Saints and the Liturgical Year

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July 23, 2017 - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Show favor, O Lord, to your servants
and mercifully increase the gifts of your grace,
that, made fervent in hope, faith and charity,
they may be ever watchful in keeping your commands.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reign with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2016-07-17

July 23 - Optional Memorial of St. Bridget of Sweden, Religious, which gives way to the Sunday Liturgy:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who guided Saint Bridget of Sweden
along different paths of life
and wondrously taught her the wisdom of the Cross
as she contemplated the Passion of your Son,
grant us, we pray,
that, walking worthily in our vocation,
we may seek you in all things.
through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“Born in Sweden, St. Bridget (1303-1373) was a mother of eight children whom she brought up in a Christian manner; one is canonized St. Catherine of Sweden. After her husband’s death, St. Bridget dedicated herself to an ascetic and contemplative life. After becoming a Franciscan tertiary, she founded a religious order and wrote many works on ascetical and mystical subjects.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For information on St. Bridget of Sweden, see link:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/B/stbridgetofsweden.asp
 
July 24, 2017 - Monday, Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Show favor, O Lord, to your servants
and mercifully increase the gifts of your grace,
that, made fervent in hope, faith and charity,
they may be ever watchful in keeping your commands.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reign with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

July 24 - St. Sharbel Makhluf, Priest (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who called the Priest Saint Sharbel Makhluf
to the solitary combat of the desert
and imbued him with all manner of devotion,
grant us, we pray,
that, being made imitators of the Lord’s Passion,
we may merit to be co-heirs of his Kingdom.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“St. Sharbel (1828-1898) was born in a small mountain village, became a Lebanese monk, and was ordained in 1858. Devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, he spent the last twenty-three years of his life as a hermit. Despite temptations to wealth and comfort, he taught the value of poverty, self-sacrifice, and prayer by the way he lived.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Sharbel Makhluf and information on St.Christina of Bolsena, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/C/stcharbelmakhlouf.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-07-24
 
July 25 - St. James, Apostle (Feast):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
who consecrated the first fruits of your Apostles
by the blood of Saint James,
grant, we pray,
that your Church may be strengthened by his confession of faith
and constantly sustained by his protection.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

“Often called ‘the Greater,’ St. James was a son of Zebedee and was called by Christ together with his brother St. John. St. James was one of three Apostles who witnessed Christ’s Transfiguration and Agony in the Garden. St. James was condemned to death by Agrippa I and beheaded in the year 42, the first martyr among the Apostles.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on **St. James and St. Christopher **, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/J/stjamesthegreater.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-07-25
 
July 26 - Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O Lord, God of our Fathers,
who bestowed on Saints Joachim and Anne this grace,
that of them should be born the Mother of your incarnate Son,
grant, through the prayers of both,
that we may attain the salvation
you have promised to your people.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

“The Blessed Virgin Mary was immaculately conceived in the womb of St. Anne, and, together with her husband St. Joachim, Our Lady was raised in a manner befitting the Mother of God. Devotion to Sts. Joachim and Anne is an extension of the veneration due to the Blessed Virgin Mary as the pinnacle of Creation.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on **Sts. Joachim and Anne **, see links:
www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=114372
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-07-26
 
July 27, 2017 - Thursday, Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Show favor, O Lord, to your servants
and mercifully increase the gifts of your grace,
that, made fervent in hope, faith and charity,
they may be ever watchful in keeping your commands.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reign with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

Read about St. Pantaleon:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-07-27
 
July 28, 2017 - Friday, Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Show favor, O Lord, to your servants
and mercifully increase the gifts of your grace,
that, made fervent in hope, faith and charity,
they may be ever watchful in keeping your commands.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reign with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

Read about Sts. Nazarius & Celsus, St. Victor I and St. Innocent I:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-07-28
 
July 29 - St. Martha (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
whose Son was pleased to be welcomed
in Saint Martha’s house as a guest,
grant, we pray,
that through her intercession,
serving Christ faithfully in our brothers and sisters,
we may merit to be received by you
in the halls of heaven.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

“Our Lord frequented the home of Sts. Martha, her brother Lazarus, and her sister Mary. As his friends in Bethany, they took loving care of Christ.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For information on St. Martha, and Sts. Simplicius, Faustinus & Beatrice, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/M/stmartha.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-07-29
 
July 30, 2017 - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, protector of those who hope in you,
without whom nothing has firm foundation, nothing is holy,
bestow in abundance your mercy upon us
and grant that, with you as our ruler and guide,
we may use the good things that pass
in such a way as to hold fast even now
to those that ever endure.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

For today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-07-30

July 30 - Optional memorial of St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, which gives way to the Sunday Liturgy:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who made the Bishop Saint Peter Chrysologus
an outstanding preacher of your incarnate Word,
grant, through his intercession,
that we may constantly ponder in our hearts
the mysteries of your salvation
and faithfully express them in what we do.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“As Bishop of Ravenna, Italy, St. Peter (ca. 380-450) was famous for charity, his writings, and preaching; his moniker is thus ‘Chrysologus’ (‘golden-worded’).” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For information on St. Peter Chrysologus, see link:
ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/P/stpeterchrysologus.asp
 
July 31 - St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest, (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who raised up Saint Ignatius of Loyola in your Church
to further the greater glory of your name,
grant that by his help we may imitate him
in fighting the good fight on earth
and merit to receive with him a crown in heaven.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

“Born in Loyola, Spain, St. Ignatius (1491-1556) was a soldier and wounded in battle. While recuperating, he was impressed by a book about the lives of the saints and devoted his life to Christ. After studying in Barcelona, Alcala, and Salamanca, he finished his theological studies in Paris. There he gathered his first followers and with them he founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), which is dedicated to the greater glory of God and to the service of the Church, in total obedience to the Pope.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Ignatius of Loyola, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/I/stignatiusofloyola.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-07-31
 
August 1 - St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer) :
“O God, who constantly raise up in your Church new examples of virtue,
grant that we may follow so closely in the footsteps
of the Bishop Saint Alphonsus in his zeal for souls
as to attain the same rewards that are his in heaven.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

“Born in Naples, Italy, St. Alphonsus (1696-1787) was a lawyer who became a priest. He founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorist). He was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church for his writings on moral theology. Promoting devotion to the Eucharist and Our Lady, he worked with zeal for the poor and sick.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For information on St. Alphonsus Liguori, St. Peter’s Chains, and the Holy Machabees, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/A/stalphonsusliguori.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-08-01
 
grateful_child said:
July 30, 2017 - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, protector of those who hope in you,
without whom nothing has firm foundation, nothing is holy,
bestow in abundance your mercy upon us
and grant that, with you as our ruler and guide,
we may use the good things that pass
in such a way as to hold fast even now
to those that ever endure.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

For today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-07-30
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Sharing this reflection from today’s Euchalette on today’s Scripture Readings for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, p.4:

“THE WISDOM THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE”

"The Lord has been tremendously generous with each of us. But, in spite of the great abundance of God’s gifts, most of us try to have even more and to acquire new ones.

We are prepared to work hard, make big sacrifices and even renounce a portion of what we already have, in order to acquire what we consider more valuable and deserving.

But in this pursuit, we are always in danger of losing out, or being deceived by appearances … Many of us have an inadequate sense of values. Our priorities are sometimes mistaken. We invest our energies and even stake our whole lives on things that ‘moth and rust corrode, or thieves break in and steal’ (Mt 6:19). And so, at the end of our life, we find ourselves empty-handed, or with mounds of things that are totally valueless for the life to come.

We need real wisdom. Not just the wisdom ‘to distinguish right from wrong’ (1Kgs 3:9), but the wisdom necessary to prioritize values and give to the highest ones the place they deserve. We need the ‘wisdom of God’, the one possessed in full by Jesus. We need the wisdom that leads us to give absolute priority to ‘God’s Kingship and His way of holiness’ (Mt 6:33)." (p.4.)
(Read on for continuation of thought.)
 
“THE WISDOM THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE” - continued:

"Of all the values on earth, being part of the ‘Kingdom of God’ is among the top few that we should try to acquire or preserve at all costs. On this depends the attainment of our final destiny. Jesus made the ‘coming of the Kingdom’ the second request in the prayer he taught his disciples (see Mt 5:9-13). And he exhorted them: ‘Seek first God’s kingship over you’ (Mt 6:33).

The Kingdom, therefore, must be our top priority. The quest for the Kingdom is the enterprise on which we should invest all our resources because, in the end, this is the only venture that will really succeed…

There have been people in the past, and there are so many at present, who do not take the values of the Kingdom seriously. They even doubt or refuse to believe altogether that God’s Kingdom exists at all! All that counts, for them, is the material or emotional satisfaction they can derive from the things they can touch and count. These are **the people whose god is their belly and who boast of actions they should be ashamed of … **(See Phil 3:19.) These are the people who are headed for utter destruction." (The Euchalette, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 30, 2017, p.4.)
(Read on for continuation of thought.)
 
“THE WISDOM THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE” - continued:

"On the opposite side of the scale are the saints - people who have made and still make their own the priorities of Jesus Christ, the values of the Kingdom. Having come to appreciate the preciousness of moral and religious values such as charity, purity, honesty, sincerity, prayer, and intimacy with the Lord, they have rejected so many enticements of this world in order to acquire such values; they have fought and fight to preseve them or reconquer them… The saints of all times cling to these virtues as most valuable treasures, even if others laugh at them or call them ‘crazy’ and ‘deranged’.

The saints smile at all this, for they know that ‘He laughs best who laughs last.’ They will be the ones who will laught last and will continue to smile happily for ever, while those who had a ‘good time’ for a time will regret for ever having despised and rejected the values of the Kingdom." (The Euchalette, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 30, 2017, p.4.)
 
August 2, 2017 - Wednesday, 17th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, protector of those who hope in you,
without whom nothing has firm foundation, nothing is holy,
bestow in abundance your mercy upon us
and grant that, with you as our ruler and guide,
we may use the good things that pass
in such a way as to hold fast even now
to those that ever endure.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

For today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

August 2 - Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Lead us, Lord God, to imitate the constancy of Saint Eusebius
in affirming the divinity of your Son,
so that, by preserving the faith he taught as your Bishop,
we may merit a share in the very life of your Son.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“St. Eusebius (d. 371) fought against the Arian heresy, and the Arians tortured and exiled him. He was the first Western bishop to unite the clerical and monastic life.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

August 2 - St Peter Julian Eymard, Priest (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who adorned Saint Peter Julian Eymard
with a wonderful love for the sacred mysteries
of the Body and Blood of your Son,
graciously grant
that we, too, may be worthy to receive
the delights he drew from this divine banquet.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“Born in La Mure, France, St. Peter (1811-1868) became a priest in 1835 and joined the Marists in 1840. He fostered Eucharistic Adoration and founded a religious order of priest-adorers of the Holy Eucharist, the Priests of the Blessed Sacrament.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Eusebius of Vercelli and information on St. Stephen I and Our Lady of the Angels, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/E/steusebiusvercelli.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-08-02
 
August 3, 2017 - Thursday, 17th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, protector of those who hope in you,
without whom nothing has firm foundation, nothing is holy,
bestow in abundance your mercy upon us
and grant that, with you as our ruler and guide,
we may use the good things that pass
in such a way as to hold fast even now
to those that ever endure.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

For today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/
 
August 4, 2017, Friday - St. John Vianney, Priest (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty and merciful God,
who made the Priest Saint John Vianney
wonderful in his pastoral zeal,
grant, we pray,
that through his intercession and example
we may in charity win brothers and sisters for Christ
and attain with them eternal glory.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

For today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

“Born near Lyons, France, St. John (1786-1859) was ordained in 1815 and assigned to the parish of Ars in 1818, where he spent the rest of his life. He was known for his care of souls, spirit of prayer and mortification, and tireless dedication to the Sacrament of Penance. He spent most of his life in the confessional, drawing energy from his intimate and constant friendship with Our Lord in the Eucharist. Pope Pius XI proclaimed him patron of parist priests.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. John Vianney, see links:
www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/stjeanvianney.HTM
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-08-04
 
August 5, 2017 - Thursday, 17th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, protector of those who hope in you,
without whom nothing has firm foundation, nothing is holy,
bestow in abundance your mercy upon us
and grant that, with you as our ruler and guide,
we may use the good things that pass
in such a way as to hold fast even now
to those that ever endure.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

For today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

August 5 - The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Pardon the faults of your servants, we pray, O Lord,
that we, who cannot please you by our own deeds,
may be saved through the intercession
of the Mother of your Son and our Lord.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“The Blessed Virgin Mary is the Mother of God; this was solemnly defined by the Fathers of the Ecumenical Council of Ephesus in 431. To commemorate this, Pope St. Sixtus III dedicated this basilica in Rome to the Mother of God. It is probably the oldest church in the West dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on the Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome and information on St. Emygdius and St. Oswald, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/D/dedicationofthebasilicaofstmarymajor.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-08-05
 
grateful_child said:
**August 5, 2017 - Thursday, **17th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, protector of those who hope in you,
without whom nothing has firm foundation, nothing is holy,
bestow in abundance your mercy upon us
and grant that, with you as our ruler and guide,
we may use the good things that pass
in such a way as to hold fast even now
to those that ever endure.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

For today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/
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CORRECTION:

Hello,all:
August 5, 2017 is Saturday, not Thursday.

My apologies!
 
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