Saturday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time
Mass Readings
First Reading – Rom 16:3-9, 16, 22-27
Brothers and sisters: Greet Prisca and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus,who risked their necks for my life,to whom not only I am grateful but also all the churches of the Gentiles;greet also the Church at their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus,who was the first fruits in Asia for Christ. Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.Greet Andronicus and Junia,my relatives and my fellow prisoners;they are prominent among the Apostlesand they were in Christ before me. Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ,and my beloved Stachys.Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you. I, Tertius, the writer of this letter, greet you in the Lord.Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole Church, greets you.Erastus, the city treasurer,and our brother Quartus greet you. Now to him who can strengthen you, according to my Gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ,according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret for long ages but now manifested through the prophetic writings and,according to the command of the eternal God,made known to all nations to bring about the obedience of faith,to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Responsorial Psalm – Ps 145:2-3, 4-5, 10-11 (R.1b)
R. I will praise your name for ever, Lord.
Every day will I bless you,
and I will praise your name forever and ever.
Great is the LORD and highly to be praised;
his greatness is unsearchable. R.
Generation after generation praises your works
and proclaims your might.
They speak of the splendor of your glorious majesty
and tell of your wondrous works. R.
Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
and let your faithful ones bless you.
Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom
and speak of your might. R.
Gospel – Lk 16:9-15
Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth,so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. The person who is trustworthy in very small mattersis also trustworthy in great ones;and the person who is dishonest in very small mattersis also dishonest in great ones. If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth,who will trust you with true wealth? If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another,who will give you what is yours? No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other,or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” The Pharisees, who loved money,heard all these things and sneered at him.And he said to them,“You justify yourselves in the sight of others,but God knows your hearts;for what is of human esteem is an abomination in the sight of God.”
Featured Saints
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, virgin (†1906). From an early age she sought the knowledge and contemplation of the Blessed Trinity. She died at age twenty-six in the Carmel of Dijon, France. See also: St. 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. She was favoured with mystical graces.
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