Monday of the 3rd Week in Ordinary Time
Optional Memorial of St. Callistus I, Pope and martyr (†third century). His name is associated with the catacombs of Rome and the veneration of the martyrs.
Mass Readings
First Reading – Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31–5:1
Brothers and sisters: It is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the freeborn woman. The son of the slave woman was born naturally, the son of the freeborn through a promise. Now this is an allegory. These women represent two covenants. One was from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; this is Hagar. But the Jerusalem above is freeborn, and she is our mother. For it is written: Rejoice, you barren one who bore no children; break forth and shout, you who were not in labor; for more numerous are the children of the deserted one than of her who has a husband. Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are children not of the slave woman but of the freeborn woman. For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.
Responsorial Psalm – Ps 113:1B-2, 3-4, 5A AND 6-7 (R. see 2)
R. Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.
or:
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Praise, you servants of the LORD,
praise the name of the LORD.
Blessed be the name of the LORD
both now and forever. R.
From the rising to the setting of the sun
is the name of the LORD to be praised.
High above all nations is the LORD;
above the heavens is his glory. R.
Who is like the LORD, our God,
who looks upon the heavens and the earth below?
He raises up the lowly from the dust;
from the dunghill he lifts up the poor. R.
Gospel – Lk 11:29-32
While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah. Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. At the judgment the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation and she will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and there is something greater than Solomon here. At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because at the preaching of Jonah they repented, and there is something greater than Jonah here.”
Featured Saints
St. Angadreme, abbess (†c.695). She desired to consecrate herself to God; when her father promised her in marriage, a terrible illness served to break the commitment. Miraculously cured, she entered the Benedictine monastery of Oroërdes-Vierges, near Beauvais, where she eventually became the abbess.
St. Venantius of Luni, bishop (†fourth century). A friend of Pope St. Gregory the Great, he dedicated himself especially to the helping the clerics and monk in his diocese of Luni, Italy.
St. Dominic Loricatus, priest (†1060). Priest of the Camaldolese Order who, after having been ordained through simony, decided to become a hermit and lead a life of penance and austerity in San Severino, Italy.
Blesseds Stanislaus Mysakowski and Francis Rosłaniec, priests and martyrs (†1942). Put to death in gas chambers in Dachau, Germany.
Blessed Roman Lysko, priest and martyr (†1949). Priest of the Archeparchy of Lviv, he died by immurement for his faithfulness during religious persecution in Ukraine.
Blessed Didacus Kagayama Haito, martyr (†1619). Noble Samurai and governor of the city. He was beheaded in Kokura, Japan, while he prayed, holding a crucifix.
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