Saturday of the Twenty-fifth week in Ordinary Time

Book of Zechariah

2,5-9.14-15a.

I, Zechariah, raised my eyes and looked: there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
"Where are you going?" I asked. "To measure Jerusalem," he answered; "to see how great is its width and how great its length."
Then the angel who spoke with me advanced, and another angel came out to meet him,
and said to him, "Run, tell this to that young man: People will live in Jerusalem as though in open country, because of the multitude of men and beasts in her midst.
But I will be for her an encircling wall of fire, says the LORD, and I will be the glory in her midst."
Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion! See, I am coming to dwell among you, says the LORD.
Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they shall be his people, and he will dwell among you.

Book of Jeremiah

31,10.11-12ab.13.

Hear the word of the LORD, O nations,
Proclaim it on distant isles, and say:
He who scattered Israel, now gathers them together,
He guards them as a shepherd his flock.
The LORD shall ransom Jacob,
he shall redeem him from the hand of his conqueror.
Shouting, they shall mount the heights of Zion,
they shall come streaming to the LORD’s blessings:
Then the virgins shall make merry and dance,
and young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning into joy,
I will console and gladden them after their sorrows.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

9,43b-45.

While they were all amazed at his every deed, he said to his disciples,
"Pay attention to what I am telling you. The Son of Man is to be handed over to men."
But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was hidden from them so that they should not understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

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

SAINT JEROME Priest & Doctor of the Church(c. 340-c.420) St. Jerome was born at Dalmatia in 347. He attended school at Rome, but his thirst for knowledge was excessive, and his love for books a passion. 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, the former died to himself. St. Jerome 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. 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, St. Jerome illuminated our Christian faith for another thirty years. He passed away peacefully to join Christ in our True Native Land.

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