Friday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time
Mass Readings
First Reading – Eph 4:1-6
Brothers and sisters: I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love, striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace; one Body and one Spirit, as you were also called to the one hope of your call; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, Who is over all and through all and in all.
Responsorial Psalm – 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 (R. see 6)
R. Lord, this is the people that longs to see Your face.
The LORD’s are the earth and its fullness;
the world and those who dwell in it.
For He founded it upon the seas
and established it upon the rivers. R.
Who can ascend the mountain of the LORD?
or who may stand in His holy place?
He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean,
who desires not what is vain. R.
He shall receive a blessing from the LORD,
a reward from God His savior.
Such is the race that seeks for Him,
that seeks the face of the God of Jacob. R.
Gospel – Lk 12:54-59
Jesus said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west you say immediately that it is going to rain–and so it does; and when you notice that the wind is blowing from the south you say that it is going to be hot–and so it is. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky; why do you not know how to interpret the present time? “Why do you not judge for yourselves what is right? If you are to go with your opponent before a magistrate, make an effort to settle the matter on the way; otherwise your opponent will turn you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the constable, and the constable throw you into prison. I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny.”
Featured Saints
St. Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya, virgin (†1949). Foundress of the Congregation of Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate and St. Catherine of Siena in Dabeiba, Colombia.
St. Ursula and companions, virgins and martyrs (†fourth century). They suffered martyrdom near Cologne, Germany.
St. Hilarion of Gaza, abbot (†circa 371). Following in the footsteps of St. Anthony of the Desert, he was an example of hermitic life in the region of Gaza. He died in Cyprus at 80 years of age.
St. Viator, deacon (after 481). Disciple and deacon of St. Justus, Bishop of Lyon, whom he followed to Egypt to devote himself to a life of solitude and penance in the desert.
St. Cilinia (†c.458). Mother of the bishops St. Principius of Soissons, and St. Remegius of Rheims.
St. Peter Yu Tae-ch’ol, martyr (†1839). Imprisoned at 13 years of age, he urged his fellow prisoners to endure torture for the Faith. He was killed in Seoul, South Korea, by strangulation, after being cruelly scourged.
Blessed Peter Capucci, priest (†1445). Outstanding Italian preacher of the Dominican Order, he counselled diligent meditation on death as an efficacious means to avoid sin.
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