Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, November 17 2017

Friday of the Thirty-second week in Ordinary Time

Friday of the Thirty-second week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Wisdom

13,1-9.

]All men were by nature foolish who were in ignorance of God, and who from the good things seen did not succeed in knowing him who is, and from studying the works did not discern the artisan;
]But either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circuit of the stars, or the mighty water, or the luminaries of heaven, the governors of the world, they considered gods.
]Now if out of joy in their beauty they thought them gods, let them know how far more excellent is the Lord than these; for the original source of beauty fashioned them.
]Or if they were struck by their might and energy, let them from these things realize how much more powerful is he who made them.
]For from the greatness and the beauty of created things their original author, by analogy, is seen.
]But yet, for these the blame is less; For they indeed have gone astray perhaps, though they seek God and wish to find him.
]For they search busily among his works, but are distracted by what they see, because the things seen are fair.
]But again, not even these are pardonable.
]For if they so far succeeded in knowledge that they could speculate about the world, how did they not more quickly find its LORD?

Psalm

Psalms

19(18),2-3.4-5.

]The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
]Day pours out the word to day,
and night to night imparts knowledge.
]Not a word nor a discourse
whose voice is not heard;
]Through all the earth their voice resounds,
and to the ends of the world, their message.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

17,26-37.

]Jesus said to his disciples: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man;
]they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
]Similarly, as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;
]on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and brimstone rained from the sky to destroy them all.
]So it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
]On that day, a person who is on the housetop and whose belongings are in the house must not go down to get them, and likewise a person in the field must not return to what was left behind.
]Remember the wife of Lot.
]Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save it.
]I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken, the other left.
]And there will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken, the other left."
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]They said to him in reply, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there also the vultures will gather."

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St. Elizabeth of Hungary((† 1231))

SAINT ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY ( 1231) St. Elizabeth was a Hungarian king's daughter and St. Hedwige's niece. She was betrothed to Louis Landgrave of Thuringia as an infant and was brought up in her future-husband's court. Shebecame a saintly queen and a mother to the poor. St. Elizabeth received the poor at her palace daily and built hospitals to serve them. Sometimes, she worked at the hospitals and dressed patients' sores.Once, when her husband found her carrying provisions, he opened her mantle and found beautiful red and white roses - although it was not the season for flowers. He bid her continue the missions, took one of the marvelous roses and kept it all his life. When St. Elizabeth's husband passed away, she and her children were driven from their home. With heroic virtue, she blessed the Cross, exalted the Holy Names and cared for her family. Through trials and tribulations, she continued advocating for the poor. Shepassed away in 1231 at 24 years old. She is a patron saint of nurses and the poor.

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St. Gregory Thaumaturgus(Bishop (3rd century))

SAINT GREGORY THAUMATURGUSBishop(3rd Century) St. Gregory was born in Pontus, modern-day Turkey. In 231, he studied philosophy under Origen in Palestine. He was led from the pursuit of human wisdom to Christ; and was consecrated bishop of Neo Cæsarea in Pontus. When St. Gregory lay awake one night, an elderly man appeared and pointed to a Lady of supernatural beauty who radiated heavenly light. The man was St. John the Evangelist, and the Blessed Virgin Mary asked him to instruct St. Gregory. St. John gave St. Gregory a creed that contained the full doctrine of the Trinity. Gregory set it in writing, directed all his preaching by it and handed it down to his successors. St. Gregory exorcised demons, foretold the future and preserved his flock from heresies. At his word, a rock moved from its place, a river changed its course and a lake dried up. The accounts of his miracles are exceptional, hence his title "Thaumaturgus." After he passed away in the year 270, the Creed preserved his flock from Arianism.

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