Catholic Missal of the day: Thursday, October 11 2018

Thursday of the Twenty-seventh week in Ordinary Time

Thursday of the Twenty-seventh week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Letter to the Galatians

3,1-5.

]O stupid Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?
]I want to learn only this from you: did you receive the Spirit from works of the law, or from faith in what you heard?
]Are you so stupid? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?
]Did you experience so many things in vain?--if indeed it was in vain.
]Does, then, the one who supplies the Spirit to you and works mighty deeds among you do so from works of the law or from faith in what you heard?

Psalm

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

1,69-70.71-72.73-75.

]He has come to the help of his people and set them free.
He has raised up for us a mighty savior,
Born of the house of his servant David.
]Through his holy prophets he promised of old
]that he would save us from our enemies,
from the hands of all who hate us.
]He promised to show mercy to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant.
]This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
]to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
free to worship him without fear,
]holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

11,5-13.

]Jesus said to his disciples: "Suppose one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and says, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
]for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey and I have nothing to offer him,'
]and he says in reply from within, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are already in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.'
]I tell you, if he does not get up to give him the loaves because of their friendship, he will get up to give him whatever he needs because of his persistence.
]And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
]For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
]What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish?
]Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg?
]If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

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St. Tarachus and his Companions(Martyrs († 304))

SAINT TARACHUS and his Companions Martyrs ( 304) In 304 A.D., Tarachus, Probus and Andronicus were arrested and martyred. Their crime was freedom of speech and faith in Jesus Christ. They were arrested during Emperor Diocletian's reign, which was described as the worst in 250 years of persecution. St. Tarachus and his companions were arrested in Pompeiopolis. They were then imprisoned in Tharsis and tortured. A second examination occured in Mopsuestia and third occured in Anazarbis. In spite of repeated torture, their faith remained unshaken. The governor eventually sentenced them to capital punishment. St. Tarachus and his companions were thrown to hungry lions in the amphitheater. However, the lions crouched at St. Tarachus' feet and nursed his wounds. The judge then had St. Tarachus and his companions killed by gladiators.

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St. Damien de Veuster(Priest (1840-1889))

St. Damien of MolokaiPriest (1840-1889) St. Damien left his Order to serve victims of leprosy in Molokai, Hawaii. He was born in Tremelo, Belgium, on January 3, 1840. He was christened Joseph. In adulthood, he joined the Sacred Hearts Fathers and received the name Damien at 20 years old. In 1864, he was sent to Honolulu, Hawaii and ordained. For the next nine years, he worked in missions on the Big Island, Hawaii. In 1873, St. Damien volunteered to permanently live and work in Molokai's leper colony. He cared for all victims, including children who were also segregated.In 1885, he was diagnosed with leprosy. He continued building hospitals, clinics, churches and some six hundred coffins until passing away on April 15, 1889. St. Damien was declared venerable in 1977 and beatified on June 4, 1995, by Pope John Paul II. He was canonized on October 11, 2009 in Rome, in the presence of King Albert II of the Belgians and Queen Paola, as well as the Belgian Prime Minister and several cabinet ministers. "Not without fear and loathing," Pope Benedict said, "Fr. Damian made the choice to go on the island of Molokai in the service of lepers ... The servant of the Word became a suffering servant, leper with the lepers during the last four years of his life. ... To follow Christ, Father Damian not only left his homeland, but also staked his health. So he, as the word of Jesus in today's Gospel tells us, received eternal life."

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St. Firminus()

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