Thursday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
Mass Readings
First Reading – Eph 1:1-10
Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the holy ones who are in Ephesus and faithful in Christ Jesus: grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before Him. In love He destined us for adoption to Himself through Jesus Christ, in accord with the favor of His will, for the praise of the glory of His grace that He granted us in the beloved. In Christ we have redemption by His Blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, in accord with the riches of His grace that He lavished upon us. In all wisdom and insight, He has made known to us the mystery of His will in accord with His favor that He set forth In Him as a plan for the fullness of times, to sum up all things in Christ, in heaven and on earth.
Responsorial Psalm – Ps 98:1, 2-3AB, 3CD-4, 5-6 (R. 2a)
R. The Lord has made known His salvation.
Sing to the LORD a new song,
for He has done wondrous deeds;
His right hand has won victory for Him,
His holy arm. R.
The LORD has made His salvation known:
in the sight of the nations He has revealed His justice.
He has remembered His kindness and His faithfulness
toward the house of Israel. R.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation by our God.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
break into song; sing praise. R.
Sing praise to the LORD with the harp,
with the harp and melodious song.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn
sing joyfully before the King, the LORD. R.
Gospel – Lk 11:47-54
The Lord said: “Woe to you who build the memorials of the prophets whom your fathers killed. Consequently, you bear witness and give consent to the deeds of your ancestors, for they killed them and you do the building. Therefore, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and Apostles; some of them they will kill and persecute’ in order that this generation might be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who died between the altar and the temple building. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood! Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” When Jesus left, the scribes and Pharisees began to act with hostility toward Him and to interrogate Him about many things, for they were plotting to catch Him at something He might say.
Featured Saints
In England, Optional Memorial of: St. Edward the Confessor, king, († 1066). An able ruler, he maintained relative peace in a turbulent era. He promoted the building of Churches throughout his kingdom, and his eminent piety earned for him the title “Confessor” (Celebrated January 5 in the General Calendar.)
St. Quelidona, virgin (†1152). She lived for fifty-two years as a hermit in the Simbruini Mountains, Italy, in a regime of utmost austerity.
St.Theophilus of Antioch, bishop, († second century)
St. Venantius of Luni, bishop (†fourth century). Friend of Pope St. Gregory the Great, he took excellent care of the clergy
and monks of his diocese in Luni, Italy.
St. Romulus, bishop (†fifth century). An ardent pastor, he died during a pastoral visit to the rural villages of his diocese of Genoa, Italy.
St. Comgan, abbot (†eighth century). An Irish prince who embraced religious life in Scotland. He erected and governed the monastery in Lochalsh.
St. Gerald Count of Aurillac (†909). While fulfilling his public obligations, he privately lived as a monk, and was constantly a model of virtue for other French nobles.
Blessed Magdalen Panattieri, virgem (†1503). virgin (†1503). In a small chapel of Trinus, Italy, this Dominican tertiary catechized and counselled even priests who came to speak with her.
Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa (†1955). Injured while fleeing from an attempt against her chastity at the age of 14, she became paraplegic and permanently bedridden, offering herself as a victim for the conversion of sinners.
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