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. John Houghton, priest and martyr (†1535). As Carthusian Prior of the Charterhouse of London, he was the first man to refuse to sign the Act of Supremacy which recognized King Henry VIII as Supreme Head of the Church in England, becoming the Protomartyr of the English Reformation, executed at Tyburn.
St. Gaudentius, bishop (†circa 410). Bishop of Brescia, ordained by St. Ambrose.
St. Bernard Calbó, bishop (†1243). Cistercian Abbot of the Monastery of Santes Creus, he was later elected Bishop of Vic, Spain
St. Anthony of St. Anne Galvão, priest (†1822 São Paulo). Franciscan Friar, an ardent devotee of the Blessed Virgin, noted for his gift of healing. First Brazilian-born saint.
St. Fructos, hermit (†715). From a noble Spanish family, he distributed his goods among he poor and took up his abode on a riverbank escarpment, where he lived as a hermit.
Blessed Thaddeus Machar, bishop (†1492). Irish noble, elected Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, he was obliged to leave his homeland due to hostility from those in power. He died in Borgo Sant’Antonio, Italy, during a trip to Rome.
Blessed Recaredo Centelles Abad, priest and martyr (†1936). Member of the Diocesan Confraternity of Worker Priests. During the anti-Catholic persecution of the Spanish Civil War, he was shot at the gates of the cemetery of Nules, Spain.
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