Catholic Missal of the day: Wednesday, October 17 2018

Wednesday of the Twenty-eighth week in Ordinary Time

Wednesday of the Twenty-eighth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Letter to the Galatians

5,18-25.

]Brothers and sisters: If you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
]Now the works of the flesh are obvious: immorality, impurity, licentiousness,
]idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, rivalry, jealousy, outbursts of fury, acts of selfishness, dissensions, factions,
]occasions of envy, drinking bouts, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
]In contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,
]gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
]Now those who belong to Christ (Jesus) have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires.
]If we live in the Spirit, let us also follow the Spirit.

Psalm

Psalms

1,1-2.3.4.6.

]Blessed the man who follows not
the counsel of the wicked
Nor walks in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the company of the insolent,
]But delights in the law of the LORD
and meditates on his law day and night.
]He is like a tree
planted near running water,
that yields its fruit in due season,
and whose leaves never fade.
Whatever he does, prospers.
]Not so, the wicked, not so;
they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
]For the LORD watches over the way of the just,
but the way of the wicked vanishes.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

11,42-46.

]The Lord said: "Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. These you should have done, without overlooking the others.
]Woe to you Pharisees! You love the seat of honor in synagogues and greetings in marketplaces.
]Woe to you! You are like unseen graves over which people unknowingly walk."
]Then one of the scholars of the law said to him in reply, "Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too."
]And he said, "Woe also to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them."

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St. Ignatius of Antioch(Bishop and Martyr († c. 107))

SAINT IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH Bishop and Martyr ( c. 107) St. Ignatius of Antioch was a disciple of St. John the Apostle. He served as bishop during Emperor Domitian's persecution. At first, St. Ignatius was spared. However, his apostolic activities drew the ire of Roman cults who grew envious of Christianity's acceptance among the poor. In 107 A.D., Emperor Trajan came to Antioch and forced the Christians to choose between apostasy and death. When the emperor questioned St. Ignatius about the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, the latter witnessed for Christ and was condemned. In the very beginning, when Greek philosophy had yet to merge with Christian theology, and before the works of St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Ignatius' witness was the words of the Holy Spirit to the hearts of men. In today's age, the message is adapted to our needs: Believers may reply when questioned about Jesus' presence that he dwells in his heart through the affections, in the mind through the intellect and in the soul through grace (Douay-Rheims Bible). After witnessing for Jesus, St. Ignatius was brought to Rome and fed to lions at the Colosseum. The lions tore him apart and ate his whole body. The bones and pieces remaining were reverently collected and interred in Antioch. In 637, St. Ignatius' relics were transferred to the Church of St. Clement in Rome. After his death, many Christians saw him in visions interceding for them before Christ.

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