Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, November 4 2018
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingBook of Deuteronomy
6,2-6.]so that you and your son and your grandson may fear the LORD, your God, and keep, throughout the days of your lives, all his statutes and commandments which I enjoin on you, and thus have long life.
]Hear then, Israel, and be careful to observe them, that you may grow and prosper the more, in keeping with the promise of the LORD, the God of your fathers, to give you a land flowing with milk and honey.
]"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone!
]Therefore, you shall love the LORD, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.
]Take to heart these words which I enjoin on you today.
Psalms
18(17),2-3.4.47.51.]I love you, O LORD, my strength,
]O LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer.
My God, my rock of refuge,
My shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold!
]Praised be the LORD, I exclaim,
and I am safe from my enemies.
]The LORD lives! And blessed be my rock!
Extolled be God my savior.
]You who gave great victories to your king
And showed kindness to your anointed;
to David and his posterity forever.
Letter to the Hebrews
7,23-28.]Those priests were many because they were prevented by death from remaining in office,
]but he, because he remains forever, has a priesthood that does not pass away.
]Therefore, he is always able to save those who approach God through him, since he lives forever to make intercession for them.
]It was fitting that we should have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, higher than the heavens.
]He has no need, as did the high priests, to offer sacrifice day after day, first for his own sins and then for those of the people; he did that once for all when he offered himself.
]For the law appoints men subject to weakness to be high priests, but the word of the oath, which was taken after the law, appoints a son, who has been made perfect forever.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark
12,28b-34.]One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him, "Which is the first of all the commandments?"
]Jesus replied, "The first is this: 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone!
]You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.'
]The second is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."
]The scribe said to him, "Well said, teacher. You are right in saying, 'He is One and there is no other than he.'
]And 'to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself' is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."
]And when Jesus saw that (he) answered with understanding, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And no one dared to ask him any more questions.
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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