Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, November 13 2018
Tuesday of the Thirty-second week in Ordinary Time
Tuesday of the Thirty-second week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingLetter to Titus
2,1-8.11-14.]Beloved, you must say what is consistent with sound doctrine, namely,
]that older men should be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, love, and endurance.
]Similarly, older women should be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to drink, teaching what is good,
]so that they may train younger women to love their husbands and children,
]to be self-controlled, chaste, good homemakers, under the control of their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited.
]Urge the younger men, similarly, to control themselves,
]showing yourself as a model of good deeds in every respect, with integrity in your teaching, dignity,
]and sound speech that cannot be criticized, so that the opponent will be put to shame without anything bad to say about us.
]For the grace of God has appeared, saving all
]and training us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live temperately, justly, and devoutly in this age,
]as we await the blessed hope, the appearance of the glory of the great God and of our savior Jesus Christ,
]who gave himself for us to deliver us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people as his own, eager to do what is good.
Psalms
37(36),3-4.18.23.27.29.]Trust in the LORD and do good,
that you may dwell in the land and be fed in security.
]Take delight in the LORD,
and he will grant you your heart's requests.
]The LORD watches over the lives of the wholehearted;
their inheritance lasts forever.
]By the LORD are the steps of a man made firm,
and he approves his way.
]Turn from evil and do good,
that you may abide forever;
]The just shall possess the land
and dwell in it forever.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke
17,7-10.]Jesus said to the Apostles: “Who among you would say to your servant who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, ‘Come here immediately and take your place at table’?
]Would he not rather say to him, 'Prepare something for me to eat. Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink. You may eat and drink when I am finished'?
]Is he grateful to that servant because he did what was commanded?
]So should it be with you. When you have done all you have been commanded, say, 'We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.'"
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini((1850-1917))
SAINT FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI Virgin and Foundress (1850-1917) Frances Cabrini was born and baptized on July 15, 1850, in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, northern Italy. The turning point in her life was entering the House of Providence in Codogno. She received the religious habit; and while keeping the name Frances, later added Xavier to it in memory of the great Jesuit missionary and patron of the missions. Thanks to Bp. Domenico Maria Gelmini's support, she left the House of Providence with seven companions and founded the Salesian Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, which received diocesan approval in 1881. Mother Cabrini asked her sisters for evangelical obedience, mortification, renunciation, vigilance of the heart and interior silence as necessary virtues for conforming to Christ. Vocations surprisingly blossomed and the institute rapidly expanded in Lombardy and beyond. The first house was opened in Rome, followed by papal approval of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on March 12, 1888, scarcely 8 years after their foundation. Pope Leo XIII asked Mother Cabrini to care for poor Italian immigrants. She longed to go to China, but the pope's words, "Not to the East, but to the West" gave her new energy and direction. The invitation of Christ's vicar directed Mother Cabrini toward immigrants who often crossed to the United States in extreme poverty. Mother Cabrini's tireless apostolic work was more and more inspired by her desire to bring salvation to all. She used to say, "The Heart of Jesus does things in such a hurry that I can barely keep up with Him." With a group of sisters, she left for New York on the first of many voyages. She worked in Nicaragua, Brazil and Argentina; in addition to France, Spain and England. Armed with remarkable boldness, Mother Cabrini started schools, hospitals and orphanages for the masses of immigrants. Not knowing the language and lacking the wherewithal to find a respectable place in American society, they were often victimized. Mother Cabrini reached out to them everywhere: in hovels, prisons and mines. She was never intimidated by toil or distance and traveled from New York to New Jersey, from Pennsylvania to Illinois, from California to Louisiana and Colorado. Even today, she is still called Mother Cabrini in the United States. Mother Cabrini was beatified 21 years after her death in Chicago on December 22, 1917. In 1946, she was canonized by Pope Pius XII. In the Holy Year of 1950, he proclaimed her the patroness of immigrants. Her shrines are in Chicago, New York City and Golden, Colorado.
St. Agostina Livia Pietrantoni((1864-1894))
Saint Agostina Livia Pietrantoni (1864-1894) Virgin Congregation of the Sisters of the Charity of Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret Once there was, and still is, but with a new face now, a village named Pozzaglia in the Sabina hills. There in a blessed house, a cosy nest filled with childrens' voices, lived Olivia, who later was called Livia and took the name Agostina in religious life. Her life, although short, was remarkable and inspired Pope Paul VI to call her, "simple, transparent, pure, loving..." Livia was born and baptized on March 27, 1864, in the little village of Pozzaglia Sabina, at an altitude of 800 meters, in a beautiful area bordered by Rieti, Orvinio and Tivoli. She was the second of eleven children. Her parents, Francesco Pietrantoni and Caterina Costantini, were farmers and worked their small plot of land along with a few added plots that they leased. Livia's childhood and youth were imbued with the values of an honest, hard-working and religious family, in a blessed house where "all were careful to do good and where they often prayed." Around 1876, Livia received her first Holy Communion with extraordinary awareness of God's substance and presence in the Eucharist. Very early on, in her large family, where everyone seemed to be a beneficiary to her time and help, she learned from her mother, Caterina, the thoughtfulness and maternal gestures that she showed with such gentleness towards her many younger brothers and sisters. She worked in the fields and looked after the animals before games or school, but was so remarkable that she earned the title of "teacher" from her classmates.Work and pride At the age of 7, along with other children, Livia began transporting sacks of stone and sand by the thousands for the road from Orvinio to Poggio Moiano. At the age of 12, she left with other young seasonal workers to harvest olives in Tivoli. She was precociously wise and took on the moral and religious responsibility for her young companions. She supported them in this tough work far from their families and proudly and courageously stood up to arrogant and unscrupulous bosses.Vocation and detachment Livia's wisdom, respect for others, generosity and beauty motivated her mother to find a suitable match. However, Livia chose a religious vocation instead of marriage. To those in the village who attempted to dissuade her, she replied, "I wish to choose a Congregation in which there is work both day and night." Everyone was certain that these words were genuine. A first trip to Rome in the company of her uncle, Fra Matteo, ended in bitter disillusionment: they refused to accept her. A few months later, however, the mother general of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret told Livia that she was expecting her at the generalate. Livia understood that this time she was saying farewell forever. With emotion, she took leave of the village people, all the loved corners of her land, her favorite prayer places, the parish and the Virgin of Rifolta. She kissed her parents goodbye, received Uncle Domenico's blessing, "kissed the door of her house, traced the sign of the cross on it and left hurriedly..."Formation and mission Livia was 22 years old when she arrived in Rome on March 23, 1886, at Via S. Maria in Cosmedin. A few months as a postulant and novice proved that she had the makings of a Sister of Charity, that is, of a "servant of the poor," in the tradition of Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Jeanne-Antide. Thanks to her family, she had a particularly solid spiritual foundation. When she received the religious habit and was given the name Sister Agostina, she had the premonition that it fell to her to become the saint bearing this name. Sister Agostina was sent to the Hospital of Santo Spirito. Seven hundred years of glorious history had led it to be called "the school of Christian charity." In the wake of the saints who preceded her, amongst whom were Charles Borromeo, Joseph Casalanz, John Bosco and Camillus de Lellis, Sister Agostina made her personal contribution. In this place where many suffered, she expressed heroic charity.Silence, prayer and goodness The hospital's atmosphere was hostile to religion because of the Roman question. The Capuchin fathers had been expelled and the Crucifix and all other religious signs were prohibited. The hospital administrators only kept the sisters because they feared becoming unpopular. Hence, the sisters' lives were made impossible and they were forbidden to speak about God. Sister Agostina did not need to "cry out for God," but through her life proclaimed the Gospel. First, in the childrens' ward, and later in the tuberculosis ward: a place of despair and death, where she caught the mortal contagion of which she was miraculously healed. She showed total dedication and concern for each sick person, above all for the most difficult, violent and obscene. In secret, in a small hidden corner of the hospital, Sister Agostina commended everyone to the Holy Virgin and promised Our Lady more vigils and greater sacrifices for their conversion. How many times she offered Joseph Romanelli to Our Lady! He was vulgar and insolent toward her while she was attentive toward him and welcomed his blind mother with great kindness during visits. When, after the umpteenth provocation at the expense of the women working in the laundry, the Director expelled Joseph Romanelli from the hospital, the latter sought a target for his fury, and poor Agostina was the victim. Several times, Romanelli sent Sister Agostina death threats scrawled on little notes. When he caught her unaware and struck her to death on November 13, 1894, her lips uttered nothing but invocations to the Holy Virgin Mary and words of forgiveness.
St. Stanislaus Kostka((1551-1568))
SAINT STANISLAUS KOSTKA (1551-1568) St. Stanislaus was from a noble Polish family. He went with his elder brother Paul to the Jesuit College in Vienna at 14 years old. His austerities were felt as a reproach by Paul, who maltreated him. When he fell ill and was near death, he could not send for a priest since he stayed at a Lutheran house. He remembered that his patroness, St. Barbara, never permitted her devotees to die without the Holy Viaticum and he devoutly appealed to her. She appeared with two angels and gave him the Sacred Host. When Stanislaus was cured, Our Lady bid him enter the Society of Jesus. To avoid opposition, he departed Vienna. At the Jesuit house, he cheerfully performed the most menial tasks. He was then admitted to the Jesuit novitiate in Rome. There, he lived for ten short months: demonstrating rare piety, obedience and devotion. Stanislaus passed away, as he had prayed, on the Feast of the Assumption in 1568. He was 17 years old. God brought him to Heaven because he gave his life to Jesus and conformed to Christ is his heart (Mt. 16:25). Let us follow his example and never be lukewarm in prayer or devotion.
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