Monday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time
Optional memorial of St. John of Capistrano, priest (†1456). Franciscan disciple of St. Bernardine of Siena. He was apostolic nuncio to Sicily, papal legate to France and missionary in Germany, Austria, Poland and Hungary.
Mass Readings
First Reading – Rom 4:20-25
Brothers and sisters: Abraham did not doubt God’s promise in unbelief; rather, he was empowered by faith and gave glory to God and was fully convinced that what God had promised he was also able to do. That is why it was credited to him as righteousness. But it was not for him alone that it was written that it was credited to him; it was also for us, to whom it will be credited, who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was handed over for our transgressions and was raised for our justification.
Responsorial Psalm – Luke 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75 (R.see 68)
R. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; He has come to His people.
He has come to His people and set them free.
He has raised up for us a mighty savior,
born of the house of His servant David. R.
Through His holy prophets He promised of old
that He would save us from our enemies,
from the hands of all who hate us.
He promised to show mercy to our fathers
and to remember His holy covenant. R.
This was the oath He swore to our father Abraham:
to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
free to worship Him without fear,
holy and righteous in His sight all the days of our life. R.
Gospel – Lk 12:13-21
Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?” Then He said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.” Then He told them a parable. “There was a rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest. He asked himself, ‘What shall I do, for I do not have space to store my harvest?’ And he said, ‘This is what I shall do: I shall tear down my barns and build larger ones. There I shall store all my grain and other goods and I shall say to myself, “Now as for you, you have so many good things stored up for many years, rest, eat, drink, be merry!”‘ But God said to him, ‘You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?’ Thus will it be for the one who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich in what matters to God.”
Featured Saints
St. Ignatius, bishop (†877). Persecuted and exiled for admonishing the Emperor Bardas for repudiating his legitimate wife, he was returned to his patriarchal See of Constantinople through the intervention of Pope Nicholas I.
St. Severinus Boethius, martyr (†524). Senator and Roman consul, famous for his extensive philosophical and theological works. He was martyred by the Ostrogothic king Theodoric, in Pavia (Italy).
St. Ethelfleda, abbess (†tenth century). While still an adolescent, she consecrated herself to God in the monastery founded by her father Ethelwold, in Ramsey, England. She was the abbess there for many years until her death.
St. Theodore of Antioch, priest and martyr (†c. 362). Killed by order of Julian the Apostate, for refusing to deny the Faith.
Blessed John Angelo Porro, priest (†1506). Prior of the Servite monastery in Chianti, Italy. He strove to cultivate the contemplative life and was dedicated to the catechesis of the young.
Blessed John the Good, hermit (†1249). In his youth he travelled throughout Italy as a court jestor. At age forty he converted and left the world to give himself entirely to Christ and the Church.
Blessed Arnold, religious (†1890). Religious from the Congregation of Brothers of the Christian Schools; he died in Rheims, France.
Blesseds Marie Clotilde Angele Paillot and companions, martyrs (†1794). Ursuline, Clarist and Brigidine sisters, guillotined during the French Revolution in Valenciennes.
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