Thursday, July 01, 2010
Blessed Junipero Serra, OFM, Priest (Optional Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Amos 7:10-17
Psalm 19:8-11
Matthew 9:1-8
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
— Psalm xcviii. 1
Friday, July 02, 2010
Votive Mass of the Precious Blood
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Amos 8:4-6, 9-12
Psalm 119:2, 10, 20, 30, 40, 131
Matthew 9:9-13
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen. When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son. After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own.
— John xix. 25-27
Saturday, July 03, 2010
St. Thomas, Apostle (Feast)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Ephesians 2:19-22
Psalm 117:1-2
John 20:24-29
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted. My lots are in thy hands. Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; and from them that persecute me. Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee.
— Psalm xxx. 10, 16, 18
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading:
Psalm:
Second Reading:
Gospel:
Isaiah 66:10-14
Psalm 66:1-7, 16, 20
Galatians 6:14-18
Luke 10:1-12, 17-20
And the multitudes that went before and that followed cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
— Matthew xxi. 9
Monday, July 05, 2010
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Hosea 2:16-18, 21-22
Psalm 145:2-9
Matthew 9:18-26
Judge thou, O Lord, them that wrong me: overthrow them that fight against me. Take hold of arms and shield: and rise up to help me.
— Psalm xxxiv. 1,2
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
St. Maria Goretti, Virgin, Martyr (Optional Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13
Psalm 115:3-10
Matthew 9:32-38
But as for me, when they were troublesome to me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom.
— Psalm xxxiv. 13
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8, 12
Psalm 105:2-7
Matthew 10:1-7
Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.
— Psalm cii. 2
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Hosea 11:1-4, 8-9
Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16
Matthew 10:7-15
May God have mercy on us, and bless us: may he cause the light of his countenance to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us.
— Psalm lxvi. 2
Friday, July 09, 2010
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Hosea 14:2-10
Psalm 51:3-4, 8-9. 12-14, 17
Matthew 10:16-23
Ecce lignum Crucis in quo salus mundi pepéndit. (Behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the Saviour of the world.)
— The Adoration of the Cross
Saturday, July 10, 2010
St. Veronica Giuliani, Virgin (Feast)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
2 Corinthians 4:6-11, 16, 17
Psalm 59:2, 10, 17-18
Matthew 16:24-27
Let us sing to the Lord: for he is gloriously magnified, the horse and the rider he hath thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and my praise, and he is become salvation to me: he is my God, and I will glorify him: the God of my father, and I will exalt him.
— Exodus xv. 1,2
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading:
Psalm:
Second Reading:
Gospel:
Deuteronomy 30:10-14
Psalm 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36-37 or Psalm 19:8-11
Colossians 1:15-20
Luke 10:25-37
Forth to the Paschal Victim, Christians, bring
— Victimae paschali laudes
Monday, July 12, 2010
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Isaiah 1:10-17
Psalm 50:8-9, 16-17, 21, 23
Matthew 10:34 — 11:1
The Lord shall have brought thee into a land that floweth with milk and honey, ...that the law of the Lord be always in thy mouth.
— Exodus xiii. 5, 9
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Isaiah 7:1-9
Psalm 48:2-8
Matthew 11:20-24
Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
— Psalm civ. 1
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin (Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Isaiah 10:5-7, 13-16
Psalm 94:5-10, 14-15
Matthew 11:25-27
Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
— Matthew xxv. 34
Thursday, July 15, 2010
St. Bonaventure, Bishop, Doctor of the Church (Feast)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Wisdom 8:2-7, 16-18 or 1 Corinthians 2:6-13
Psalm 16:5-9, 11
Matthew 5:13-19
And they sung to thy holy name, O Lord, and they praised with one accord thy victorious hand. For wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, and made the tongues of infants eloquent.
— Wisdom x. 20-21
Friday, July 16, 2010
Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Optional Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Isaiah 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8
Isaiah 38:10-12, 16
Matthew 12:1-8
And he brought them out in hope and they feared not: and the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
— Psalm lxxvii. 53
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Micah 2:1-5
Psalm 10:1-4, 7-8, 14
Matthew 12:14-21
And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
— Psalm civ. 43
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading:
Psalm:
Second Reading:
Gospel:
Genesis 18:1-10
Psalm 15:2-5
Colossians 1:24-28
Luke 10:38-42
Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob.
— Psalm lxxx. 2
Monday, July 19, 2010
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Micah 6:1-4, 6-8
Psalm 50:5-6, 8-9, 16-17, 21, 23
Matthew 12:38-42
If you have done nothing, or if what you have done has been fruitless because it was done for a human motive, begin immediately to do good works so that at death you will be able to offer something to Jesus Christ in order that He may give you eternal life.
— St John Vianney
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Micah 7:14-15, 18-20
Psalm 85:2-8
Matthew 12:46-50
No one should judge that he has greater perfection because he performs great penances and gives himself in excess to the staying of the body than he who does less, inasmuch as neither virtue or merit consists therein; for otherwise he would be an evil case, who for some legitimate reason was unable to do actual penance. Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion, without which the soul is worth nothing.
— St Catherine of Siena
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest, Doctor of the Church (Feast)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Wisdom 8:9-16 or 2 Corinthians 5:14-21
Psalm 67:2-5, 7-8
Luke 9:1-6
If I were worthy of such a favor from my God, I would ask that he grant me this one miracle: that by His grace He would make of me a good man.
— St Ansgar
Thursday, July 22, 2010
St. Mary Magdalen (Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Jeremiah 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13
Psalm 36:6-11
John 20:1-2, 11-18
The spirit flows to you and to all men from the heart of the God-man, Savior of the world, but certainly, no worker was ever more completely and profoundly penetrated by it than the foster father of Jesus, who lived with Him in closest intimacy and community of family life and work. Thus, if you wish to be close to Christ, we again today repeat, “Go to Joseph” (Gn 41:44)
— Pope Pius XII
Friday, July 23, 2010
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Jeremiah 3:14-17
Jeremiah 31:10-13
Matthew 13:18-23
[God] gave Himself to us through His Spirit. By the participation of the Spirit, we become communicants in the divine nature.... For this reason, those in whom the Spirit dwells are divinized.
— St. Athanasius, Epistulae ad Serapionem
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Jeremiah 7:1-11
Psalm 84:3-6, 8, 11
Matthew 13:24-30
Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God: believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many mansions.
— John xiv. 1
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading:
Psalm:
Second Reading:
Gospel:
Genesis 18:20-32
Psalm 138:1-3, 6-8
Colossians 2:12-14
Luke 11:1-13
Shout with joy to God, all the earth, sing ye a psalm to His name; give glory to His praise.
— Ps. lxv. 1-2
Monday, July 26, 2010
Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Sirach 44:1, 10-15
Psalm 132:11, 13-14, 17-18
Matthew 13:16-17
By the effective exercise of only one virtue, a person may attain to the height of all the rest.
— St. Gregory Nazianzen
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Jeremiah 14:17-22
Psalm 79:8-9, 11, 13
Matthew 13:36-43
Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.
— St. Francis de Sales
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21
Psalm 59:2-4, 10-11, 17-18
Matthew 13:44-46
Hence, I tearfully beg you to refrain from seeking the favors of the world and to renounce all that is carnal. It is impossible to follow both the world and Jesus. Let us live a life of renunciation, for our bodies will soon be dust and nothing else will last any longer.
— St. Jerome
Thursday, July 29, 2010
St. Martha (Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Jeremiah 18:1-6
Psalm 146:1-6
St. John 11:19-27 or St. Luke 10:38-42
Hence, I tearfully beg you to refrain from seeking the favors of the world and to renounce all that is carnal. It is impossible to follow both the world and Jesus. Let us live a life of renunciation, for our bodies will soon be dust and nothing else will last any longer.
— St. Jerome
Friday, July 30, 2010
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Jeremiah 26:1-9
Psalm 69:5, 8-10, 14
Matthew 13:54-58
God’s mercy is like an unleashed torrent; it bears away all hearts in its flood.
— St. John Vianney
Saturday, July 31, 2010
St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest (Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24
Psalm 69:15-16, 30-31, 33-34
Matthew 14:1-12
O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enraged enemies. And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.
— Psalm xviil 48,49
....while fewer believers know much about the Bible, one-third of Americans continue to believe that it is literally true, something organizers of the Synod on the Word of God called a dangerous form of fundamentalism that is “winning more and more adherents…even among Catholics.” Such literalism, the synod’s preparatory document said, “demands an unshakable adherence to rigid doctrinal points of view and imposes, as the only source of teaching for Christian life and salvation, a reading of the Bible which rejects all questioning and any kind of critical research”....Get Cracking, Catholics! [article at the National Catholic Register]
....The flip side of this embarrassment is the presumption among many Catholics that they “get” the Bible at Mass, along with everything else they need for their spiritual lives. The postconciliar revolution in liturgy greatly expanded the readings, with a three-year cycle in the vernacular that for the first time included Old Testament passages. Given that exposure, many think they do not need anything else. As Mr. McMahon put it, “The majority still say you go to Mass, you get your ticket punched, and that’s it for the week.”
According to a study released in September by Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion, evangelical Protestants are a whopping eight times more likely than Catholics to read the Bible on a weekly basis. Of course, the survey only looked at private Bible reading; it did not take into account the Scripture passages Catholics take in at every Mass. Still, we tip our hats to our separated brothers and sisters in Christ for their zeal for the Word of God.Synod to Focus on Proper Use of Scripture [article from Catholic World News]
Synod: Christianity not a 'Religion of the Book' [article from National Catholic Reporter]
Yesterday saw...a forceful plea from a key papal advisor [Bishop Salvatore Fisichella, the rector of the Lateran University and President of the Pontifical Academy for Life] to reject the idea of Christianity as a “Religion of the Book.”
Cardinal Says Scripture Inseparably United to Tradition
"As we begin the work of this synodal assembly, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, let us turn our gaze to Christ, the light of the world and our only teacher," Cardinal Levada encouraged. The prelate's point was further developed when Cardinal Marc Ouellet, archbishop of Quebec, took the floor to affirm that the Word is much more than the Bible. He clarified that Christianity is not a religion of the Book.
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Calvin's preaching was of one kind from beginning to end: he preached steadily through book after book of the Bible. He never wavered from this approach to preaching for almost twenty-five years of ministry in St. Peter's church of Geneva - with the exception of a few high festivals and special occasions. "On Sunday he took always the New Testament, except for a few Psalms on Sunday afternoons. During the week . . . it was always the Old Testament". The records show fewer than half a dozen exceptions for the sake of the Christian year. He almost entirely ignored Christmas and Easter in the selection of his text.To give you some idea of the scope of the Calvin's pulpit, he began his series on the book of Acts on August 25, 1549, and ended it in March of 1554. After Acts he went on to the epistles to the Thessalonians (46 sermons), Corinthians (186 sermons), pastorals (86 sermons), Galatians (43 sermons), Ephesians (48 sermons) - till May 1558. Then there is a gap when he is ill. In the spring of 1559 he began the Harmony of the Gospels and was not finished when he died in May, 1564. During the week of that season he preached 159 sermons on Job, 200 on Deuteronomy, 353 on Isaiah, 123 on Genesis and so on.
One of the clearest illustrations that this was a self-conscious choice on Calvin's part was the fact that on Easter Day, 1538, after preaching, he left the pulpit of St. Peter's, banished by the City Council. He returned in September, 1541 - over three years later - and picked up the exposition in the next verse.
-- excerpted from John Piper's The Divine Majesty Of The Word