Saints and the Liturgical Year

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August 24 - St. Bartholomew, Apostle (Feast):/U]

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Strengthen in us, O Lord, the faith,
by which the blessed Apostle Bartholomew
clung wholeheartedly to your Son,
and grant that through the help of his prayers
your Church may become for all the nations
the sacrament of salvation.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“St. Bartholomew (Nathanael) was from Cana in Galilee. His friend, St. Philip, brought him to Jesus, who made him one of the Twelve Apostles. According to tradition, St. Bartholomew preached the Gospel as far as India, where he was martyred.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Bartholomew, see link:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/B/stbartholomew.asp
 
August 25, 2013 - 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who cause the minds of the faithful
to unite in a single purpose,
grant your people to love what you command
and to desire what you promise,
that, amid the uncertainties of this world,
our hearts may be fixed on that place
where true gladness is found.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

August 25 - Saint Louis, King (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who brought Saint Louis
from the cares of earthly rule
to the glory of a heavenly realm,
grant, we pray, through his intercession,
that, by fulfilling our duties on earth,
we may seek out your eternal Kingdom.
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.”

“Due to his mother, St. Louis (1214-1270) nourished a love for the Church from his youth. He was King of France and the father of eleven. Despite his royal state, he lived a life of penance and prayer. He cared for both the temporal and spiritual good of his people, and he was loved by them. He died near Tunis during his second crusade for the liberation of the Holy Places.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

August 25 - Saint Joseph Calasanz, Priest (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
O God, who adorned the Priest Saint Joseph Calasanz
with such charity and patience
that he labored tirelessly
to educate children and endow them with every virtue,
grant, we pray, that we, who venerate him as a teacher of wisdom,
may constantly imitate him,
for he was a co-worker of your truth.
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 Aragon, in Spain, St. Joseph (1557-1648) founded the Piarists, an order dedicated to the education of poor children. He silently and serenely suffered many trials, including slander and persecution.” (Daily Roman Missal. MTF.)

For more on Saints Louis of France and St. Joseph Calasanz, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/L/stlouisixoffrance.asp
www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/saint.aspx?id=1119
 
August 26, 2013 - Monday, 21st Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who cause the minds of the faithful
to unite in a single purpose,
grant your people to love what you command
and to desire what you promise,
that, amid the uncertainties of this world,
our hearts may be fixed on that place
where true gladness is found.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For the saints of the day, see link:
www.catholic.org/saints/f_day/aug.php
 
August 27 - Saint Monica (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who console the sorrowful
and who mercifully accepted
the motherly tears of Saint Monica
for the conversion of her son Augustine,
grant us, through the intercession of them both,
that we may bitterly regret our sins
and find the grace of your pardon.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“Born in Tagaste in Africa, for decades St. Monica (331-387) prayed and suffered for her son, St. Augustine’s, conversion, never ceasing to believe in the power of grace to move. She is the patroness of married women and a model for Christian mothers.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Monica, see link:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/M/stmonica.asp
 
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August 25, 2013 - 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who cause the minds of the faithful
to unite in a single purpose,
grant your people to love what you command
and to desire what you promise,
that, amid the uncertainties of this world,
our hearts may be fixed on that place
where true gladness is found.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
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Sharing this reflection on today’s Readings from the Euchalette, p. 4:

FOR THE BRAVE AND THE GENEROUS ONLY

"The question posed by Jesus’ interviewer sounded almost impertinent, in its superficial curiosity: ‘Will only a few people be saved?’ Clearly, the interviewer was interested in numbers, in statistics … And he was missing the whole point …

Jesus did not answer the idle question but a more important one which the man had not asked, ‘How can we reach salvation?’ Jesus’ answer brought the interviewer and all the listeners to the heart of the matter: what one should do in order to enjoy God’s salvation. And the answer was: ‘Try to enter through the narrow door.’

Both the question and the answer are as relevant today as they were in the time of Jesus. We know and firmly believe that God ‘wants all men to be saved and come to know the truth’ (1 Tim 2:4). He created mankind just for this. To achieve such a purpose, He ‘gave His only Son, that whoever believes in him may not die but may have eternal life’ (Jn 3:16.)

God has, indeed, an immense heart … But He also expects that each should do his/her part. There is a contribution to be made, not to ‘buy’ heaven, but to show that we are grateful to the Lord for it, and are eager to enter it. Trying to enter through the ‘narrow door’ is our modest counterpart.

But what is this mysterious ‘narrow door’?" (p.4.)
(Read on for continuation of thought.)
 
Reflection from the Euchalette - continued:

"But what is this mysterious ‘narrow door’? It is a disposition of humility, self-denial, detachment, generosity, forgiveness, purity, honesty, truthfulness, piety … in a word, loving obedience to God’s commandments, no matter what the cost. These are the conditions that make the road to life ‘narrow.’ But they are also, at the same time, the qualities / virtues which keep a person free from the fettering and cumbersome burden of the opposite vices and sins.

The ‘narrow door’ is a challenge to choose what is right in preference to what is pleasant or convenient. It is the courage to do God’s will rather than ours. Those who are unable to pass it are people who lock themselves out because they lack the determination to get rid of all that is incompatible with God’s presence and the holiness of His Kingdom.

The ‘narrow door’ is not an unpleasant surprise that we will find only at the conclusion of the journey of our lives. It is a daily reality, a challenge with which we have to reckom more than once every day. The bliss it leads to will be enjoyed only by those who are ready to leave behind everything the world holds dear. This sounds like a gamble. But it’s a gamble worth trying. Christ was the first who chose to enter through the narrow door… " (See Heb 12:2.) (p.4.)
 
August 28 - St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Memorial):

Collect:
“Renew in your Church, we pray, O Lord,
the spirit with which you endowed
your Bishop Saint Augustine
that, filled with the same spirit,
we may thirst for you,
the sole fount of true wisdom,
and seek you, the author of heavenly love.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“Born in Tagaste in Africa, St. Augustine (354-430) was raised in the Church but fell into licentiousness and heresy. ‘My sins increase like a rolling snowball,’ he wrote in his Confessions. At thirty-three he was baptized by St. Ambrose of Milan, after which he returned to Africa and was later elected Bishop of Hippo. St. Augustine devoted himself to a regimen of preaching and writing in defense of the Faith. One of the most prolific writers ever, he is one of the greatest Doctors of the Church.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Augustine, see link:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/A/staugustine.asp
 
August 29 - The Passion (Martyrdom) of St. John the Baptist (Memorial):

Collect:
“O God, who willed that Saint John the Baptist
should go ahead of your Son
both in his birth and in his death,
grant that, as he died a Martyr for truth and justice,
we, too, may fight hard
for the confession of what you teach.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“St. John’s fearless condemnation of King Herod’s unlawful marriage incurred the hatred of Herod’s bride, Herodias. Because of this, St. John was imprisoned and killed.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. John the Baptist’s martyrdom, see link:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/M/martyrdomofstjohnthebaptist.asp
 
August 30, 2013 - Friday, 21st Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who cause the minds of the faithful
to unite in a single purpose,
grant your people to love what you command
and to desire what you promise,
that, amid the uncertainties of this world,
our hearts may be fixed on that place
where true gladness is found.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

August 30 - St. Jeanne Jugan:
St. Jeanne Jugan, also known as St. Mary of the Cross, lived from 1792 to 1879. She founded the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Poor.

For more on St. Jeanne Jugan, see link:
www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=121037
 
August 31, 2013 - Saturday, 21st Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who cause the minds of the faithful
to unite in a single purpose,
grant your people to love what you command
and to desire what you promise,
that, amid the uncertainties of this world,
our hearts may be fixed on that place
where true gladness is found.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For the saints of the day, see link:
www.catholic.org/saints/f_day/aug.php
 
September 01, 2013 - 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“God of might, giver of every good gift,
put into our hearts the love of your name,
so that, by deepening our sense of reverence,
you may nurture in us what is good
and, by your watchful care,
keep safe what you have nurtured.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For the saints of the day, see link:
www.catholic.org/saints/f_day/sep.php
 
September 2, 2013 - Monday, 22nd Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect:
“God of might, giver of every good gift,
put into our hearts the love of your name,
so that, by deepening our sense of reverence,
you may nurture in us what is good
and, by your watchful care,
keep safe what you have nurtured.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For the saints of the day, see links:
www.catholic.org/saints/f_day/sep.php
 
September 3 - St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church (Memorial):

Collect:
“O God, who care for your people with gentleness
and rule them in love,
through the intercession of Pope Saint Gregory,
endow, we pray, with a spirit of wisdom
those to whom you have given authority to govern,
that the flourishing of a holy flock
may become the eternal joy of the shepherds.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“St. Gregory (540-604) abandoned his position in the Roman government to become a monk and used his wealth to found six monasteries, meanwhile serving as a papal legate to Constantinople. When elected Pope, he instituted liturgical reforms and organized missions; due to him, missionaries were first sent to England.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Gregory the Great, see link:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/G/stgregorythegreat.asp
 
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September 01, 2013 - 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“God of might, giver of every good gift,
put into our hearts the love of your name,
so that, by deepening our sense of reverence,
you may nurture in us what is good
and, by your watchful care,
keep safe what you have nurtured.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
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Sharing this reflection from today’s Euchalette on today’s Readings, p.4:

God Will Exalt the Humble And Reward the Generous

"A literal and superficial interpretation of the conclusion of the first part of today’s Gospel passage can be misleading. It sounds as if one should choose the lowest place in order to be invited to move higher, right in front of everybody. (See Lk 14:10) Such an intention / attitude could hardly be called humility. Nor can this form of subtle hypocrisy be what Jesus is trying to teach his fellow guests and us.

This section should not be understood as suggesting a wrong intention in the one who chooses the lowest place; rather it states a fact - how God (the Host) will treat those who in this life have treasured humility. He will exalt them, even as He will clamp down those who have proudly exalted themselves. (See v. 11. See also Mary’s Canticle, Lk 1:52.) …

And rightly so, for there is nothing more revolting than pride, and nothing more pleasing than genuine humility. While pride is the ultimate root of all sins and vices, humility is the mother of all virtues. Quite simply, these are the two fundamental opposite attitudes which will determine our eternal destiny."
(Read on for continuation of thought.)
 
(Continuation of Reflection from Euchalette, p.4:

"Contrary to all appearances, pride is the manifestation of a terrible spiritual poverty and blindness. For all his self-sufficiency, a proud person needs others against whom to measure himself and feel that he is stronger, richer, prettier, more intelligent, more powerful, … more everything! In their moral blindness, proud people refuse to recognize that all the good qualities and assets they possess are gifts from the Lord.

Deeply envious of the qualities or success of others, they deny them or attribute them to wrong intentions or dealings … Proud people feel a devouring need to display their … achievements…

Diametrically opposite to such spiritual misery and self-destructive attitude towers humility, the sign and fruit of a wonderful spiritual richness. Humble persons see themselves and others as gifts. They readily acknowledge this truth, and joyfully thank the Donor. Mary is the most stupendous example of such humility. (See the 'Magnigicat’, especially Lk 1:46-49.)

Happy in receiving with gratitude, and happier still in giving without expecting thanks or reward, humble people readily rejoice in the good qualities or successes of their neighbor…

Humble people see themselves as having the mission to be helpful to others, and continuously try their best to accomplish such mission. They can be defined as ‘people for others.’ When they fail, they never feel humiliated, for even the most bitter failure is for them a stepping stone toward the final success - heaven!
Jesus Christ, the greatest of all, was also the most humble of all. He is the champion of all the humble. All his life (including his death) was the clearest example of what a humble person should be and do." (p. 4.) (Emphasis added.)
 
September 4, 2013 - Wednesday, 22nd Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect:
“God of might, giver of every good gift,
put into our hearts the love of your name,
so that, by deepening our sense of reverence,
you may nurture in us what is good
and, by your watchful care,
keep safe what you have nurtured.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For the saints of the day, see links:
www.catholic.org/saints/f_day/sep.php
 
September 5, 2013 - Thursday, 22nd Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect:
“God of might, giver of every good gift,
put into our hearts the love of your name,
so that, by deepening our sense of reverence,
you may nurture in us what is good
and, by your watchful care,
keep safe what you have nurtured.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

September 5 - Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

“Today the Missionaries of Charity and their friends will be celebrating the new feast day of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. September 5th is the anniversay of her death, and at present is acknowledged as her feastday.” (Catholicculture.org.)

For more on Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, see link:
www.ewtn.com/motherteresa/
 
September 6, 2013 - Friday, 22nd Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect:
“God of might, giver of every good gift,
put into our hearts the love of your name,
so that, by deepening our sense of reverence,
you may nurture in us what is good
and, by your watchful care,
keep safe what you have nurtured.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For saints of the day, see link:
www.catholic.org/saints/f_day/sep.php
 
September 7, 2013 - Saturday, 22nd Week in Ordinary Time (Ferial day):

Collect:
“God of might, giver of every good gift,
put into our hearts the love of your name,
so that, by deepening our sense of reverence,
you may nurture in us what is good
and, by your watchful care,
keep safe what you have nurtured.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For the saints of the day, see link:
www.catholic.org/saints/f_day/sep.php
 
September 8, 2013 - 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, by whom we are redeemed and receive adoption,
look graciously upon your beloved sons and daughters,
that those who believe in Christ
may receive true freedom
and an everlasting inheritance.
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. Amen.”

For today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

September 8 - The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Feast):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Impart to your servants, we pray, O Lord,
the gift of heavenly grace,
that the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin
may bring deeper peace
to those for whom the birth of her Son
was the dawning of salvation.
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.”

"This feast commemorates the birth of her who was to be the Mother of the Savior because the Blessed Virgin Mary occupies a unique place in salvation history. Our Lord reserved for her the highest mission ever entrusted to any creature. (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, see link:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/N/nativityoftheblessedvirginmary.asp
 
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