extinguished the lamps, a heavenly light encircled him, guided his steps and sheltered him from the rain. But as a rule, his sufferings were unrelieved. On his last day, Fr. Andrew rose to say Mass. He was 89, and so weak that he could barely reach the altar. He began the Judica and fell forward in a fit of apoplexy. Laid on a straw mattress, his whole frame was convulsed in agony while Satan approached him in visible form. Then, as his brethren prayed, the voice of Mary was heard bidding the Saint's guardian angel send the tempter back to hell. A calm and holy smile settled on Fr. Andrew; and with a grateful salutation to the image of Mary, he passed away. Jesus brought Fr. Andrew's soul to Paradise, where he joined the Church Triumphant, on November 10, 1608.

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