Friday of the Thirty-first week in Ordinary Time

Letter to the Romans

15,14-21.

I myself am convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to admonish one another.
But I have written to you rather boldly in some respects to remind you, because of the grace given me by God
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in performing the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering up of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the holy Spirit.
In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to boast in what pertains to God.
For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to lead the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit (of God), so that from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum I have finished preaching the gospel of Christ.
Thus I aspire to proclaim the gospel not where Christ has already been named, so that I do not build on another's foundation,
but as it is written: "Those who have never been told of him shall see, and those who have never heard of him shall understand."

Psalms

98(97),1.2-3ab.3cd-4.

Sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done wondrous deeds;
His right hand has won victory for him,
his holy arm.
The LORD has made his salvation known:
in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.
He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness
toward the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation by our God.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
break into song; sing praise.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

16,1-8.

Jesus said to his disciples, "A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property.
He summoned him and said, 'What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward.'
The steward said to himself, 'What shall I do, now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me? I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg.
I know what I shall do so that, when I am removed from the stewardship, they may welcome me into their homes.'
He called in his master's debtors one by one. To the first he said, 'How much do you owe my master?'
He replied, 'One hundred measures of olive oil.' He said to him, 'Here is your promissory note. Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.'
Then to another he said, 'And you, how much do you owe?' He replied, 'One hundred kors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Here is your promissory note; write one for eighty.'
And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently. "For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light."

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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 even 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. However, 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 signed his tome and exclaimed, "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. 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 20 years.

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

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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, but did not use a carriage. Once, while he was carrying the Viaticum and a storm had extinguished the lamps, a heavenly light encircled him: guiding his steps and sheltering him from the rain. However, his pain was 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 Mother Mary was heard bidding the Saint's guardian angel send the tempter back to hell. A calm and holy smile settled upon Fr. Andrew; and with a grateful salutation to the image of Mother Mary, he passed away. Jesus brought Fr. Andrew's soul to Heaven on November 10, 1608.

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