Friday of the Twenty-fifth week in Ordinary Time

Book of Ecclesiastes

There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every thing under the heavens.
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant.
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to tear down, and a time to build.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.
A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather them; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embraces.
A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away.
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak.
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
What advantage has the worker from his toil?
I have considered the task which God has appointed for men to be busied about.
He has made everything appropriate to its time, and has put the timeless into their hearts, without men's ever discovering, from beginning to end, the work which God has done.

Psalms

Blessed be the LORD, my rock,
my mercy and my fortress,
my stronghold, my deliverer,
my shield, in whom I trust.
LORD, what is man, that you notice him;
the son of man, that you take thought of him?
Man is like a breath;
his days, like a passing shadow.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

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."

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

SAINT VINCENT OF PAUL Priest (1576-1660) St. Vincent was a spiritual titan. He carried the French Church on his shoulders. He instituted safety nets for the poor and modern seminaries during the Reformation. His Daughters of Charity are sent to serve the poor to this very 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. This 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, St. Vincent found himself leading a movement that extended the vetting period for candidates to the priesthood from weeks to years. He also founded seminaries that gave 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 sheltered and fed 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; yet he not once profited personally. St. Vincent championed Jesus Christ; served Jesus Christ and reflected Jesus to all whom 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 very day.

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