Tuesday of the Thirty-first week in Ordinary Time

Letter to the Romans

Brothers and sisters: We, though many, are one Body in Christ and individually parts of one another.
Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us exercise them: if prophecy, in proportion to the faith;
if ministry, in ministering; if one is a teacher, in teaching;
if one exhorts, in exhortation; if one contributes, in generosity; if one is over others, with diligence; if one does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
Let love be sincere; hate what is evil, hold on to what is good;
love one another with mutual affection; anticipate one another in showing honor.
Do not grow slack in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in prayer.
Contribute to the needs of the holy ones, exercise hospitality.
Bless those who persecute (you), bless and do not curse them.
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
Have the same regard for one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly.

Psalms

O LORD, my heart is not proud,
nor are my eyes haughty;
I busy not myself with great things,
nor with things too sublime for me.
Nay rather, I have stilled and quieted
my soul like a weaned child.
Like a weaned child on its mother's lap,
so is my soul within me.
O Israel, hope in the LORD,
both now and forever.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

One of those at table with Jesus said to him, "Blessed is the one who will dine in the kingdom of God."
He replied to him, "A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many.
When the time for the dinner came, he dispatched his servant to say to those invited, 'Come, everything is now ready.'
But one by one, they all began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, 'I have purchased a field and must go to examine it; I ask you, consider me excused.'
And another said, 'I have purchased five yoke of oxen and am on my way to evaluate them; I ask you, consider me excused.'
And another said, 'I have just married a woman, and therefore I cannot come.'
The servant went and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house in a rage commanded his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in here the poor and the crippled, the blind and the lame.'
The servant reported, 'Sir, your orders have been carried out and still there is room.'
The master then ordered the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedgerows and make people come in that my home may be filled.
For, I tell you, none of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.'"

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

SAINT CHARLES BORROMEOArchbishop of Milan(1538-1584) Fifty years after the Protestant heresy began, Our Lord raised up a youth to renew the Church. In 1560, St. Charles Borromeo, then 22, was elected cardinal. He and his uncle, Pius IV, administered the Holy See. Charles' 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 the 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 and seminaries for clerics, and trained his priests to perfection. He maintained clerical discipline while serving as a tender father. He would sit by the roadside to teach a poor man the Pater and the Ave and would enter hovels to administer the sacraments of Christ. During the plague, St. Charles stayed in Milan to minister to the sick and dying. He even sold his bed to support the work. He passed away while following the Good Shepherd and was brought by God to Heaven.

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 cultivated his spirit and faith. After his parents' unjust divorce, St. Felix's resolution to begin 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 gained St. Bernard's approval to depart for Italy, where he led an austere life with an aged hermit. When his spiritual director passed away, St. Felix returned to France and lived as a solitary in Cerfroid. There, God inspired him to found an order for the ransoming of Christian slaves. St. John of Matha, moved by a similar impulse, joined St. Felix. Together, they founded the Order of the Holy Trinity. Once the 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 protecting the Trinitarians and receiving prayers for intercession. Like St. Felix, 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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