Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, September 1 2018

Saturday of the Twenty-first week in Ordinary Time

Saturday of the Twenty-first week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

First Letter to the Corinthians

1,26-31.

]Consider your own calling, brothers. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
]Rather, God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong,
]and God chose the lowly and despised of the world, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who are something,
]so that no human being might boast before God.
]It is due to him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, as well as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption,
]so that, as it is written, "Whoever boasts, should boast in the Lord."

Psalm

Psalms

33(32),12-13.18-19.20-21.

]Blessed the nation whose God is the LORD,
the people he has chosen for his own inheritance.
]From heaven the LORD looks down;
He sees all mankind.
]See, the eyes of the LORD are upon those who fear him,
upon those who hope for his kindness,
]To deliver them from death
and preserve them in spite of famine.
]Our soul waits for the LORD,
who is our help and our shield,
]For in him our hearts rejoice;
In his holy name we trust.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

25,14-30.

]Jesus told his disciples this parable: “A man going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them.
]To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one– to each according to his ability. Then he went away. Immediately
]the one who received five talents went and traded with them, and made another five.
]Likewise, the one who received two made another two.
]But the man who received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and buried his master's money.
]After a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them.
]The one who had received five talents came forward bringing the additional five. He said, 'Master, you gave me five talents. See, I have made five more.'
]His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master's joy.'
](Then) the one who had received two talents also came forward and said, 'Master, you gave me two talents. See, I have made two more.'
]His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master's joy.'
]Then the one who had received the one talent came forward and said, 'Master, I knew you were a demanding person, harvesting where you did not plant and gathering where you did not scatter;
]so out of fear I went off and buried your talent in the ground. Here it is back.'
]His master said to him in reply, 'You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant and gather where I did not scatter?
]Should you not then have put my money in the bank so that I could have got it back with interest on my return?
]Now then! Take the talent from him and give it to the one with ten.
]For to everyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
]And throw this useless servant into the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.'”

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St. Giles of Castaneda(Abbot (640-720))

SAINT GILESAbbot(640-720) St. Giles is venerated in France and England. He was said to be an Athenian noble. His piety and learning drew admirers and he sought holy solitude. With docility to the Holy Spirit, St. Giles sailed to France and made a hermitage in the open deserts near the mouth of the Rhone. He then transferred to a site near the river Gard and settled in a forest in the diocese of Nismes. He lived for many years conversing only with God and the saints. Miraculously, he was nourished by a hind who gave him its milk. Once, when the hind was being hunted, it fled to Giles for refuge and he was discovered. The miracles attributed to St. Giles' intercession made his name ring throughout France. He was even esteemed by the French king, who failed to make him renounce holy solitude. St. Giles later admitted disciples and founded a monastery. In the following ages, his monastery became a flourishing abbey of the Benedictine Order.

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