Catholic Missal of the day: Wednesday, November 6 2019

Wednesday of the Thirty-first week in Ordinary Time

Wednesday of the Thirty-first week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Letter to the Romans

13,8-10.

]Brothers and sisters: Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
]The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this saying, (namely) "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
]Love does no evil to the neighbor; hence, love is the fulfillment of the law.

Psalm

Psalms

112(111),1-2.4-5.9.

]Blessed the man who fears the LORD,
who greatly delights in his commands.
]His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth;
the upright generation shall be blessed.
]Light shines through the darkness for the upright;
he is gracious and merciful and just.
]Well for the man who is gracious and lends,
who conducts his affairs with justice;
]Lavishly he gives to the poor,
his justice shall endure forever;
his horn shall be exalted in glory.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

14,25-33.

]Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them,
]"If any one comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
]Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
]Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion?
]Otherwise, after laying the foundation and finding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers should laugh at him
]and say, 'This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.'
]Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops?
]But if not, while he is still far away, he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms.
]In the same way, anyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple."

---

St. Leonard((† c. 550))

SAINT LEONARD OF NOBLAC ( c. 550) St. Leonard was a nobleman and the advisor of King Clovis I. They were baptized together at Christmas in 496. St. Leonard's godfather was St. Remigius, the bishop of Reims. Instead of accepting a bishopric, St. Leonard preached in Aquitaine and ministered to prisoners. He distanced himself from influential roles and eventually trained disciples as a hermit: first at the monastery of Micy near Orleans and afterward in the solitude of Noblac near Limoges. He founded an abbey in Noblac; and the town of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat is named after him. St. Leonard's charity accustomed him to remain active in works of mercy: visiting prisoners and the sick. Several crusaders attributed their release from captivity to his intercession. He is the patron saint of captives and prisoners.

misalcatolico.com

---

Category: Mass by Year / Catholic Missal 2019 / Catholic Missal of november 2019