Tuesday of the Thirty-first week in Ordinary Time

Letter to the Romans

12,5-16a.

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

131(130),1.2.3.

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

14,15-24.

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.'"

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St. Willibrord(Bishop (657-739))

SAINT WILLIBRORD Bishop (657-739) St. Willibrord was born at Northumberland in 657. When he was 20, he went to Ireland to study under St. Egbert. Twelve years later, he set out to convert the pagan tribes of northern Europe. St. Willibrord went to Rome for the blessing of the Pope; and with 11 companions reached Utrecht. The pagans would not accept the religion of their enemies, the Franks; so St. Willibrord could only convert tribes dominated by Pepin Heristal. At Pepin's insistence, St. Willibrord went to Rome and was consecrated Archbishop of Utrecht. For more than 50 years, he served as archbishop. He built churches, ordained priests, wrought miracles and prophesied. St. Willibrordwas stately in person, wise in counsel and unwearied in serving others. By converting the tribes under Frankish dominion, St. Willibrord sowed the seeds of egalitarianism and Western civilization.

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