Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, September 9 2019

Monday of the Twenty-third week in Ordinary Time

Monday of the Twenty-third week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Letter to the Colossians

1,24-29.2,1-3.

]Brothers and sisters: I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church,
]of which I am a minister in accordance with God's stewardship given to me to bring to completion for you the word of God,
]the mystery hidden from ages and from generations past. But now it has been manifested to his holy ones,
]to whom God chose to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; it is Christ in you, the hope for glory.
]It is he whom we proclaim, admonishing everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
]For this I labor and struggle, in accord with the exercise of his power working within me.
]For I want you to know how great a struggle I am having for you and for those in Laodicea and all who have not seen me face to face,
]that their hearts may be encouraged as they are brought together in love, to have all the richness of fully assured understanding, for the knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ,
]in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Psalm

Psalms

62(61),6-7.9.

]Only in God be at rest, my soul,
for from him comes my hope.
]He only is my rock and my salvation,
my stronghold; I shall not be disturbed.
]Trust in him at all times, O my people!
Pour out your hearts before him;
God is our refuge!

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

6,6-11.

]On a certain sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.
]The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the sabbath so that they might discover a reason to accuse him.
]But he realized their intentions and said to the man with the withered hand, "Come up and stand before us." And he rose and stood there.
]Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?"
]Looking around at them all, he then said to him, "Stretch out your hand." He did so and his hand was restored.
]But they became enraged and discussed together what they might do to Jesus.

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St. Peter Claver(Priest (1580-1654) - Memorial)

SAINT PETER CLAVERPriest(1580-1654) St. Peter Claver was a Spanish Jesuit. In Majorca, he befriended the holy lay-brother Alphonsus Rodriguez. The latter became St. Peter's spiritual guide, foretold his labors in the Indies and the prize he would gain in Heaven. After being ordained in New Granada, St. Peter was sent to Cartagena, a slave market in the West Indies. For more than forty years, he ministered to slaves and called himself "the slave of the slaves." He was their apostle, physician and friend. He fed them, nursed them and tended to their sores. His cloak, though stained, emitted a miraculous perfume. He immediately revived whenever a slave ship docked and comforted the victims in body and soul. A false charge of reiterating baptism stopped St. Peter's work for a while. He submitted without a murmur until the calumny was refuted. God so blessed his ministry that 40,000 souls were baptized before he passed away in 1654.

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