[Salvation]

October 2012

Pope's intentions

General Intention: New Evangelization. That the New Evangelization may progress in the oldest Christian countries.

Missionary Intention: World Mission Day. That the celebration of World Mission Day may result in a renewed commitment to evangelization.

[Salvation]

Friday, October 19, 2012
Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, Martyrs and Companions (Memorial)

First Reading: Psalm: Gospel:

Ephesians 1:11-14 Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 12-13 Luke 12:1-7 She was full of faith, yet all her life had been tormented by thoughts against it. While apparently enjoying the peace and easiness of mind of souls who have reached a high state of virtue, she suffered such interior trials that she often told me her mind was so filled with all sorts of temptations and abominations that she had to strive not to look within herself...But for all that suffering her face never lost its serenity, nor did she once relax in the fidelity God asked of her. And so I regard her as one of he holiest souls I have ever met on this earth. -- St. Francis de Sales (speaking of St. Jane Frances de Chantal)