Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, September 30 2018

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Numbers

11,25-29.

]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!"

Psalm

Psalms

19(18),8.10.12-13.14.

]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.  

2. Reading

Letter of James

5,1-6.

]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.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

9,38-43.45.47-48.

]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.

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St. Jerome(Priest and Doctor of the Church (c. 340- c. 420) - Memorial)

SAINT JEROME Priest and Doctor of the Church(c. 340-c.420) St. Jerome was born in Dalmatia circa 347. He attended school in Rome, but had excessive love for knowledge and passion for books. He studied under the best masters, visited foreign cities and devoted himself to the pursuit of science. Little did he know that Jesus had need of his strong will and penetrating intellect. When St. Jerome encountered Jesus Christ, he made a vow of celibacy, departed Rome and lived in the wild Syrian desert. There, for four years, he learned penance, prayer and divine wisdom. He disproved the claim of heretics that the Blessed Virgin Mary had other children; and his proof of her perpetual virginity helped secure the unity of Christian faith. The third-century Marian prayer Sub Tuum Praesidium shows the veneration Christians have for the Mother of God; as only she whose flesh is sinless could give birth to Jesus who is sinless. When the pope besought St. Jerome to revise the Latin Bible, the latter used his fluency in Hebrew to great effect. The Latin Revision was St. Jerome's magnum opus and a blessing from the Holy Spirit. Retiring afterward to his beloved Bethlehem, he illuminated our Christian faith for another thirty years.

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