Saturday of the Thirty-second week in Ordinary Time

Third Letter of John

Beloved, you are faithful in all you do for the brothers, especially for strangers;
they have testified to your love before the church. Please help them in a way worthy of God to continue their journey.
For they have set out for the sake of the Name and are accepting nothing from the pagans.
Therefore, we ought to support such persons, so that we may be co-workers in the truth.

Psalms

Blessed the man who fears the LORD,
who greatly delights in his commands.
His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth;
the upright generation shall be blessed.
Wealth and riches shall be in his house;
his generosity shall endure forever.
Light shines through the darkness for the upright;
he is gracious and merciful and just.
Well for the man who is gracious and lends,
who conducts his affairs with justice;
He shall never be moved;
the just one shall be in everlasting remembrance.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

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?"

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," 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 lustre; or stole her heart away from Christ. She was the granddaughter of an English king. In 1070, she became the bride of Malcolm and the queen of Scotland. Margaret received grace from Christ through the sacraments. She also zealously promoted the liturgy of the Church. She built churches and monasteries, busied herself in making vestments, and could not rest until divine and moral laws were observed throughout the realm. St. Margaret ordered her prayer and norms of piety with such prudence 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, he brought them back covered in jewels. St. Margaret conducted herself with supernatural intention: especially while educating her eight children. She bore the fruits of the Holy Spirit and was her husband's most trusted counsellor. Together, they labored for the country's socio-economic improvement. On St. Margaret's deathbed, she received news that her husband and eldest son were slain in battle. She recieved this affliction with humility and 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. At 5 years old, shewas placed in the Benedictine abbey of Rodelsdorf for education. Her brilliant mind was carefully cultivated, so she was able to communicate in Latin with remarkable elegance. Above all, she was humble, mortified and obedient in all monastic observances. 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. Gertrude ruled her abbey for 40 years. She suffered from moral and physical pain, but carried her crosses with love. Her longing for heaven was granted in 1301 or 1302.

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