Friday of the Thirty-first week in Ordinary Time

Letter to the Philippians

3,17-21.4,1.

Join with others in being imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and observe those who thus conduct themselves according to the model you have in us.
For many, as I have often told you and now tell you even in tears, conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ.
Their end is destruction. Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their "shame." Their minds are occupied with earthly things.
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body by the power that enables him also to bring all things into subjection to himself.
Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, beloved.

Psalms

122(121),1-2.3-4a.4b-5.

I rejoiced because they said to me,
"We will go up to the house of the LORD."
And now we have set foot
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, built as a city
with compact unity.
To it the tribes go up,
To it the tribes go up,
the tribes of the LORD.
In it are set up judgment seats,
seats for the house of David.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

16,1-8.

Jesus said to his disciples, "A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property.
He summoned him and said, 'What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward.'
The steward said to himself, 'What shall I do, now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me? I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg.
I know what I shall do so that, when I am removed from the stewardship, they may welcome me into their homes.'
He called in his master's debtors one by one. To the first he said, 'How much do you owe my master?'
He replied, 'One hundred measures of olive oil.' He said to him, 'Here is your promissory note. Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.'
Then to another he said, 'And you, how much do you owe?' He replied, 'One hundred kors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Here is your promissory note; write one for eighty.'
And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently. "For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light."

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St. Charles Borromeo(Archbishop of Milan († 1584))

SAINT CHARLES BORROMEOArchbishop of Milan(1538-1584) About fifty years after the Protestant heresy broke out, our Lord raised up a youth to renew the face of His Church. In 1560, Charles Borromeo, then 22, was elected cardinal, and by the side of his uncle, Pius IV, administered the Holy See. His first care was the direction of the Council of Trent. He urged its sessions forward, guided it with correspondence from Rome, and carried it to its conclusion. Then he began a more arduous work: the execution of its decrees. As Archbishop of Milan, St. Charles enforced the reforms of the Council of Trent and restored the discipline of his see. He founded schools for the poor, seminaries for clerics, and trained his priests to perfection. Inflexible in maintaining clerical discipline, he was a tender father to his flock. He would sit by the roadside to teach a poor man the Pater and the Ave; and would enter dirty hovels to bring the light and the sacraments of Christ. During the great plague, he stayed in Milan to minister to the sick and dying. He even sold his bed to support the work. He passed away a faithful servant, following the Good Shepherd to paradise (Mt. 25:23).

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St. Felix of Valois(Co-founder of the Trinitarians (1127-1212))

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SAINT FELIX OF VALOIS Hermit and co-founder of the Trinitarians (1127-1212) St. Felix was a son of the Count of Valois. He was blessed that his mother cultivated his faith and spirit. The unjust divorce of his parents matured his resolution to begin life as a religious. Entrusting his mother's care to her pious brother, Thibault, Count of Champagne, St. Felix took the Cistercian habit at Clairvaux. St. Felix's holiness was evident, but his particular calling was still taking shape. With St. Bernard's consent, he departed for Italy and led an austere life with an aged hermit. When St. Felix's spiritual director passed away, he returned to France, and for many years lived as a solitary at Cerfroid. Here, God inspired him to found an order for the redemption of Christian captives. St. John of Matha, moved by a similar impulse, joined St. Felix; and together they enshrined the rules of the Order of the Holy Trinity. When disciples rallied under their banner, Sts. Felix and John made a pilgrimage to Rome and obtained Pope Innocent III's permission for a new order. Their order, the Trinitarians, was committed to ransoming Christians enslaved by Islamic armies. With prayers granted, St. Felix spent the next fifteen years organizing and developing his foundations. St. Felix passed away in 1212. He continues receiving prayers for intercession and guiding the Trinitarians. Concerned with the good of souls, we must renew the image of Christ in others without heed to vainglory or human respect; reverently entrusting our endeavors to Mary, the Mother of God.

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