Thursday of the Twenty-third week in Ordinary Time

Letter to the Colossians

Brothers and sisters: Put on, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do.
And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection.
And let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace into which you were also called in one body. And be thankful.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Psalms

Praise the LORD in his sanctuary,
Praise him in the firmament of his strength.
Praise him for his mighty deeds,
Praise him for his sovereign majesty.
Praise him with the blast of the trumpet,
Praise him with lyre and harp,
Praise him with timbrel and dance,
Praise him with strings and pipe.
Praise him with sounding cymbals,
Praise him with clanging cymbals.
Let everything that has breath
Praise the LORD! Alleluia.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

Jesus said to his disciples : "To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic.
Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back.
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.
If you lend money to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit (is) that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, and get back the same amount.
But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.
Be merciful, just as (also) your Father is merciful.
Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven.
Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you."

St. Paphnutius(Bishop (4th century))

SAINT PAPHNUTIUSBishop(4th centtury) Paphnutius was an Egyptian. After mentoring under St. Antony in the desert, he was consecrated bishop in Upper Thebais. He was a confessor who, under the tyrant Maximin Daia, lost his right eye and was enslaved in the mines. When peace was restored, Bp. Paphnutius returned to his flock. As a confessor (one who had confessed the Faith under torments), he was highly regarded at the great Council of Nice. Constantine the Great conferred privately with the Bishop and reverently kissed the place where the latter had lost an eye. Bp. Paphnutius remained in contact with St. Athanasius. He accompanied the latter to the Council of Tyre in 335, where they found the greater part of the assembly to be professed Arians. Seeing Maximus, the bishop of Jerusalem, among the Arians, Bp. Paphnutius took him aside and said that no one who bore the same marks as he did should be led by those who deny Christianity's fundamental article. We have no particular account of Bp. Paphnutius' death, but his name is in the Roman Martyrology on September 11.

Sts. Protus & Hyacinth(Martyrs († c. 260))

Saints Protus and HyacinthMartyrs ( c. 260) Commemoration In Rome, on the old Salarian Way, at the cemetery of Basilla, the birthday of the holy martyrs Protus and Hyacinth is celebrated. They were brothers and eunuchs in the service of Blessed Eugenia. Protus and Hyacinth were arrested and prosecuted for being Christians during the reign of Emperor Gallienus. When they refused to offer pagan sacrifice, they were scourged and beheaded. Protus and Hyacinth are forever alive with Christ because the principle of death - sin - was completely cancelled in them. They await us in our true native land, together with Jesus Christ and Holy Mary, Help of Christians.

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