Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, September 27 2016

Tuesday of the Twenty-sixth week in Ordinary Time

Tuesday of the Twenty-sixth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Job

3,1-3.11-17.20-23.

]Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
]Job spoke out and said:
]Perish the day on which I was born, the night when they said, "The child is a boy!"
]Why did I not perish at birth, come forth from the womb and expire?
]Wherefore did the knees receive me? or why did I suck at the breasts?
]For then I should have lain down and been tranquil; had I slept, I should then have been at rest
]With kings and counselors of the earth who built where now there are ruins
]Or with princes who had gold and filled their houses with silver.
]Or why was I not buried away like an untimely birth, like babes that have never seen the light?
]There the wicked cease from troubling, there the weary are at rest.
]Why is light given to the toilers, and life to the bitter in spirit?
]They wait for death and it comes not; they search for it rather than for hidden treasures,
]Rejoice in it exultingly, and are glad when they reach the grave:
]Men whose path is hidden from them, and whom God has hemmed in!

Psalm

Psalms

88(87),2-3.4-5.6.7-8.

]LORD, my God, by day I cry out;
at night I clamour in your presence.
]Let my prayer come before you;
incline your ear to my cry.
]For my soul is filled with troubles;
my life draws near to Sheol.
]I am reckoned with those who go down to the pit;
I am weak, without strength.
]My couch is among the dead,
with the slain who lie in the grave.
Whom you remember no longer
and who are cut off from your care.
]You plunged me into the bottom of the pit,
into the darkness of the abyss.
]Upon me your wrath lies heavy,
and with all your billows you overwhelm me.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

9,51-56.

]When the days for Jesus to be taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem,
]and he sent messengers ahead of him. On the way they entered a Samaritan village to prepare for his reception there,
]but they would not welcome him because the destination of his journey was Jerusalem.
]When the disciples James and John saw this they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?"
]Jesus turned and rebuked them,
]and they journeyed to another village.

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St. Vincent de Paul(Priest (1576-1660) - Memorial)

SAINT VINCENT OF PAUL Priest (1576-1660) St. Vincent was a spiritual titan who carried the French Church on his shoulders. He instituted safety nets for the poor and modern seminaries during the Reformation. His Daughters of Charity serve the poor to this day. St. Vincent tended his father's pigs during childhood. By the time he was 32, he was the private tutor of France's most illustrious family, the De Gondi. They supported his ministry among French convicts and his construction of a hospital to succor their needs. His ministry in Paris was replicated in Marseilles and Bordeaux. St. Vincent organized conferences on De Gondi estates, which assisted the poor until the French Revolution. He also established the Congregation of the Missions to minister to the rural poor, which led to a reform in priestly ordination. At 48 years old, he led a reform that extended the vetting period for candidates to the priesthood from weeks to years. He also founded seminaries that formed churchmen knowledgeable about philosophy. St. Vincent founded the Daughters of Charity and the Ladies of Charity, which enable women to assist the poor and orphans. Since their beginning in 1629, the Sisters raised money to construct hospitals, shelters and orphanages. They staffed projects that assisted tens-of-thousands of homeless and poor through shelters, orphanages and vocational training. During the Thirty Years' War, the Sisters fed and sheltered the displaced and vulnerable daily. St. Vincent once said, "Turn the medal and you will see Jesus Christ." St. Vincent strove to protect the Church against heresy, supported congregations stressed by war and ransomed Christians enslaved by Turks. He was the trusted confidant of rulers who supported his relief of the poor; and he never profited personally. St. Vincent reflected Jesus Christ to everyone he encountered. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is one of the widest-reaching nonprofits that serve the poor, while his Congregations are active and support the Church to this day.

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