Wednesday of the Thirty-third week in Ordinary Time

Book of Revelation

4,1-11.

I John, had a vision of an open door to heaven, and I heard the trumpetlike voice that had spoken to me before, saying, "Come up here and I will show you what must happen afterwards."
At once I was caught up in spirit. A throne was there in heaven, and on the throne sat
one whose appearance sparkled like jasper and carnelian. Around the throne was a halo as brilliant as an emerald.
Surrounding the throne I saw twenty-four other thrones on which twenty-four elders sat, dressed in white garments and with gold crowns on their heads.
From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Seven flaming torches burned in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.
In front of the throne was something that resembled a sea of glass like crystal. In the center and around the throne, there were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back.
The first creature resembled a lion, the second was like a calf, the third had a face like that of a human being, and the fourth looked like an eagle in flight.
The four living creatures, each of them with six wings, were covered with eyes inside and out. Day and night they do not stop exclaiming: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come."
Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
the twenty-four elders fall down before the one who sits on the throne and worship him, who lives forever and ever. They throw down their crowns before the throne, exclaiming:
"Worthy are you, Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things; because of your will they came to be and were created."

Psalms

150(149),1-2.3-4.5-6.

Praise the LORD in his sanctuary,
Praise him in the firmament of his strength.
Praise him for his mighty deeds,
Praise him for his sovereign majesty.
Praise him with the blast of the trumpet,
Praise him with lyre and harp,
Praise him with timbrel and dance,
Praise him with strings and pipe.
Praise him with sounding cymbals,
Praise him with clanging cymbals.
Let everything that has breath
Praise the LORD! Alleluia.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

19,11-28.

While people were listening to Jesus speak, he proceeded to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the Kingdom of God would appear there immediately.
So he said, "A nobleman went off to a distant country to obtain the kingship for himself and then to return.
He called ten of his servants and gave them ten gold coins and told them, 'Engage in trade with these until I return.'
His fellow citizens, however, despised him and sent a delegation after him to announce, 'We do not want this man to be our king.'
But when he returned after obtaining the kingship, he had the servants called, to whom he had given the money, to learn what they had gained by trading.
The first came forward and said, 'Sir, your gold coin has earned ten additional ones.'
He replied, 'Well done, good servant! You have been faithful in this very small matter; take charge of ten cities.'
Then the second came and reported, 'Your gold coin, sir, has earned five more.'
And to this servant too he said, 'You, take charge of five cities.'
Then the other servant came and said, 'Sir, here is your gold coin; I kept it stored away in a handkerchief,
for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding person; you take up what you did not lay down and you harvest what you did not plant.'
He said to him, 'With your own words I shall condemn you, you wicked servant. You knew I was a demanding person, taking up what I did not lay down and harvesting what I did not plant;
why did you not put my money in a bank? Then on my return I would have collected it with interest.'
And to those standing by he said, 'Take the gold coin from him and give it to the servant who has ten.'
But they said to him, 'Sir, he has ten gold coins.'
'I tell you, to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
Now as for those enemies of mine who did not want me as their king, bring them here and slay them before me.'"
After he had said this, he proceeded on his journey up to Jerusalem.

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

SAINT MARGARET OF SCOTLANDQueen of ScotlandFoundress of abbeys( 1093) Saint Margaret's name signifies "pearl"; "a fitting name," says 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 lustre, or stole it away from Christ. She was the granddaughter of an English king; and in 1070 became the bride of Malcolm and Queen of Scotland. She ruled with wisdom and virtue until passing away in 1093. Nurtured by Christ present in the Sacraments and the liturgy of the Church, St. Margaret worked zealously. She built churches and monasteries, busied herself in making vestments, and could not rest until Divine and moral laws were observed throughout her realm. St. Margaret also made time to converse with God. She ordered her piety with such sweetness and discretion that she won her husband to sanctity. He used to rise with her at night for prayer and loved to kiss the holy books she read, sometimes bringing them back covered in jewels. St. Margaret sanctified her activities, which included the education of her eight children. Bearing the fruits of the Holy Spirit, she was her husband's most trusted counsellor. Together, they labored for the material improvement of the country. On St. Margaret's death-bed, she received news that her husband and eldest son were slain in battle. She recieved this affliction with humility as a penance for sins. After receiving the Holy Viaticum, she repeated the prayer from the Missal, "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 took her departure to Christ, the Author of Life (Ac. 3:15). She was declared the Patroness of Scotland in 1673.

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

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SAINT GERTRUDE Abbess ( c. 1302) St. Gertrude was born in 1256 to a noble Saxon family. Shewas placed in the Benedictine abbey of Rodelsdorf when she was 5 for education. Her brilliant mind was carefully cultivated; so she was able to write Latin with unusual elegance and force. Above all, she was humble, mortified her senses, and was obedient in all monastic observances. Gertrude's life was colored with wonder and mystical experiences. Obediently, she 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. Gertrude ruled her abbey with perfect wisdom and love for forty years. Her life was one of great and almost continual suffering, but she carried her crosses with courage and love. Gertrude's longing for heaven was granted in 1301 or 1302.

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