Saints and the Liturgical Year

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October 12, 2014 - 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“May your grace, O Lord, we pray,
at all times go before us and follow after
and make us always determined
to carry out good works.
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
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-10-12
 
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October 12, 2014 - 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“May your grace, O Lord, we pray,
at all times go before us and follow after
and make us always determined
to carry out good works.
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
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-10-12
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Sharing this reflection from today’s Euchalette for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time:

"LEARNING TO RESPOND TO GOD’S INVITATION"

"God has a plan - a plan of happiness for all. He wants to gather into one single family, under His fatherly love, all those He has created in His image. Such a universal gethering in happiness is often symbolized by a banquet. It will be the completion of His Kingdom in which death will be no more and the tears of the present suffering will be wiped away for ever. (See Is 25:8 and Rv 21:4.)

That final grand celebration is preceded by a period of preparation - the period of the Kingdom-in-the-making, the period of the Church. All are invited to be part of it as guests in a banquet tendered by God in honor of His Son. (See today’s Gospel passage.)

We admire the generous King of the parable: he sends his messengers to solicit the selected guests to come - a personalized invitation, repeated twice with gentle insistence …

But it seems that the privileged guests could not care less. Their behovior shocks and saddens us. And we feel no pity for them when we learn of the harsh punishment inflicted on them by the king.

This allegory symbolizes the response of the Chosen People to God’s invitation to welcome and honor the Messiah … It symbolizes also the response of all mankind. God is always generous and kind. Men are often ungrateful and arrogant, unmindful of the numberless blessings they have received from the Lord, and of what really matters in life.

The parable of today’s Gospel forces us to ask and answer some questions:

. How have we responded, so far, to the Lord’s invitation to honor His Son?
. Are we like the invited guests who had ‘other priorities’? (See Mt 22:5)
. Or are we among those who are physically inside the banquet hall (the Church), but behave in a way that is a real insult to the divine Host and a scandal for our co-guests? (See Mt 22:11)

Membership in the Kingdom is always an undeserved gift. What is expected of us now is that we show our appreciation for it by living up to the dignity that God’s love has bestowed upon us." (Euchalette, p. 4; emphasis added.)
 
October 13, 2014 - Monday, 28th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“May your grace, O Lord, we pray,
at all times go before us and follow after
and make us always determined
to carry out good works.
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 information on St. Edward, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-10-13
 
October 14, 2014 - Tuesday, 28th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“May your grace, O Lord, we pray,
at all times go before us and follow after
and make us always determined
to carry out good works.
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

October 14 - Saint Callistus I, Pope and Martyr (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who raised up Pope Saint Callistus the First
to serve the Church
and attend devoutly to Christ’s faithful departed,
strengthen us, we pray, by his witness to the faith,
so that, rescued from the slavery of corruption,
we may merit an incorruptible 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.”

“A slave in youth, St. Callistus (d.222) was renowned for his mercy toward repentant sinners, thus incurring the criticism of many rigorists, notably Tertullian. He defended the Faith against the Adoptionist and Modalist heresies regarding the Holy Trinity and the Person of Jesus Christ. He was martyred in Rome under Alexander Severus.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on **Saint Callistus **I, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/C/stcallistusi.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-10-14
 
October 15 - Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who through your Spirit
raised up Saint Teresa of Jesus
to show the Church the way to seek perfection,
grant that we may always be nourished
by the food of her heavenly teaching
and fired with longing for true holiness.
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

“Born in Avila, Spain, St. Teresa (1515-1582) reformed the Carmelite Order with the help of St. John of the Cross. In the years and following the Ecumenical Council of Trent, she contributed to the renewal of the entire ecclesiastical community. Her active life did not distract her from contemplation, and she wrote several works of asceticism and mysticism. She was proclaimed Doctor of the Church in 1970.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on Saint Teresa of Jesus, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/T/stteresaofavila.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-10-15
 
October 16, 2014 - Thursday, 28th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“May your grace, O Lord, we pray,
at all times go before us and follow after
and make us always determined
to carry out good works.
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

October 16 - St. Hedwig, Religious (Optional Memorial)

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that the revered intercession of Saint Hedwig
may bring us heavenly aid,
just as her wonderful life
is an example of humility for all.
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.”

“The wife of the Duke of Poland and a mother of seven children, St. Hedwig (1174-1243) led a life of piety and solicitude for the poor and the sick, founding with her husband several monasteries and hospitals, She retired to a Cistercian monastery.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

October 16 - St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Pour out on us, we pray, O Lord,
the spirit with which you so remarkably endowed
Saint Margaret Mary,
so that we may come to know
that love of Christ which surpasses all understanding
and be utterly filled with your fullness.
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. Margaret (1647-1690) was born in France and entered the Visitation convent at Paray-le-Monial. She had many mystical revelations concerning devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She propagated this devotion to the whole Church.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Hedwig, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and St. Gerard Majella, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/H/sthedwig.asp
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/M/stmargaretmaryalacoque.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-10-16
 
October 17 - St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
who adorn the sacred body of your Church
with the confessions of holy Martyrs,
grant, we pray,
that, just as the glorious passion of Saint Ignatius of Antioch,
which we celebrate today,
brought him eternal splendor,
so it may be for us unending 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 reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“St. Ignatius (d.107) was consecrated Bishop of Antioch by St. Peter. He was martyred in Rome under Trajan. He wrote a number of letters that are some of the earliest and richest Christian writings pertaining to marriage, the Eucharist, and the Incarnation. His name is mentioned in the Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I).” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Ignatius of Antioch, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/I/stignatiusofantioch.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-10-17
 
October 18 - St. Luke, Evangelist (Feast):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Lord God, who chose Saint Luke
to reveal by his preaching and writings
the mystery of your love for the poor,
grant that those who already glory in your name
may persevere as one heart and one soul
and that all nations may merit to see your 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.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“A physician from Antioch, he converted to Christianity and accompanied Paul on two of his journeys. The author of both the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, Luke devotes attention to Christ’s birth and childhood as well as to the universality of the Redemption.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Luke, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/L/stluke.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-10-18
 
October 19, 2014 - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Today is also World Mission Sunday.

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
grant that we may always conform our will to yours
and serve your majesty in sincerity of heart.
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
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-10-19

“Today is World Mission Sunday with its theme: ‘Go … make disciples of all nations … baptize them … teach them all I have commanded to you’ (Mt 28:19-20). Pastors should encourge their communities to assist in the mission of the Church in spreading the gospel …” (Ordo.)

October 19 - St. John de Brebeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs (Memorial in the Dioceses of the United States):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who chose to manifest
the blessed hope of your eternal kingdom
by the toil of Saints John de Brebeuf,
Isaac Jogues and their companions
and by the shedding of their blood,
graciously grant that through their intercession
the faith of Christians may be strengthened day by day.
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.”

“These eight Jesuit missionaries were sent from France to North America. Sts. John (1593-1649) and Isaac (1607-1646) were martyred after converting many thousands of Native Americans. Throughout their ordeals, these missionaries exhibited undying fortitude and charity in the face of imprisonment and torture.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on Sts. John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues and Companions, see link:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/I/stisaacjogues.asp
 
October 20, 2014 - Monday, 29th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
grant that we may always conform our will to yours
and serve your majesty in sincerity of heart.
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

October 20 - St. Paul of the Cross, Priest (Optional Memorial in the Dioceses of the United States):
(Other areas celebrate the memorial on October 19th.)

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“May the Priest Saint Paul,
whose only love was the Cross,
obtain for us your grace, O Lord,
so that, urged on more strongly by his example,
we may each embrace our own cross with courage.
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 Liguria, Italy, St. Paul (1694-1775) devoted himself to the service of the poor and the sick and is best known for his apostolic zeal and great penances. He founded the Congregation of the Passion (the Passionists).” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Paul of the Cross, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/P/stpaulofthecross.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-10-20
 
October 21, 2014 - Tuesday, 29th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
grant that we may always conform our will to yours
and serve your majesty in sincerity of heart.
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 information on Sts. Ursula & Companions, and St. Hilarion, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-10-21
 
October 22, 2014 - Wednesday, 29th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
grant that we may always conform our will to yours
and serve your majesty in sincerity of heart.
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 Optional Memorial of Saint John Paul II, Pope and St. Mary Salome, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-10-22
 
October 23, 2014 - Thursday, 29th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
grant that we may always conform our will to yours
and serve your majesty in sincerity of heart.
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

October 23 - St. John of Capistrano, Priest (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who raised up Saint John of Capistrano
to comfort your faithful people in tribulation,
place us, we pray, under your safe protection
and keep your Church in everlasting peace.
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 Italy, St. John (1386-1456) was a lawyer before becoming a Franciscan. He preached in eastern Europe, bringing about great revivals of the Faith. He led a section of the Christian army at the Battle of Belgrade to defend Europe from the Turks.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. John of Capistrano, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/J/stjohnofcapistrano.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-10-23
 
October 24, 2014 - Friday, 29th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
grant that we may always conform our will to yours
and serve your majesty in sincerity of heart.
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

October 24 - St. Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who for the evangelization of peoples
strengthened the Bishop Saint Anthony Mary Claret
with admirable charity and long-suffering,
grant, through his intercession,
that, seeking the things that are yours,
we may earnestly devote ourselves
to winning our brothers and sisters for Christ.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“Born in Sallent, Spain, St. Anthony (1807-1870) was a missionary preacher in Catalonia and the Canary Islands. As Archbishop of Santiago, Cuba, he fought for humane conditions for slaves. Later he led a revival of the Faith in Spain and founded the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians).” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Anthony Mary Claret, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/A/stanthonymaryclaret.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-10-24
 
October 25, 2014 - Saturday, 29th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
grant that we may always conform our will to yours
and serve your majesty in sincerity of heart.
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 information on the Beatified Martyrs of England and Wales, Sts. Chrysanthus and Daria, and Sts. Crispin and Crispinian, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-10-25
 
October 26, 2014 - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
increase our faith, hope and charity,
and make us love what you command,
so that we may merit what you promise.
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
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-10-26
 
October 27, 2014 - Monday, 30th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
increase our faith, hope and charity,
and make us love what you command,
so that we may merit what you promise.
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 information on St. Frumentius, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-10-27
 
October 28 - Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles (Feast):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who by the blessed Apostles
have brought us to acknowledge your name,
graciously grant,
through the intercession of Saints Simon and Jude,
that the Church may constantly grow
by increase of the peoples who believe in 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 reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“St. Simon is called ‘the Zealot,’ probably because he had belonged to the Jewish party of the ‘Zealous of the Law.’ St. Jude (Thaddeus) is the author of a short Epistle. According to tradition they preached as far as Mesopotamia and Persia where they were martyred. Their names appear in the Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I).” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on **Saints Simon and Jude, **see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/S/stsimon.asp
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/J/stjude.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-10-28
 
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