Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, November 4 2017
Saturday of the Thirtieth week in Ordinary Time
Saturday of the Thirtieth week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingLetter to the Romans
11,1-2a.11-12.25-29.]I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Of course not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
]God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
]Hence I ask, did they stumble so as to fall? Of course not! But through their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make them jealous.
]Now if their transgression is enrichment for the world, and if their diminished number is enrichment for the Gentiles, how much more their full number.
]I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not become wise (in) your own estimation: a hardening has come upon Israel in part, until the full number of the Gentiles comes in,
]and thus all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The deliverer will come out of Zion, he will turn away godlessness from Jacob;
]and this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins."
]In respect to the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but in respect to election, they are beloved because of the patriarchs.
]For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.
Psalms
94(93),12-13a.14-15.17-18.]Blessed the man you instruct, O LORD,
whom by your law you teach.
]You give them rest from evil days.
]For the LORD will not cast off his people,
nor abandon his inheritance;
]but judgment shall again be with justice,
and all the upright of heart shall follow it.
]If the LORD were not my help,
my soul would soon dwell in the silent grave.
]When I say, "My foot is slipping,"
your love, O LORD, sustains me.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke
14,1.7-11.]On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully.
]He told a parable to those who had been invited, noticing how they were choosing the places of honor at the table.
]When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not recline at table in the place of honor. A more distinguished guest than you may have been invited by him,
]and the host who invited both of you may approach you and say, 'Give your place to this man,' and then you would proceed with embarrassment to take the lowest place.
]Rather, when you are invited, go and take the lowest place so that when the host comes to you he may say, 'My friend, move up to a higher position.' Then you will enjoy the esteem of your companions at the table.
]For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
St. Charles Borromeo(Archbishop of Milan († 1584))
SAINT CHARLES BORROMEOArchbishop of Milan(1538-1584) Fifty years after Protestantism started, Our Lord raised up a champion to renew the Church. In 1560, St. Charles Borromeo was elected cardinal. He and his uncle, Pope Pius IV, administered the Holy See. St. Charles' first care was directing the Council of Trent. He urged its sessions forward, guided it with correspondence from Rome and carried it to its conclusion. As archbishop, he enforced the reforms of the Council of Trent in Milan and restored the see's discipline. He founded schools for the poor, seminaries for clerics and trained his priests to perfection. He would sit by the roadside to teach a poor man the Pater and the Ave and would enter hovels to administer Christ's sacraments. St. Charles stayed in Milan during the plague and ministered to the sick and dying. He also sold his bed to support the work. He passed away following the Good Shepherd and was brought to Heaven. He is the patron saint of seminarians, bishops and cardinals.
St. Felix of Valois(Co-founder of the Trinitarians (1127-1212))
SAINT FELIX OF VALOIS Hermit and co-founder of the Trinitarians (1127-1212) St. Felix was a son of the Count of Valois. His mother helped cultivate his spirit and faith. After his parents' unjust divorce, his desire for religious life matured. He entrusted his mother to her pious brother, Thibault, the count of Champagne, and took the Cistercian habit in Clairvaux. St. Felix departed for Italy and became a hermit's disciple through St. Bernard's help. When his spiritual director passed away, St. Felix returned to France. He was a solitary in Cerfroid when God inspired him to found a religious order and ransom Christian slaves. St. John of Matha, moved by a similar impulse, joined St. Felix. Together, they founded the Order of the Holy Trinity. When their Order expanded, Sts. Felix and John made a pilgrimage to Rome and obtained Pope Innocent III's approbation. The Trinitarians ransomed Christians who were enslaved by the Moors. St. Felix thus spent the next 15 years organizing and developing his foundations. St. Felix passed away in 1212. He continues guiding the Trinitarians and receiving prayers for intercession. Like him, we should renew the image of Christ in others without human respect and entrust our endeavors to Mary, the Mother of God.
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