Saturday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
Mass Readings
First Reading – Rom 4:13, 16-18
Brothers and sisters: It was not through the law that the promise was made to Abraham and his descendants that he would inherit the world, but through the righteousness that comes from faith. For this reason, it depends on faith, so that it may be a gift, and the promise may be guaranteed to all his descendants, not to those who only adhere to the law but to those who follow the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us, as it is written, I have made you father of many nations. He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not exist. He believed, hoping against hope, that he would become the father of many nations, according to what was said, Thus shall your descendants be.
Responsorial Psalm – Ps 105:6-7, 8-9, 42-43 (R.8a)
R. The Lord remembers His covenant for ever.
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.
He remembers forever His covenant
which He made binding for a thousand generations –
Which He entered into with Abraham
and by His oath to Isaac. R.
For He remembered His holy word
to His servant Abraham.
And He led forth His people with joy;
with shouts of joy, His chosen ones. R.
Gospel – Lk 12:8-12
Jesus said to His disciples: “I tell you, everyone who acknowledges Me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God. But whoever denies Me before others will be denied before the angels of God. “Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. When they take you before synagogues and before rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what your defense will be or about what you are to say. For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you should say.”
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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