Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, September 27 2019

Friday of the Twenty-fifth week in Ordinary Time

Friday of the Twenty-fifth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Haggai

1,15b.2,1-9.

]In the second year of King Darius,
]on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai:
]Tell this to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and to the high priest Joshua, son of Jehozadak, and to the remnant of the people:
]Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem like nothing in your eyes?
]But now take courage, Zerubbabel, says the LORD, and take courage, Joshua, high priest, son of Jehozadak, and take courage, all you people of the land, says the LORD, and work! For I am with you, says the LORD of hosts.
]This is the pact that I made with you when you came out of Egypt, and my spirit continues in your midst; do not fear!
]For thus says the LORD of hosts: One moment yet, a little while, and I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
]I will shake all the nations, and the treasures of all the nations will come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts.
]Mine is the silver and mine the gold, says the LORD of hosts.
]Greater will be the future glory of this house than the former, says the LORD of hosts; and in this place I will give you peace, says the LORD of hosts.

Psalm

Psalms

43(42),1.2.3.4.

]Do me justice, O God, and fight my fight
against a faithless people;
from the deceitful and impious man rescue me.
]For you, O God, are my strength.
Why do you keep me so far away?
Why must I go about in mourning,
with the enemy oppressing me?
]Send forth your light and your fidelity;
they shall lead me on
And bring me to your holy mountain,
to your dwelling place.
]Then will I go in to the altar of God,
the God of my gladness and joy;
Then will I give you thanks upon the harp,
O God, my God!

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

9,18-22.

]Once when Jesus was praying in solitude, and the disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say that I am?"
]They said in reply, "John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, 'One of the ancient prophets has arisen.'"
]Then he said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter said in reply, "The Messiah of God."
]He rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone.
]He said, "The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised."

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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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