Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, November 11 2019

Monday of the Thirty-second week in Ordinary Time

Monday of the Thirty-second week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Wisdom

1,1-7.

]Love justice, you who judge the earth; think of the LORD in goodness, and seek him in integrity of heart;
]Because he is found by those who test him not, and he manifests himself to those who do not disbelieve him.
]For perverse counsels separate a man from God, and his power, put to the proof, rebukes the foolhardy;
]Because into a soul that plots evil wisdom enters not, nor dwells she in a body under debt of sin.
]For the holy spirit of discipline flees deceit and withdraws from senseless counsels; and when injustice occurs it is rebuked.
]For wisdom is a kindly spirit, yet she acquits not the blasphemer of his guilty lips; Because God is the witness of his inmost self and the sure observer of his heart and the listener to his tongue.
]For the spirit of the LORD fills the world, is all-embracing, and knows what man says.

Psalm

Psalms

139(138),1-3.4-6.7-8.9-10.

]O LORD, you have probed me and you know me;
]you know when I sit and when I stand;
you understand my thoughts from afar.
]My journeys and my rest you scrutinize,
with all my ways you are familiar.
]Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O LORD, you know the whole of it.
]Behind me and before, you hem me in
and rest your hand upon me.
]Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
too lofty for me to attain.
]Where can I go from your spirit?
from your presence where can I flee?
]If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I sink to the nether world, you are present there.
]If I take the wings of the dawn,
if I settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
]even there your hand shall guide me,
and your right hand hold me fast.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

17,1-6.

]Jesus said to his disciples, "Things that cause sin will inevitably occur, but woe to the person through whom they occur.
]It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
]Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
]And if he wrongs you seven times in one day and returns to you seven times saying, 'I am sorry,' you should forgive him."
]And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."
]The Lord replied, "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to (this) mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

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St. Martin of Tours(Bishop († 397) - Memorial)

SAINT MARTIN OF TOURSBishop ( 397) At a very young age, St. Martin became a Christian catechumen against his parents' wishes. At 15 years old, he was seized by his father, a pagan soldier, and enrolled in the army. One winter day, when stationed in Amiens, St. Martin met a beggar who was almost naked and freezing. Having no money, St. Martin cut his cloak and gave half to the beggar. That night, he saw Our Lord clothed in the half cloak. He heard Jesus say to the angels: "Martin, yet a catechumen, hath wrapped Me in this garment." St. Martin thus received baptism and later left the army. St. Martin happily witnessed his mother's conversion. However, he was driven from his home by Arian heretics. He then sheltered with St. Hilary; and together they founded the first monastery in France, near Poitiers. In 372, St. Martin was consecrated bishop of Tours. His flock, though Christian in name, was pagan at heart. Unarmed and attended only by his monks, St. Martin destroyed pagan temples and groves. He achieved the people's conversion through prayer, preaching and miracles. He is thus known as the Apostle of Gaul. St. Martin's last 11 years were spent in humble toil. The purity of his soul was manifested by God through many miracles. He is the patron saint of soldiers, conscientious objectors and beggars.

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