Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Book of Numbers

The LORD then came down in the cloud and spoke to him. Taking some of the spirit that was on Moses, he bestowed it on the seventy elders; and as the spirit came to rest on them, they prophesied.
Now two men, one named Eldad and the other Medad, were not in the gathering but had been left in the camp. They too had been on the list, but had not gone out to the tent; yet the spirit came to rest on them also, and they prophesied in the camp.
So, when a young man quickly told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp,"
Joshua, son of Nun, who from his youth had been Moses' aide, said, "Moses, my lord, stop them."
But Moses answered him, "Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the people of the LORD were prophets! Would that the LORD might bestow his spirit on them all!"

Psalms

The law of the LORD is perfect,
refreshing the soul;
The decree of the LORD is trustworthy,
giving wisdom to the simple.
The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever;
The ordinances of the LORD are true,
all of them just.
Though your servant is careful of them,
very diligent in keeping them,
Yet who can detect failings?
Cleanse me from my unknown faults!
From wanton sin especially, restrain your servant;
let it not rule over me.
Then shall I be blameless and innocent
of serious sin.

Letter of James

Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries.
Your wealth has rotted away, your clothes have become moth-eaten,
your gold and silver have corroded, and that corrosion will be a testimony against you; it will devour your flesh like a fire. You have stored up treasure for the last days.
Behold, the wages you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
You have lived on earth in luxury and pleasure; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.
You have condemned; you have murdered the righteous one; he offers you no resistance.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

John said to Jesus, "Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us."
Jesus replied, "Do not prevent him. There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the same time speak ill of me.
For whoever is not against us is for us.
Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward.
Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than with two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire.
And if your foot causes you to sin, cut if off. It is better for you to enter into life crippled than with two feet to be thrown into Gehenna.
And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. Better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna,
where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

St. Michael Archangel - Feast()

SAINT MICHAEL Archangel(Feast) St. Michael the Archangel cast down Satan from heaven with a cry: "Mikha'el"; meaning, "Who is like God?" St. Michael is an intercessor and the defender of beleaguered souls. His loyalty to Christ is unparalleled. Hence his loyalty to humanity, among whom Christ is firstborn (Col. 1:15). St. Michael appears in Holy Scripture as the guardian of the children of Israel: their comfort and protector in times of sorrow or conflict. He prepares for their return from the Persian captivity, leads the valiant Maccabees to victory, and rescues the body of Moses from the envious grasp of the Evil One. Ever since Christ's coming, the Church venerates St. Michael as her special patron and protector. She invokes him by name in her confession of sin, summons him to her children's side in the agony of death, and chooses him as their escort from the chastening flames of purgatory to the realms of holy light. When the Antichrist sets up a kingdom on earth, St. Michael will unfurl the standard of the Cross, sound the last trumpet, and binding together the false prophet and the beast, hurl them into the fire for eternity.

St. Gabriel Archangel - Feast()

Saint Gabriel Archangel(Feast) Saint Gabriel, whose name means "God's strength," is mentioned in the Bible four times. In Daniel 8, he explains the vision of the horned ram as portending the destruction of the Persian Empire by the Macedonian Alexander the Great; after whose death the kingdom will be divided up among his generals, from one of whom will spring Antiochus Epiphanes. In chapter 9, after Daniel prayed for Israel, we read that "the man Gabriel . . . flying swiftly touched me" and he communicated to him the mysterious prophecy of the "seventy weeks" of years which should elapse before the coming of Christ. Most significant are Gabriel's two mentions in the New Testament: to announce the birth of John the Baptist to his father Zacharias, and to foretell to Mary the Incarnation of the Word in her womb.

St. Raphael Archangel - Feast()

Saint Raphael Archangel(Feast) St. Raphael the Archangel is venerated in the Book of Tobit for miracles of healing, protection and holy encounters. For these reasons, he is invoked by Christians, especially for encounters leading to marriage. Raphael's name means, "God has healed." In the Book of Tobit, St. Raphael appears disguised in human form as the travelling companion of the younger Tobias, calling himself "Azarias, the son of the great Ananias." During the journey, the protective influence of St. Raphael is shown in many ways, including the binding "in the desert of upper Egypt" of the demon who had previously slain seven husbands of Sara, daughter of Raguel. After their return and the healing of the blindness of the elder Tobias, Azarias makes himself known as "the angel Raphael, one of the seven, who stand before the Lord" (Tobit 12:15).

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