Thursday of the Thirty-second week in Ordinary Time

Book of Wisdom

In Wisdom is a spirit intelligent, holy, unique, Manifold, subtle, agile, clear, unstained, certain, Not baneful, loving the good, keen, unhampered, beneficent,
kindly, Firm, secure, tranquil, all-powerful, all-seeing, And pervading all spirits, though they be intelligent, pure and very subtle.
For Wisdom is mobile beyond all motion, and she penetrates and pervades all things by reason of her purity.
For she is an aura of the might of God and a pure effusion of the glory of the Almighty; therefore nought that is sullied enters into her.
For she is the refulgence of eternal light, the spotless mirror of the power of God, the image of his goodness.
And she, who is one, can do all things, and renews everything while herself perduring; And passing into holy souls from age to age, she produces friends of God and prophets.
For there is nought God loves, be it not one who dwells with Wisdom.
For she is fairer than the sun and surpasses every constellation of the stars. Compared to light, she takes precedence;
for that, indeed, night supplants, but wickedness prevails not over Wisdom.
Indeed, she reaches from end to end mightily and governs all things well.

Psalms

Your word, O LORD, endures forever;
it is firm as the heavens.
Through all generations your truth endures;
you have established the earth, and it stands firm.
According to your ordinances they still stand firm:
all things serve you.
The revelation of your words sheds light,
giving understanding to the simple.
Let your countenance shine upon your servant,
and teach me your statutes.
Let my soul live to praise you,
and may your ordinances help me.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

Asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, Jesus said in reply, “The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed,
and no one will announce, 'Look, here it is,' or, 'There it is.' For behold, the kingdom of God is among you."
Then he said to his disciples, "The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
There will be those who will say to you, 'Look, there he is,' (or) 'Look, here he is.' Do not go off, do not run in pursuit.
For just as lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be (in his day).
But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation."

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 her lustre, or stole her heart away from Christ. She was the granddaughter of an English king; and in 1070 became the bride of Malcolm and Queen of Scotland. 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 law was 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 deathbed, she received news that both 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.

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

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 40 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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