Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, November 16 2019

Saturday of the Thirty-second week in Ordinary Time

Saturday of the Thirty-second week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Wisdom

18,14-16.19,6-9.

]When peaceful stillness compassed everything and the night in its swift course was half spent,
]Your all-powerful word from heaven's royal throne bounded, a fierce warrior, into the doomed land,
]bearing the sharp sword of your inexorable decree. And as he alighted, he filled every place with death; he still reached to heaven, while he stood upon the earth.
]For all creation, in its several kinds, was being made over anew, serving its natural laws, that your children might be preserved unharmed.
]The cloud overshadowed their camp; and out of what had before been water, dry land was seen emerging: Out of the Red Sea an unimpeded road, and a grassy plain out of the mighty flood.
]Over this crossed the whole nation sheltered by your hand, after they beheld stupendous wonders.
]For they ranged about like horses, and bounded about like lambs, praising you, O LORD! their deliverer.

Psalm

Psalms

105(104),2-3.36-37.42-43.

]Sing to him, sing his praise,
proclaim all his wondrous deeds.
]Glory in his holy name;
rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!
]He struck down every firstborn in the land,
the first fruits of all their manhood.
]And he led them forth laden with silver and gold,
with not a weakling among their tribes.
]For he remembered his holy word
to his servant Abraham.
]And he led forth his people with joy;
with shouts of joy, his chosen ones.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

18,1-8.

]Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said,
]"There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being.
]And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, 'Render a just decision for me against my adversary.'
]For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, 'While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being,
]because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.'"
]The Lord said, "Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says.
]Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them?
]I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

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St. Margaret of Scotland((c. 1046-1093))

SAINT MARGARET OF SCOTLANDQueen of ScotlandFoundress of abbeys( 1093) Saint Margaret's name means "pearl." "A fitting name," said Theodoric, her confessor and first biographer. Her soul was like a precious pearl: A life amidst the luxury of a royal court never dimmed its luster or stole it away from Christ. She was the granddaughter of an English king. In 1070, she became the bride of Malcolm and the queen of Scotland. St. Margaret built churches and monasteries, made vestments and upheld divine and moral laws throughout her realm. She ordered her prayers and devotions so prudently that she edified her husband. He rose with her at night for prayer and kissed the holy books she read. Sometimes, he covered her books in jewels. St. Margaret conducted herself with supernatural intention while educating her eight children. She bore the fruits of the Holy Spirit and was her husband's most trusted counselor. Together, they labored for their country's improvement. On her deathbed, St. Margaret learned that her husband and eldest son were slain in battle. She bore this affliction with humility and as a penance for sins. After receiving the Holy Viaticum, she repeated the Missal's prayer, "O Lord Jesus Christ, who by Thy death didst give life to the world, deliver me." At the words "deliver me," says her biographer, she departed for Christ, the Author of Life (Ac. 3:15). She was declared Scotland's patroness in 1673.

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St. Gertrude the Great(Abbess († c. 1302))

SAINT GERTRUDE Abbess ( c. 1302) St. Gertrude was born in 1256 to a noble Saxon family. At 5 years old, shewas placed in the Benedictine abbey of Rodelsdorf. Her brilliant mind was carefully cultivated; and she became remarkably fluent in Latin. Above all, she was humble, mortified and faithful in monastic observances. St. Gertrude's life was colored with wonder and mystical experiences. She obediently recorded some of her visions where her soul conversed intimately with Jesus and Mary. She was gentle to all, especially to wayward and misguided souls. She was especially devoted to the saints, to souls in purgatory and above all to the Passion of Our Lord and to His Sacred Heart. St. Gertrude ruled her abbey for 40 years. She suffered from moral and physical pain, but lovingly carried her crosses. Her longing for Heaven was granted in 1301 or 1302.

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