Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, October 22 2018
Monday of the Twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time
Monday of the Twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingLetter to the Ephesians
2,1-10.]Brothers and sisters: You were dead in your transgressions and sins
]in which you once lived following the age of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the disobedient.
]All of us once lived among them in the desires of our flesh, following the wishes of the flesh and the impulses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest.
]But God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us,
]even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
]raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus,
]that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
]For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God;
]it is not from works, so no one may boast.
]For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that God has prepared in advance, that we should live in them.
Psalms
100(99),2.3.4.5.]Sing joyfully to the Lord all you lands,
serve the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful song.
]Know that the LORD is God;
he made us, his we are;
his people, the flock he tends.
]Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
his courts with praise;
give thanks to him; bless his name.
]The LORD is good:
his kindness endures forever,
and his faithfulness, to all generations.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke
12,13-21.]Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me."
]He replied to him, "Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?"
]Then he said to the crowd, "Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of possessions."
]Then he told them a parable. "There was a rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest.
]He asked himself, 'What shall I do, for I do not have space to store my harvest?'
]And he said, 'This is what I shall do: I shall tear down my barns and build larger ones. There I shall store all my grain and other goods
]and I shall say to myself, "Now as for you, you have so many good things stored up for many years, rest, eat, drink, be merry!"
]But God said to him, 'You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?'
]Thus will it be for the one who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich in what matters to God."
St. John Paul II(Pope)
Saint John Paul II (Karol Wotjyła) Pope from 1978 to 2005 (1920-2005) St. John Paul II stole many souls from the Devil’s clutches. He survived the Nazi occupation and witnessed first-hand the Soviet regime's brutality and materialism. He guarded the treasures of Our Lady and Her foretelling of the terrible persecution of the Church. His catechetical works are indispensable and his worldwide events continue unifying the Church. Karol Józef Wojtyła was born in Wadowice, Poland, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two children. At 9 years old, he made his first Holy Communion. Tragedy befell when his mother, Emilia Kaczorowska, passed away that year. Three years later, his older brother, Edmund, passed away. Following Poland's occupation, the University’s closure and the Vatican's protests against academics' imprisonment, Karol worked in a mine and a chemical factory to avoid deportation. In 1942, his father passed away. That year, he answered God's call to the priesthood. Karol secretly attended courses at the Major Seminary in Cracow. After the war, he studied at the Faculty of Theology of the Jagiellonian University, was ordained on November 1, 1946, and was sent to Rome to pursue a Doctorate in Theology (1948). His thesis was on the topic of faith in the works of St. John of the Cross. While on vacation, he exercised his priestly ministry among Polish immigrants in France, Belgium and Holland. In 1948, Fr. Karol returned to Poland as an assistant priest in the parish of Niegowić near Cracow and later at the Church of Saint Florian. He served as the University Chaplain until 1951, where he also studied philosophy and theology. In 1953, he presented a thesis at the Catholic University of Lublin on the "Evaluation of the Possibility of Constructing a Christian Ethic on the Ethical System of Max Scheler." Later, he became Professor of Moral Theology and Ethics at the Major Seminary of Cracow and the Theological Faculty of Lublin. Fr. Karol was promoted Auxiliary Bishop of Cracow on July 4, 1958, Archbishop of Cracow on January 13, 1964 and Cardinal on June 26, 1967. One of his greatest acts was contributing to Gaudium et Spes and other constitutions of the Church during the Second Vatican Council (1925-65). Gaudium et Spes says, "Conscience is the most secret core and sanctuary of a man. There he is alone with God, Whose voice echoes in his depths." Cardinal Karol Wojtyła was consecrated Pope John Paul II on October 16, 1978. He led the Second Extraordinary Assembly that composed the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Furthermore, he authored 14 encyclicals, 15 apostolic exhortations, 11 apostolic constitutions, 45 apostolic letters and 5 books. He established numerous dioceses and promulgated the Codes of Canon Law for the Latin Catholic and Eastern Catholic Churches. Pope John Paul II inaugurated the Year of the Redemption, the Marian Year, the Eucharistic Year, the Great Jubilee and World Youth Days. He made 146 pastoral visits in Italy, visited 317 of Rome’s 332 parishes and made 104 apostolic trips. At least 17 million people attended his more than 1,160 Wednesday General Audiences. He also received 38 official visits, 738 general audiences or meetings with heads of state and 246 visits with prime ministers. On May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot by a terrorist in St. Peter's Square. He felt the maternal hand of the Mother of God steer the bullet clear of his heart. After a long recovery, he met and forgave his attacker. Grateful for the gift of new life, he intensified his pastoral work with heroic generosity. Pope John Paul II passed away at the Vatican's Apostolic Palace on Saturday, April 2, 2005, at 9:37 p.m., on the Vigil of the Sunday in Albis, also commemorated as Divine Mercy Sunday (a feast he instituted).He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on May 1, 2011, and canonized by Pope Francis on April 27, 2014.
Oración
Collect
O God, who are rich in mercy
and who willed that the blessed John Paul the Second
should preside as Pope over your universal Church,
grant, we pray, that instructed by his teaching,
we may open our hearts to the saving grace of Christ,
the sole Redeemer of mankind.
St. Mary Salome(Mother of Apostles (1st century))
SAINT MARY SALOME(1st century) St. Mary Salome was one of the Three Marys who served Christ during His earthly ministry. She was the wife of Zebedee and the mother of St. James and St. John. St. Mary Salome witnessed the Crucifixion. She was also among those who were first present at Jesus' tomb on the day of His Resurrection (Mark 15, 40-41 and Mark 16, 1). St. Mary Salome's faith and courage illuminates the role of women in society and the Church.She is a patroness of mothers and Christians.
St. Mello(Bishop (3rd-4th centuries))
SAINT MELLO Bishop (3rd-4th centuries) St. Mello is said to have been from Cardiff in Wales, but is only mentioned in a 17th-century document. He may have been mistaken forSt. Melaine, the bishop of Rennes.The 17th-century account says that he visited Rome to pay tribute and was converted by Pope Stephen I. He was consecrated the first bishop of Rouen in Normandy and served there for forty years.
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