Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, September 6 2019

Friday of the Twenty-second week in Ordinary Time

Friday of the Twenty-second week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Letter to the Colossians

1,15-20.

]Christ Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
]For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things were created through him and for him.
]He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
]He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent.
]For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell,
]and through him to reconcile all things for him, making peace by the blood of his cross (through him), whether those on earth or those in heaven.

Psalm

Psalms

100(99),2.3.4.5.

]Sing joyfully to the Lord all you lands,
serve the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful song.
]Know that the LORD is God;
he made us, his we are;
his people, the flock he tends.
]Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
his courts with praise;
give thanks to him; bless his name. 
]The LORD is good:
his kindness endures forever,
and his faithfulness, to all generations.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

5,33-39.

]The scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, "The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same ; but yours eat and drink."
]Jesus answered them, "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?
]But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days."
]And he also told them a parable. "No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one. Otherwise, he will tear the new and the piece from it will not match the old cloak.
]Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined.
]Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins.
](And) no one who has been drinking old wine desires new, for he says, 'The old is good.'"

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St. Eleutherius(Abbot († c. 585))

SAINT ELEUTHERIUS Abbot( c. 585) One of St. Eleutherius' characteristics was compunction for sins. His acute conscience helped him remain morally upright. He was consecrated abbot of St. Mark's near Spoleto and was favored with the gift of miracles. St. Eleutherius once delivered a child from demonic possession. However, the demon reentered when he said, "The devil dares not approach the child since he is among the servants of God." The child was finally delivered after St. Eleutherius confessed, prayed and fasted with his community. When St. Gregory the Great was unable to fast on Easter Eve because of extreme weakness, he entreated St. Eleutherius to go with him to the church of St. Andrew and pray. St. Eleutherius prayed with childlike confidence and the Pope found himself suddenly strengthened and able to perform the fast.St. Gregory the Great wrote that St. Eleutherius once raised a dead man to life. St. Eleutherius passed away at St. Andrew's monastery in Rome circa 585. His compunction for sins helped him measure the gravity of offences against God. However, his contrition and trust in God's mercy helped him rise immediately after every fall.

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Bl. Bertrand()

misalcatolico.com

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