Tuesday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
Mass Readings
First Reading – Ti 2:1-8, 11-14
Beloved: You must say what is consistent with sound doctrine, namely, that older men should be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, love, and endurance. Similarly, older women should be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to drink, teaching what is good, so that they may train younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, chaste, good homemakers, under the control of their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited. Urge the younger men, similarly, to control themselves, showing yourself as a model of good deeds in every respect, with integrity in your teaching, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be criticized, so that the opponent will be put to shame without anything bad to say about us. For the grace of God has appeared, saving all and training us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live temperately, justly, and devoutly in this age, as we await the blessed hope, the appearance of the glory of the great God and of our savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us to deliver us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people as his own, eager to do what is good.
Responsorial Psalm – 37:3-4, 18 and 23, 27 and 29 (R. 39a)
R. The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.
Trust in the LORD and do good,
that you may dwell in the land and be fed in security.
Take delight in the LORD,
and He will grant you your heart’s requests. R.
The LORD watches over the lives of the wholehearted;
their inheritance lasts forever.
By the LORD are the steps of a man made firm,
and he approves His way. R.
Turn from evil and do good,
that you may abide forever;
The just shall possess the land
and dwell in it forever. R.
Gospel – Lk 17:7-10
Jesus said to the Apostles: “Who among you would say to your servant who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, ‘Come here immediately and take your place at table’? Would he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat. Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink. You may eat and drink when I am finished’? Is he grateful to that servant because he did what was commanded? So should it be with you. When you have done all you have been commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.’”
Featured Saints
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, virgin (†1906). From an early age she sought deep within her heart the knowledge and contemplation of the Blessed Trinity. She died at age twenty-six in the Carmel of Dijon, France. See also: Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity – Laudem Gloriae
Blessed John Duns Scotus, priest (†1308). Scottish Franciscan, professor of Philosophy and Theology in Paris and Cologne. Staunch defender of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.
St. Clarus, priest (†c. 396). Disciple of St. Martin of Tours. Entrusted with providing formation to the monks of Marmoutier, France, he selected candidates for the religious life with the gift of discernment.
St. Adeodatus I, Pope (†618). He was the son of a Roman subdeacon, who succeeded Pope Boniface IV.
St. Willehad of Bremen,, bishop (†789). An English monk who went to preach the Gospel in Frisia and in Saxony, after St. Boniface. He was the first Bishop of Bremen, Germany
St. Godfrey, bishop (†1115). Raised in a monastic setting from the age of five; he served as a Benedictine abbot and Bishop of Amiens, France. Greatly persecuted, he withdrew to the Grande Chartreuse. He died shortly after reassuming his episcopal See.
Blessed Maria Crocifissa Satellico,religious (†1745). Abbess of the Clarist monastery in Ostra Vetere, Italy; favoured with mystical graces.
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