Saints and the Liturgical Year

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February 12, 2017 - Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who teach us that you abide
in hearts that are just and true,
grant that we may be so fashioned by your grace
as to become a dwelling pleasing to you.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-12
 
February 13, 2017 - Monday, 6th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who teach us that you abide
in hearts that are just and true,
grant that we may be so fashioned by your grace
as to become a dwelling pleasing to you.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

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

Read about St. Catherine de Ricci:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-13
 
grateful_child said:
February 12, 2017 - Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who teach us that you abide
in hearts that are just and true,
grant that we may be so fashioned by your grace
as to become a dwelling pleasing to you.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-12
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Here’s** Scott Hahn’s reflection **for the Readings of the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time from the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology:

AFFAIR OF THE HEART

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grateful_child said:
February 12, 2017 - Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who teach us that you abide
in hearts that are just and true,
grant that we may be so fashioned by your grace
as to become a dwelling pleasing to you.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-12
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Sharing this reflection on today’s Scripture Readings, from the Euchalette, 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feb. 12, 2017, p.4:

**“The Call to Live Out the Values of the Commandments” **

"Laws can be hard, at times, but when we succeed in complying with their formal prescriptions, they also produce in us a feeling of fulfillment and security . . . Yet, there is more to moral life than just complying with certain legal demands. Governments may not require more than that, but God does. Our conscience does. A well-formed conscience never stops at the action in itself. It knows that every action – either forbidden or commanded – is like the tip of an iceberg: the iceberg of moral attitudes, of fundamental commitments which are the primary targets of the moral law.

If we want to be in good terms with God and our conscience, we must reject the idea that He can be cheated, . . . that He also can be satisfied with appearances and lip service. The letter of the Law is important, but what matters most are the values it enshrines, and the internal dispositions with which we comply with its demands".
(Continued next post.)
 
**“The Call to Live Out the Values of the Commandments” ** - continuation:

"Jesus reminds us of just this. He enters the scene as the young prophet and reformer who has an important message to deliver and presents it with authority. With his moral teaching he shakes off the dust of accommodation and the rust of compromise. With shocking frankness he presents to his followers stern demands which leave no room for self-deception. “Unless your holiness surpasses that of the Scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter the Kingdom of God” (Mt 5:20).

Not only does he remind his audience that the Commandments are still valid, but especially he challenges them to look deeper and to go beyond the wording of the Law, and reach out toward the deep core of every prescription.

Jesus poses radical demands. If we want to be his disciples, our priorities must be arranged (or re-arranged) accordingly. First things, first. If anything has to be sacrificed, let it be what is secondary, rather than what is essential (see Mt 5:2324); what is transient, rather than what will last for ever (see Mt 5:29-30). Then we shall experience the consolations that only wise persons enjoy. We may be few, but never alone: Jesus and all the saints will be with us!

Jess P. Balon"
(Euchalette, 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 12, 2017, p.4.)
 
February 14 - Saints Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop, Memorial:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who enlightened the Slavic peoples
through the brothers Saints Cyril and Methodius,
grant that our hearts may grasp the words of your teaching,
and perfect us as a people of one accord
in true faith and right confession.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

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

“Sts. Cyril (d.869) and Methodius (d.885) were brothers who evangelized Moravia, Bohemia, and Bulgaria. Methodius was consecrated bishop by Pope Adrian II. Pope John Paul II proclaimed the brothers Patrons of Europe along with St. Benedict.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF).

Regarding Saint Valentine:
At least three saints with the name of Valentine are identified, all of them martyrs. The romantic association of St. Valentine’s Day are traced to England and France in the Middle Ages. (Catholic Encyclopedia).

For more on Saints Cyril and Methodius, and Saint Valentine, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/C/stcyrilandmethodius.asp
www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/VALENTIN.HTM
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-14
 
February 15, 2017 - Wednesday, 6th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who teach us that you abide
in hearts that are just and true,
grant that we may be so fashioned by your grace
as to become a dwelling pleasing to you.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

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

Read about St. Claude de la Colombiere and Saints Faustinus and Jovita:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-15
 
February 16, 2017 - Thursday, 6th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who teach us that you abide
in hearts that are just and true,
grant that we may be so fashioned by your grace
as to become a dwelling pleasing to you.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

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

Read about St. Juliana and St. Onesimus:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-16
 
February 17, 2017 - Friday, 6th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who teach us that you abide
in hearts that are just and true,
grant that we may be so fashioned by your grace
as to become a dwelling pleasing to you.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

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

February 17 - The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Impart to us, O Lord, in kindness
the filial devotion with which the holy brothers
venerated so devoutly the Mother of God
and led your people to yourself.
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.”

“Seven members of a Florentine confraternity founded the order of Servites of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the thirteenth century. The Servites lead a life of prayer and mortification, meditating on the Passion of the Lord and venerating the Blessed Virgin as Our Lady of Sorrows.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF).

For more on the Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/F/foundersoftheordersofservites.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-17
 
February 18, 2017 - Saturday, 6th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who teach us that you abide
in hearts that are just and true,
grant that we may be so fashioned by your grace
as to become a dwelling pleasing to you.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

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

Read about St. Simeon and St. Flavian:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-18
 
February 19, 2017 - Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that, always pondering spiritual things,
we may carry out in both word and deed
that which is pleasing to you.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-19
 
grateful_child said:
February 19, 2017 - Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that, always pondering spiritual things,
we may carry out in both word and deed
that which is pleasing to you.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-19
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Here’s Scott Hahn’s reflection for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, from the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.

HOLY AS GOD

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February 20, 2017 - Monday, 7th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that, always pondering spiritual things,
we may carry out in both word and deed
that which is pleasing to you.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

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

Read about Blessed Francisco & Jacinta Marto and St. Eucharius:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-20
 
February 21, 2017 - Tuesday, 7th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that, always pondering spiritual things,
we may carry out in both word and deed
that which is pleasing to you.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

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

February 21 - Saint Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Optional Memorial):
Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that we may so follow the teaching and example
of the Bishop Saint Peter Damian,
that, putting nothing before Christ
and always ardent in the service of your Church,
we may be led to the joys of eternal light.
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.”

“St. Peter Damian (1001-1072), a Benedictine monk, wrote many important works on the liturgy as well as on theology and morals. He supported Pope St. Gregory VII in his struggle for the rights of the Church.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Peter Damian, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/P/stpeterdamian.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-21
 
grateful_child said:
February 19, 2017 - Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that, always pondering spiritual things,
we may carry out in both word and deed
that which is pleasing to you.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-19
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Sharing this Sunday’s reflection from the Euchalette, 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feb 19, 2017, p.1:

**“Love Without Borders and Preconditions”
**
"We continue to be inspired and challenged by the teaching of Jesus reproduced in the Sermon on the Mount. Today’s theme is LOVE – a love without borders and conditions. Jesus challenges us to love the way God does, for “He makes His sun rise on the bad and the good.” That is: he challenges us to love not just those who love us, but every human being, including those who reject and hate us.

This challenge is not for the faint-hearted and the self-centered. It is for people who want to build a better world where violence, aggressiveness, exploitation, and retaliation have no place. It is a world where people are prepared to suffer offense but not to offend or get even; where people are willing to walk the extra mile to please the other.

Many Christians have often forgotten this aspect of Jesus’ teaching and have behaved like those who have no God. Let our participation in the Eucharist celebration today be an opportunity to recommit ourselves to love the way Jesus taught and loved."
 
February 22 - The Chair of St. Peter the Apostle (Feast):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that no tempests may disturb us,
for you have set us fast
on the rock of the Apostle Peter’s confession of faith.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

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

“This feast commemorates the office of supreme pastor conferred by Christ upon St. Peter and continued in unbroken succession to the present. It celebrates the unity of the Church, which is founded upon the Apostle, and reinforces assent to the teaching office (Magisterium) of the Roman Pontiff, extending both to truths solemnly defined ex cathedra and to all acts of the ordinary Magisterium.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, the Apostle, see links:
www.ewtn.com/library/Doctrine/CE_CHAIR.HTM
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-22
 
February 23 - Saint Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“God of all creation,
who were pleased to give the Bishop Saint Polycarp
a place in the company of he Martyrs,
grant, through his intercession,
that, sharing with him in the chalice of Christ,
we may rise through the Holy Spirit to eternal life.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

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

“St. Polycarp (d.155) was converted to Christianity by St. John the Evangelist. He was consecrated Bishop of Smyrna (modern-day Izmir, Turkey). He was about eighty-six when the Roman proconsul urged him to renounce Christ or face death. St. Polycarp said, ‘For eighty-six years I have served him and he has never wronged me. How can I renounce the King who has saved me?’” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Polycarp, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/P/stpolycarp.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-23
 
February 24, 2017 - Friday, 7th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that, always pondering spiritual things,
we may carry out in both word and deed
that which is pleasing to you.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

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

Read about “From Beginning of Creation, Marriage was Sacred”:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-24
 
February 25, 2017 - Saturday, 7th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that, always pondering spiritual things,
we may carry out in both word and deed
that which is pleasing to you.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

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

Read about “St.Walburga”:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-25
 
February 26, 2017 - Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant us, O Lord, we pray,
that the course of our world
may be directed by your peaceful rule
and that your Church may rejoice,
untroubled in her devotion.
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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-02-26

(Today is the last time that the Sunday assembly sings ‘alleluia’ until the Easter Vigil. March 1st is Ash Wednesday, which begins Lent 2017.)
 
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