Catholic Missal of the day: Wednesday, November 15 2017
Wednesday of the Thirty-second week in Ordinary Time
Wednesday of the Thirty-second week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingBook of Wisdom
6,2-11.]Hear, O kings, and understand; learn, you magistrates of the earth’s expanse! Hearken, you who are in power over the multitude and lord it over throngs of peoples!
]Because authority was given you by the LORD and sovereignty by the Most High, who shall probe your works and scrutinize your counsels!
]Because, though you were ministers of his kingdom, you judged not rightly, and did not keep the law, nor walk according to the will of God,
]Terribly and swiftly shall he come against you, because judgment is stern for the exalted-
]For the lowly may be pardoned out of mercy but the mighty shall be mightily put to the test.
]For the Lord of all shows no partiality, nor does he fear greatness, Because he himself made the great as well as the small, and he provides for all alike;
]but for those in power a rigorous scrutiny impends.
]To you, therefore, O princes, are my words addressed that you may learn wisdom and that you may not sin.
]For those who keep the holy precepts hallowed shall be found holy, and those learned in them will have ready a response.
]Desire therefore my words; long for them and you shall be instructed.
Psalms
82(81),3-4.6-7.]Defend the lowly and the fatherless;
render justice to the afflicted and the destitute.
]Rescue the lowly and the poor;
from the hand of the wicked deliver them.
]I said: “You are gods,
all of you sons of the Most High;
]yet like men you shall die,
and fall like any prince.”
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke
17,11-19.]As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee.
]As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him. They stood at a distance from him
]and raised their voice, saying, "Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!"
]And when he saw them, he said, "Go show yourselves to the priests." As they were going they were cleansed.
]And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice;
]and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan.
]Jesus said in reply, "Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine?
]Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?"
]Then he said to him, "Stand up and go; your faith has saved you."
St. Albert the Great((c. 1200-1280))
SAINT ALBERT the GREAT Bishop and Doctor of Church (c. 1200-1280) Albert is called The Great because of his extraordinary learning and mentorship of great saints. He was born in Lauingen, on the Danube in Swabia, southwestern Germany. He was carefully educated and pursued higher learning in Padua. At the urging of the blessed Jordan, Master General of the Order of Preachers, and against the opposition of his uncle, Albert sought admission to the order of St. Dominic. During his novitiate, he was conspicuous for his piety and strict observance of the rule.He emulated St. Dominic by accepting the Holy Virgin's spiritual motherhood and by praying Her Rosary. After completing his studies in Cologne, Albert was appointed professor in Hildesheim, Fribourg, Ratisbon and Strasbourg. He gained fame as a professor in Paris and became St. Thomas Aquinas' teacher. He refuted William's allegations against the mendicant orders before Pope Alexander IV in Anagni and was later consecrated bishop of Ratisbon. In giving counsel and settling disputes, Bp. Albert carried himself so admirably that he earned the title of peacemaker. He wrote many things on almost every branch of learning, but especially on sacred subjects. He also composed magnificent works about the Sacrament of the Altar. Bp. Albert passed away in the year 1280. He was venerated in many dioceses and by the Order of Preachers. At the request of the Congregation of Sacred Rites, Pope Pius XI gave him the title of doctor and extended his feast to the Universal Church. He is a patron for students of the natural sciences.
St. Raphael Kalinowski(O.C.D. († 1907))
Raphael Kalinowski O.C.D. (1835-1907) Father Raphael of Saint Joseph Kalinowski was born in Vilna, Lithuania, on September 1, 1835, and named Joseph in baptism. His father taught at the Institute for Nobles and he soon received the maximum distinction in studies. He afterward studied at the school of agriculture in Hory, Czechia, from 1851 to 1852. From 1853 to 1857, Joseph studied at the Academy of Military Engineering in St. Petersburg. He obtained his degree and the rank of lieutenant and was appointed lecturer in mathematics at the same academy. In 1859, he took part in designing the Kursk-Kiev-Odessa railway. In 1863, when Polish insurrection broke out, Joseph resigned from the Russian forces and accepted the post of Minister of War for the region of Vilna in the rebel army. On March 24, 1864, he was arrested and sentenced to death: a penalty that was mitigated to 10 years of hard labor in Siberia. With admirable strength of spirit and patient love for his fellow exiles, he transmitted a spirit of prayer, serenity and hope, while also giving material help and encouragement. After being repatriated in 1874, he accepted the post of tutor to the Venerable Servant of God, Augusto Czartoryski. His influence was such that Augusto discovered a priestly vocation and was received into the Salesians by their founder, Saint John Bosco, in 1887. He then entered the Discalced Carmelites in Graz, Austria, and received the religious name Brother Raphael of Saint Joseph. After studying theology in Hungary, he was ordained a priest in Czerna, near Krakow, on January 15, 1882. Fr. Raphael lifted up penitents in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, worked to reunify the Church and assisted his Carmelite brothers and sisters. He founded many Carmelite monasteries in Poland after their suppression by Russia. His superiors entrusted him with many important offices, which he carried out faithfully until passing away on November 15, 1907, at his monastery in Wadowice. He was buried in Czerna, near Krakow. Fr. Raphael was noted for his sanctity by Cardinals Dunajewski, Puzyna, Kakowski and Gotti. The Ordinary Process for his beatification was set in motion at the Curia of Krakow from 1934 to 1938. The decree for his writings was in 1943, his cause was introduced in 1952 and the Congregation's apostolic process was from 1953 to 1956. On October 11, 1980, Pope John Paul II promulgated the decree on the heroicity of his virtues. He was beatified in Krakow on June 22, 1983, after the miraculous healing of the Reverend Mis. In 1989, the Canonical Process began when the Curia of Krakow investigated the extraordinary healing of a young child. Doctors, theologians and cardinals affirmed the miraculous healing; and on July 10, 1990, Pope John Paul II, approved the miracle for canonization. The Consistory of November 26, 1990, agreed to canonize Blessed Raphael Kalinowski; and the ceremony was held on Sunday, November 17, 1991. Saint Raphael Kalinowski is a patron for soldiers and officers of Poland.
Bl. Mary of the Passion((1839-1904))
Blessed Mary of the Passion Foundress of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary(1839-1904) Bl. Mary was born on May 21, 1839, in Nantes, France; and was baptized Hélène Marie Philippine de Chappotin de Neuville. In April 1856, during a retreat, she first experienced God's calling to a consecrated life. Her mother's unexpected passing delayed her profession of vows. In December 1860, with the bishop's consent, she entered the Poor Clares, drawn by St. Francis' simplicity and poverty of spirit. On January 23, 1861, Mary had a profound experience of God who invited her to offer herself as a victim for the Church and the pope. A short time after, she became seriously ill and was obliged to leave the monastery. When she recovered, her confessor directed her towards the Society of Marie Reparatrice. She entered in 1864; and on the following August 15, in Toulouse, received the religious habit with the name Mary of the Passion. In March 1865, while still a novice, Mary was sent to India, to the Apostolic Vicariate of Madurai, and confided to the Society of Jesus. The Reparatrice sisters were tasked with forming the sisters of the congregation and other apostolic activities. It was there that she pronounced temporary vows on May 3, 1866.In July 1867, she was named provincial superior of the three convents of the Reparatrice. Under her guidance, the works developed and peace in the mission was reestablished. In 1874, a new house was founded in Ootacamund, in the Vicariate of Coimbatore, and entrusted to the Paris Foreign Mission Society. However, in 1876, the dissensions in Madurai became so acute that some religious, among them Mary, were driven from the Society. They reunited in Ootacamund under the jurisdiction of the Vicar Apostolic of Coimbatore, Monsignor Joseph Bardou MEP. In November 1876, Mary went to Rome to regularize the situation of the twenty separated sisters. On January 6, 1877, she obtained Pius IX's authorization to found a new institute called the Missionaries of Mary. On the suggestion of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide, Mary opened a novitiate in Saint-Brieuc, France. In April 1880 and June 1882, Mary went to Rome and resolved difficulties that threatened the Institute. The June 1882 journey marked an important stage in her life: She was authorized to open a house in Rome and rediscovered Franciscan direction through providential circumstances. On October 4, 1882, in the Church of the Aracoeli, she was received into the Third Order of Saint Francis. She began a friendship with Fr. Bernardin de Portogruaro, the minister general, who supported her with paternal solicitude. In March 1883, because of latent opposition, Mary was deposed as the Institute's superior. However, she was vindicated after an inquiry ordered by Leo XIII. She was reelected at the Chapter of July 1884; and her Institute developed rapidly. On August 12, 1885, both the laudatory decree and that of affiliation to the Order of Friars Minor were issued. The constitutions were approved ad experimentum on July 17, 1890, and definitively on May 11, 1896. Mary's zeal was boundless in responding to the calls of the poor and the abandoned. She was particularly interested in the promotion of women and the social question. With intelligence and discretion, she offered collaboration to pioneers who were working in these spheres. Her intense activity drew its dynamism from contemplation of the great mysteries of faith. For her, everything led to the Trinity and unity of God, who is truth communicating itself and seeing itself. Jesus in the Eucharist was for her "The Great Missionary," and Our Lady's motherly care traced out for her the path of unconditional love and generosity toward the work. In 1900, Mary's Institute received the seal of blood through the martyrdom of seven Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. The missionaries were beatified in 1946 and canonized during the Great Jubilee of the year 2000. To be the spiritual mother of these missionaries who had known how to live to the shedding of their blood was a great sorrow, a great joy and a time of great emotion. Mary died peacefully in San Remo on November 15, 1904, after a brief illness. She left more than 2,000 religious and 86 houses across four continents. Her relics are venerated in a private oratory of the General House of the Institute of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in Rome. In February 1918, in San Remo, the informative process was opened for the cause of beatification and canonization. In 1941, the decree on the writings was promulgated. Numerous postulatory letters were addressed to the Holy See from all parts of the world in favor of the cause of the Servant of God. After the consultors voted unanimously in its favor, the Decree for the Introduction of the Cause was published on January 19, 1979. On June 28, 1999, Pope John Paul II solemnly promulgated the decree on the heroicity of the virtues of Mother Mary of the Passion. On March 5, 2002, the healing of a religious suffering from pulmonary and vertebral TBC, Pott's Disease, was recognized as a miracle granted by God through the intercession of the Venerable Mary of the Passion. OnOctober 20, 2002, Mary of the Passion was beatified.
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