Saturday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
Mass Readings
First Reading – Gal 3:22-29
Brothers and sisters: Scripture confined all things under the power of sin, that through faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe. Before faith came, we were held in custody under law, confined for the faith that was to be revealed. Consequently, the law was our disciplinarian for Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a disciplinarian. For through faith you are all children of God in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.
Responsorial Psalm – P 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7(R.9)
R.The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Sing to him, sing his praise,
proclaim all his wondrous deeds.
Glory in his holy name;
rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD! R.
Look to the LORD in his strength;
seek to serve him constantly.
Recall the wondrous deeds that he has wrought,
his portents, and the judgments he has uttered. R.
You descendants of Abraham, his servants,
sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!
He, the LORD, is our God;
throughout the earth his judgments prevail. R.
Gospel – Lk 11:27-28
While Jesus was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.” He replied, “Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.”
Featured Saints
St. Paulinus of York, bishop (†644). One of the monks sent from Rome by Pope St. Gregory the Great to Evangelize the Anglo-Saxons, becoming the Bishop of Kent. He later baptized King Edwin of Northumbria in 627, along with his entire court, including the future St. Hilda of Whitby.
St. Clarus, bishop (fourth centurty). First bishop of Nantes, France.
St. Daniel Comboni, bishop (†1881). Son of poor farmers, he became the first Catholic Bishop of Central Africa and one of the greatest missionaries in the history of the Church. He founded the Comboni Missionary Institute.
St. Cerbonius, Bishop of Populonia (Italy), sixth century.
Blessed Leon Wetmanski, bishop and martyr (†1941). Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland, he was imprisoned, tortured and martyred in the Działdowo concentration camp.
Blessed Edward Detkens, martyr (†1942). Polish priest who died in the gas chamber in Linz, Austria.
Blessed Angela Maria Truszkowska, virgin (†1899). Born in Kalisz, Poland, she founded the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice.
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