Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time

Letter to the Romans

Brothers and sisters: Sin must not reign over your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires.
And do not present the parts of your bodies to sin as weapons for wickedness, but present yourselves to God as raised from the dead to life and the parts of your bodies to God as weapons for righteousness.
For sin is not to have any power over you, since you are not under the law but under grace.
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Of course not!
Do you not know that if you present yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
But thanks be to God that, although you were once slaves of sin, you have become obedient from the heart to the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted.
Freed from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness.

Psalms

Had not the LORD been with us–
let Israel say, had not the LORD been with us–
When men rose up against us,
then would they have swallowed us alive,
When their fury was inflamed against us.
Then would the waters have overwhelmed us;
The torrent would have swept over us;
over us then would have swept the raging waters.
Blessed be the LORD, who did not leave us
a prey to their teeth.
We were rescued like a bird
from the fowlers’ snare;
Broken was the snare,
and we were freed.
Our help is in the name of the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

Jesus said to his disciples: “Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come."
Then Peter said, "Lord, is this parable meant for us or for everyone?"
And the Lord replied, "Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the master will put in charge of his servants to distribute (the) food allowance at the proper time?
Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so.
Truly, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property.
But if that servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed in coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, to eat and drink and get drunk,
then that servant's master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour and will punish him severely and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
That servant who knew his master's will but did not make preparations nor act in accord with his will shall be beaten severely;
and the servant who was ignorant of his master's will but acted in a way deserving of a severe beating shall be beaten only lightly. Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.”

St. John Paul II(pope from 1978 to 2005)

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. He steered heroically into an era of Christian liberation. Our intercessor forever, he is a rolemodel of courage and fidelity. Karol Józef Wojtyła was born in Wadowice, Poland, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two children. When he was 9, he made his first Holy Communion. Tragedy befell when his mother, Emilia Kaczorowska, passed away that year. Three years later, Karol’s older brother, Edmund, passed away. Following Poland's occupation by Nazi forces, the University’s closure, and the Vatican's protests against academics' imprisonment, Karol worked in a mine and at the 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. He was ordained on November 1, 1946, and sent to Rome to pursue a Doctorate in Theology (1948) with a thesis 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: first 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, Fr. Karol 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. He 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." The constitutions illuminate the human condition and are indispensable. He was eventually consecrated pope on October 16, 1978. One of Pope John Paul II's greatest deeds was leading the Second Extraordinary Assembly that composed the Catechism of the Catholic Church - a source of grace, instruction and doctrine. He also focused on Church cohesion: writing 14 Encyclicals, 15 Apostolic exhortations, 11 Apostolic Constitutions, 45 Apostolic Letters and authoring five books. He established numerous dioceses and promulgated the Codes of Canon Law for the Latin Catholic and Eastern Catholic Churches. Pope John Paul II 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 inaugurated the Year of the Redemption, the Marian Year, the Eucharistic Year, the Great Jubilee and World Youth Days. He also received diplomats: 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.

St. Mary Salome(Mother (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 & Mark 16, 1). St. Mary Salome illuminates the wonderful and ultimate significance 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 a native of Great Britain. After discerning a vocation to the priesthood, he was ordained and practiced the sacred ministry. God blessed St. Mello's labors with wonderful success. He was consecrated the first bishop of Rouen in Normandy, and served there for forty years. St. Mello's cooperation and docility to the Holy Spirit enabled him to fulfill his duties as bishop. He died to himself as he loved the Lord and the Blessed Virgin Mary. He passed away around the beginning of the fourth century, and joined the Church Triumphant in heaven.

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