Wednesday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time
Mass Readings
First Reading – Rom 13:8-10
Brothers and sisters: Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments, You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not covet, and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this saying, namely, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Love does no evil to the neighbor; hence, love is the fulfillment of the law.
Responsorial Psalm – Ps 112:1b-2, 4-5, 9 (R.5a)
R.Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Blessed the man who fears the LORD,
who greatly delights in His commands.
His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth;
the upright generation shall be blessed. R.
He dawns through the darkness, a light for the upright;
He is gracious and merciful and just.
Well for the man who is gracious and lends,
who conducts his affairs with justice. R.
Lavishly He gives to the poor;
His generosity shall endure forever;
His horn shall be exalted in glory. R.
Gospel – Lk 14:25-33
Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and He turned and addressed them, “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion? Otherwise, after laying the foundation and finding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers should laugh at him and say, ‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’ Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops? But if not, while he is still far away, he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms. In the same way, everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.”
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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