Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, October 22 2019
Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time
Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingLetter to the Romans
5,12.15b.17-19.20b-21.]Brothers and sisters: Through one man sin entered the world, and through sin, death, and thus death came to all men, inasmuch as all sinned—
]But the gift is not like the transgression. For if by that one person's transgression the many died, how much more did the grace of God and the gracious gift of the one person Jesus Christ overflow for the many.
]For if, by the transgression of one person, death came to reign through that one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of justification come to reign in life through the one person Jesus Christ.
]In conclusion, just as through one transgression condemnation came upon all, so through one righteous act acquittal and life came to all.
]For just as through the disobedience of one person the many were made sinners, so through the obedience of one the many will be made righteous.
]The law entered in so that transgression might increase but, where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more,
]so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through justification for eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Psalms
40(39),7-8a.8b-9.10.17.]Sacrifice or oblation you wished not,
but ears open to obedience you gave me.
Burnt offerings or sin-offerings you sought not;
]then said I, “Behold I come.”
]“In the written scroll it is prescribed for me,
]To do your will, O my God, is my delight,
and your law is within my heart!”
]I announced your justice in the vast assembly;
I did not restrain my lips, as you, O LORD, know.
]May all who seek you
exult and be glad in you,
and may those who love your salvation
say ever, “The LORD be glorified.”
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke
12,35-38.]Jesus said to his disciples: “Gird your loins and light your lamps
]and be like servants who await their master's return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.
]Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them.
]And should he come in the second or third watch and find them prepared in this way, blessed are those servants."
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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