Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, October 15 2018

Monday of the Twenty-eighth week in Ordinary Time

Monday of the Twenty-eighth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Letter to the Galatians

4,22-24.26-27.31.5,1.

]Brothers and sisters: It is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the freeborn woman.
]The son of the slave woman was born naturally, the son of the freeborn through a promise.
]Now this is an allegory. These women represent two covenants. One was from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; this is Hagar.
]But the Jerusalem above is freeborn, and she is our mother.
]For it is written: "Rejoice, you barren one who bore no children; break forth and shout, you who were not in labor; for more numerous are the children of the deserted one than of her who has a husband."
]Therefore, brothers, we are children not of the slave woman but of the freeborn woman.
]For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.

Psalm

Psalms

113(112),1-2.3-4.5a.6-7.

]Praise, you servants of the LORD,
praise the name of the LORD.
]Blessed be the name of the LORD
both now and forever.
]From the rising to the setting of the sun
is the name of the LORD to be praised.
]High above all nations is the LORD;
above the heavens is his glory.
]Who is like the LORD, our God,
]who looks upon the heavens and the earth below?
]He raises up the lowly from the dust;
from the dunghill he lifts up the poor.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

11,29-32.

]While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, "This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah.
]Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
]At the judgment the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation and she will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and there is something greater than Solomon here.
]At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because at the preaching of Jonah they repented, and there is something greater than Jonah here."

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St. Teresa of Jesus(Virgin and Doctor of the Church (1515-1582) - Memorial)

SAINT TERESA OF JESUSVirgin and Doctor of the Church(1515-1582) St. Teresa is one of the Church's greatest lights. She authored brilliant spiritual classics, reformed the Carmelite orders, founded convents and monasteries and persevered despite opposition from senior churchmen. The Carmelite orders are spiritual powerhouses transmitting the true spirit of Catholicism while her works continue bearing spiritual fruit in the lives of readers. At 7 years old, St. Teresa ran away from home in hopes of being martyred by the Moors. When she was brought back and asked her reason for leaving, she replied, "I want to see God, and I must die before I can see Him." Later, she built a hermitage in the garden with her brother. Against the wishes of her father, St. Teresa became a Carmelite nun. Frivolous conversations checked her progress until she gave her heart undivided to God. Afterward, at 31 years old, she received a vision of the place in eternity where her faults would have placed her. From that moment onward, she mistrusted her emotions and relied entirely upon the will of God. She reformed her Order, was favored with distinct commands from our Lord and attained union with God or the divine union of love (St. John of the Cross). St. Teresa initiated and carried out the reform of the Carmelite order. The Founder's spirit had been weakened over centuries of relaxation. St. Teresa's reforms returned the order to its founding principles of spiritual poverty and contemplative life. She encountered St. John of the Cross who became her staunchest supporter and carried out the reformation of the male Carmelite orders. They were often held back and sidelined by their superiors until the Spanish king or the pope intervened. Together, they worked, founded monasteries and convents and reformed every branch of the Carmelites. St. Teresa was vigilant against conceitedness and acted obediently to her confessors until the very end. Shepassed away on October 4, 1582. She was canonized on April 24, 1614, because of her heroic virtues and the miracles proceeding from her intercession. She is the patron saint of Spain, the sick, the persecuted and those in religious orders.

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