Thursday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time
Mass Readings
First Reading – Rom 6:12-18
Brothers and sisters: I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the holy ones what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to accomplish far more than all we ask or imagine, by the power at work within us, to him be glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Responsorial Psalm – Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19 (R. 5b)
R. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
Exult, you just, in the LORD;
praise from the upright is fitting.
Give thanks to the LORD on the harp;
with the ten-stringed lyre chant his praises. R.
For upright is the word of the LORD,
and all his works are trustworthy.
He loves justice and right;
of the kindness of the LORD the earth is full. R.
But the plan of the LORD stands forever;
the design of his heart, through all generations.
Blessed the nation whose God is the LORD,
the people he has chosen for his own inheritance. R.
But see, the eyes of the LORD are upon those who fear him,
upon those who hope for his kindness,
To deliver them from death
and preserve them in spite of famine. R.
Gospel – Lk 12:49-53
Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; a father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
Featured Saints
St. Donatus of Fiesole, bishop (†circa 875). Irish noble who embarked on a pilgrimage in search of perfection. He was elected Bishop of Fiesole (Italy) when he was on his way to Rome.
Sts. Nunilo and Alodia, virgins and martyrs (†851). Daughters of a Muslim father, brought up in the Catholic Religion by their mother. They refused to abandon their Faith in Christ, for which they were decapitated in Huesca, Spain.
St. Mark of Jerusalem, bishop (†second century). First Bishop of gentile origin to occupy the See of Jerusalem.
St. Abercius, bishop (†third century). Bishop of Hierapolis, in Phrygia. He is said to he travelled to many different regions announcing the Christian Faith.
St. Leothadius of Auch, bishop (†seventh century). While Abbot of Fontenelle, he was elected Bishop of Auch, France.
St. Moderan, abbot (†c. 720). Bishop of Rennes, France, and subsequently abbot of the monastery of Berceto, Italy. He was a model of love of solitude and devotion to holy places.
Blessed Luís Maria of Our Lady of Mercy, priest and martyr (†1936). Priest from the Order of Discalced Carmelites, he shed his blood for Christ during the religious persecution in Spain.
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