Catholic Missal of the day: Thursday, September 27 2018

Thursday of the Twenty-fifth week in Ordinary Time

Thursday of the Twenty-fifth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Ecclesiastes

1,2-11.

]Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity!
]What profit has man from all the labor which he toils at under the sun?
]One generation passes and another comes, but the world forever stays.
]The sun rises and the sun goes down; then it presses on to the place where it rises.
]Blowing now toward the south, then toward the north, the wind turns again and again, resuming its rounds.
]All rivers go to the sea, yet never does the sea become full. To the place where they go, the rivers keep on going.
]All speech is labored; there is nothing man can say. The eye is not satisfied with seeing nor is the ear filled with hearing.
]What has been, that will be; what has been done, that will be done. Nothing is new under the sun.
]Even the thing of which we say, "See, this is new!" has already existed in the ages that preceded us.
]There is no remembrance of the men of old; nor of those to come will there be any remembrance among those who come after them.

Psalm

Psalms

90(89),3-4.5-6.12-13.14.17bc.

]You turn man back to dust,
saying, "Return, O children of men."
]For a thousand years in your sight
are as yesterday, now that it is past,
or as a watch of the night.
]You make an end of them in their sleep;
the next morning they are like the changing grass,
]Which at dawn springs up anew,
but by evening wilts and fades.
]Teach us to number our days aright,
that we may gain wisdom of heart.
]Return, O LORD! How long?
Have pity on your servants!
]Fill us at daybreak with your kindness,
that we may shout for joy and gladness all our days.
]Prosper the work of our hands for us!
]Prosper the work of our hands!

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

9,7-9.

]Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying, "John has been raised from the dead" ;
]others were saying, "Elijah has appeared"; still others, "One of the ancient prophets has arisen."
]But Herod said, "John I beheaded. Who then is this about whom I hear such things?" And he kept trying to see him.

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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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