Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, November 18 2018
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingBook of Daniel
12,1-3.]In those days, I, Daniel, heard this word of the Lord: "At that time there shall arise Michael, the great prince, guardian of your people; It shall be a time unsurpassed in distress since nations began until that time. At that time your people shall escape, everyone who is found written in the book.
]Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake; some shall live forever, others shall be an everlasting horror and disgrace.
]But the wise shall shine brightly like the splendor of the firmament, And those who lead the many to justice shall be like the stars forever."
Psalms
16(15),5.8.9-10.11.]O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup,
You it is who hold fast my lot.
]I set the LORD ever before me;
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
]Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices,
my body, too, abides in confidence
]because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld,
nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption.
]You will show me the path to life,
fullness of joys in your presence,
the delights at your right hand forever.
Letter to the Hebrews
10,11-14.18.]Brothers and sisters: Every priest stands daily at his ministry, offering frequently those same sacrifices that can never take away sins.
]But this one offered one sacrifice for sins, and took his seat forever at the right hand of God;
]now he waits until his enemies are made his footstool.
]For by one offering he has made perfect forever those who are being consecrated.
]Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer offering for sin.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark
13,24-32.]Jesus said to his disciples: "In those days after that tribulation the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,
]and the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
]And then they will see 'the Son of Man coming in the clouds' with great power and glory,
]and then he will send out the angels and gather (his) elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of the sky.
]Learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.
]In the same way, when you see these things happening, know that he is near, at the gates.
]Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place.
]Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
]But of that day or hour, no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne(Religious (1769-1852))
Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne Religious of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1769-1852) Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne was born on August 29, 1769, in Grenoble, France. She was baptized at the Church of St. Louis and named after Rose of Lima and Philip the apostle. She was educated at the Convent of the Visitation of Ste. Marie d'en Haut and became a novice at 18 years old. During the French Revolution, St. Rose's community was dispersed and she returned to her family's home. She spent her time nursing prisoners and those in need. After the Concordat of 1801, she and her companions unsuccessfully tried to reconstruct the monastery of Ste. Marie. In 1804, St. Rose learned of a new congregation, the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and offered herself and the monastery to its foundress, Mother Madeleine Sophie Barat. Mother Barat visited Ste. Marie in 1804 and received St. Rose and several companions as novices in the Society. While St. Rose's desire for the consecrated life deepened, so too her call to the missions became more urgent: a call she had heard since adolescence. In a letter to Mother Barat, she confided her spiritual experience during a night of adoration on Holy Thursday: "I spent the entire night in the new World ... carrying the Blessed Sacrament to all parts of the land ... I had all my sacrifices to offer: a mother, sisters, family, my mountain! When you say to me 'now I send you,' I will respond quickly 'I go."' However, she would wait another 12 years. In 1818, St. Rose's dream was realized. She was sent to the bishop of the Louisiana territory who was looking for a congregation of educators to teach the native and French children. Near St. Louis, Missouri, in St. Charles, she founded the first house of the Society outside France. It was in a log cabin; and with it came all the austerities of frontier life: extreme cold, hard work and lack of funds. She also had difficulty learning English. Communication at best was slow and news often did not arrive from France. Despite setbacks, St. Rose and four other religious of the Sacred Heart forged ahead. In 1820, they opened the first free school west of the Mississippi. By 1828, they had founded six houses. These schools were for the young women of Missouri and Louisiana. St. Rose also yearned to serve the natives. When she was 72 and no longer superior, a school for the Potawatomi was opened in Sugar Creek, Kansas. Many thought she was too sick, but the Jesuit head of the mission insisted: "She must come; she may not be able to do much work, but she will assure success to the mission by praying for us. Her very presence will draw down all manner of heavenly favors on the work." St. Rose was with the Potawatomi for a year before her health declined. However, her pioneer courage did not weaken. Her long hours of contemplation impelled the natives to name her Quah-kah-ka-num-ad, "Woman-Who-Prays-Always." In July 1842, she returned to St. Charles, Missouri. She never lost her desire for the missions; and wrote, "I feel the same longing for the Rocky Mountain missions, and any others like them, that I experienced in France when I first begged to come to America..." St. Rose Philippine Duchesne passed away in St. Charles, Missouri, on November 18, 1852, at 83 years old. The miracles from her intercession and her heroic virtues prove that she attained the beatific vision.
St. Odo of Cluny((† 942))
SAINT ODO OF CLUNY ( 942) On Christmas Eve in 877, a nobleman from Aquitaine implored Jesus and Mary to grant him a son. In response to prayer, Odo was conceived. Before his birth, Odo was consecrated to the Holy Spirit and Saint Martin. Odo was a charismatic and talented youth. Instead of joining the aristocracy, he began a novitiate at St. Martin in Tours. After some discernment, he took the habit of St. Benedict in Baume, south-eastern France. Later, he was elected abbot of the great abbey in Cluny. The pope often directed Odo to act as peacemaker between warring princes. It was on one of these missions that he fell ill. At his entreaty, he was borne from Rome to Tours in 942 and passed away at his own St. Martin's.
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