Tuesday of the Twenty-third week in Ordinary Time

Letter to the Colossians

Brothers and sisters: as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
rooted in him and built upon him and established in the faith as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy according to human tradition, according to the elemental powers of the world and not according to Christ.
For in him dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily,
and you share in this fullness in him, who is the head of every principality and power.
In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not administered by hand, by stripping off the carnal body, with the circumcision of Christ.
You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
And even when you were dead in transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he brought you to life along with him, having forgiven us all our transgressions;
obliterating the bond against us, with its legal claims, which was opposed to us, he also removed it from our midst, nailing it to the cross.
despoiling the principalities and the powers, he made a public spectacle of them, leading them away in triumph by it.

Psalms

I will extol you, O my God and King,
and I will bless your name forever and ever.
Every day will I bless you,
and I will praise your name forever and ever.
The LORD is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and of great kindness.
The LORD is good to all
and compassionate toward all his works.
Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
and let your faithful ones bless you.
Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom
and speak of your might.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

Jesus departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.
When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named apostles:
Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot,
and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
And he came down with them and stood on a stretch of level ground. A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon
came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and even those who were tormented by unclean spirits were cured.
Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him because power came forth from him and healed them all.

St. Guy of Anderlecht († c.1012)()

SAINT GUY OF ANDERLECHT( c. 1012) As a child, Guy had two loves: the Church and the poor. In the flower of his youth, he left his home at Brussels to seek greater poverty and closer union with God. He arrived at Laeken, near Brussels; and there showed such devotion before our Lady's shrine that a priest besought him to stay and serve the Church. Thenceforth, Guy's great joy was to be in the church, sweeping the floor and ceiling, polishing the altars and cleansing the sacred vessels. By day, he found the time and means to befriend the poor; and his almsgiving became renowned. When a merchant of Brussels heard of this Sacristan's generosity, he came to Laeken and offered Guy a share in his business. Guy was reluctant to leave the church, but the offer seemed providential; and he at last closed with it. The ship, however, was lost on the first voyage; and on returning, Guy found his place filled. The rest of Guy's life was spent doing penance: fasting, praying and almsgiving. About the year 1012, when his life drew to a close, Guy returned to Anderlecht. As he passed away, a light shone around him; and a holy voice was heard proclaiming his eternal reward.

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