Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, October 8 2016

Saturday of the Twenty-seventh week in Ordinary Time

Saturday of the Twenty-seventh week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Letter to the Galatians

3,22-29.

]Brothers and sisters: Scripture confined all things under the power of sin, that through faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.
]Before faith came, we were held in custody under law, confined for the faith that was to be revealed.
]Consequently, the law was our disciplinarian for Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
]But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a disciplinarian.
]For through faith you are all children of God in Christ Jesus.
]For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
]There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
]And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendant, heirs according to the promise.

Psalm

Psalms

105(104),2-3.4-5.6-7.

]Sing to him, sing his praise,
proclaim all his wondrous deeds.
]Glory in his holy name;
rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!
]Look to the LORD in his strength;
seek to serve him constantly.
]Recall the wondrous deeds that he has wrought,
his portents, and the judgments he has uttered.
]You descendants of Abraham, his servants,
sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!
]He, the LORD, is our God;
throughout the earth his judgments prevail.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

11,27-28.

]While Jesus was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed."
]He replied, "Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it."

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St. Demetrius(Martyr († c. 306))

SAINT DEMETRIUS OF SIRMIUM Martyr ( c. 306) St. Demetrius was a Roman army officer and a deacon. He was appointed proconsul of Thessaloniki when the city gained military prominence. Records of his life date back to the 7th century, but the 5th century church Hagios Demetrius witnesses to his selfless love for Jesus Christ. St. Demetrius lived near the end of Rome's persecution of Christians. He wasarrested for being Christian, imprisoned in a bathhouse and run-through with spears in Sirmium, modern Serbia. He is venerated as the protector of Thessaloniki up to the present day. St. Demetrius was reported to have appeared during a battle in 586 to defend Thessaloniki. Over 200 churches in the Balkans are dedicated to him. He is venerated in Eastern, Oriental, Anglican and Catholic Churches. His relics are kept with veneration at the Hagios Demetrios Basilica in Thessaloniki.

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