Friday of the Thirty-third week in Ordinary Time

Book of Revelation

I John heard a voice from heaven speak to me saying, "Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land."
So I went up to the angel and told him to give me the small scroll. He said to me, "Take and swallow it. It will turn your stomach sour, but in your mouth it will taste as sweet as honey."
I took the small scroll from the angel's hand and swallowed it. In my mouth it was like sweet honey, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour.
Then someone said to me, "You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings."

Psalms

In the way of your decrees I rejoice,
as much as in all riches.
Yes, your decrees are my delight;
they are my counselors.
The law of your mouth is to me more precious
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
How sweet to my palate are your promises,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Your decrees are my inheritance forever;
the joy of my heart they are.
I gasp with open mouth,
in my yearning for your commands.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things,
saying to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.'"
And every day he was teaching in the temple area. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, meanwhile, were seeking to put him to death,
but they could find no way to accomplish their purpose because all the people were hanging on his words.

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 in 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. Drawn to the contemplative life, she became a novice there when she was 18 years old. During the French Revolution, her community was dispersed and she returned to her family home. She spent her time nursing prisoners and helping others who suffered. After the Concordat of 1801, she tried with some companions to reconstruct the monastery of Ste. Marie, but without success. In 1804, she learned of a new congregation, the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and offered herself and the monastery to the Foundress, Mother Madeleine Sophie Barat. Mother Barat visited Ste. Marie in 1804 and received Rose and several companions as novices in the Society. Even as Sr Rose's desire deepened for the contemplative life, so too her call to the missions became more urgent - a call she had heard since her youth. In a letter she wrote to Mother Barat, she confided her spiritual experience during a night of adoration before the Eucharist 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."' She waited, however, another 12 years. In 1818, Sr Rose's dream was realized. She was sent to respond to the bishop of the Louisiana territory who was looking for a congregation of educators to help teach the native and French children. At St. Charles, near St. Louis, Missouri, Sr Rose 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. Maintaining a close relationship with the Society was challenging. Despite setbacks, Sr Rose and four other Religious of the Sacred Heart forged ahead. In 1820, she opened the first free school west of the Mississippi. By 1828, she had founded six houses. These schools were for the young women of Missouri and Louisiana. She loved and served them well, but always in her heart she yearned to serve the native peoples. When she was 72 and no longer superior, a school for the Potawatomi was opened at Sugar Creek, Kansas. Though many thought she was too sick to go, 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." She was with the Potawatomi but a year. However, her pioneer courage did not weaken, and her long hours of contemplation impelled the Indians to name her Quah-kah-ka-num-ad, "Woman-Who-Prays-Always." Unfortunately, her health could not sustain the regime of village life. In July 1842, she returned to St. Charles, although her heart never lost its desire for the missions. She 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 at St. Charles, Missouri, on November 18, 1852, at the age of 83. The miracles proceeding from her intercession and the proof of her heroic virtues show that she attained eternal life and the beatific vision, which is seeing God face to face in heaven. As Jesus Christ assures us, "Everyone who has left houses ... or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life" (Mt. 19:29).

St. Odo of Cluny († 942)()

SAINT ODO OF CLUNY ( 942) On Christmas-eve in 877, a noble of Aquitaine implored Jesus and Mary to grant him a son. His prayer was granted when Odo was born. With gratitude, the father consecrated Odo to the Holy Spirit and Saint Martin. Odo grew wiser and more virtuous as he matured. Although his father wanted to see him among nobles, Odo departed and began a novitiate in St. Martin at Tours. Following a period of discernment, Odo took the habit of St. Benedict at Baume. Later, he was elected abbot of the great abbey at Cluny. The Pope often called upon Odo to act as a peacemaker between warring princes. It was on one of these missions that he fell ill at Rome. At his urgent entreaty, Odo was borne back to Tours in 942, where he passed away at his own St. Martin's.

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