Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, October 23 2018

Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time

Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Letter to the Ephesians

2,12-22.

]Brothers and sisters: You were at that time without Christ, alienated from the community of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.
]But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have become near by the blood of Christ.
]For he is our peace, he who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of enmity, through his flesh,
]abolishing the law with its commandments and legal claims, that he might create in himself one new person in place of the two, thus establishing peace,
]and might reconcile both with God, in one body, through the cross, putting that enmity to death by it.
]He came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,
]for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
]So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God,
]built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone.
]Through him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord;
]in him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

Psalm

Psalms

85(84),9ab-10.11-12.13-14.

]I will hear what God proclaims;
]the LORD –for he proclaims peace to his people.
]Near indeed is his salvation to those who fear him,
glory dwelling in our land.
]Kindness and truth shall meet;
justice and peace shall kiss.
]Truth shall spring out of the earth,
and justice shall look down from heaven.
]The LORD himself will give his benefits;
our land shall yield its increase.
]Justice shall walk before him,
and salvation, along the way of his steps.

Gospel

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."

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St. John of Capistrano(Priest (1386-1456))

Saint John of CapistranoPriest (1386 – 1456) St. John of Capistrano led the Church during an era of wars and heresy. His heroic virtues helped him reform the Franciscans and defend the free world. He worked tirelessly; but while his body weakened, his faith grew mighty. With St. Bernardine of Siena, St. John preached devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus. While preaching and establishing Franciscan communities, he was accused of heresy. After his acquittal, he completed the reform of the Order of Friars Minor. St. John preached to thousands from Germany to Naples. At 70 years old, he was asked by Pope Callixtus III to preach a crusade in defense of Belgrade, which was being attacked by Ottoman forces. Hungarian nobles generously answered his call. He led them, by all accounts, to victory in battle, charging upon and scattering the Ottoman forces with his valiant knights. St. John not only healed the Church; he helped prevent the Islamic conquest of Europe. He defended Western Civilization like Pope Pius V at the Battle of Lepanto and Pope Innocent XI at the Battle of Vienna. St. John of Capistrano was canonized in 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII.

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St. Theodoret(Priest and Martyr (4th century))

SAINT THEODORET Martyr (4th century) In the year 361, Emperor Julian the Apostate appointed his uncle Julian a count of the East. Count Julian closed the Christian churches in Antioch, banned the clergy and attempted to seize the Church's wealth. When St. Theodoret assembled the Christians in private, Count Julian summoned him before a tribunal and had him tortured. St. Theodoret's arms and feet were fastened by ropes to pulleys and stretched until his body appeared nearly eight feet tall. Narrations of what the Saint said in his final moments abound, but he was more likely quiet (Is. 53:7). Like the Holy One, St. Theodoret only spoke with purified intention and without indignation (St. Josemaria Escriva). After being tortured, St. Theodoret was beheaded with a sword. His martyrdom earned him the beatific vision: seeing God face to face. He is one of many powerful intercessors for those exercising freedom of religion and freedom of speech.

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