Monday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
St. Bruno, priest and monk (†1101) Optional Memorial. Born in Cologne, Germany, he was ordained a priest and taught Theology in Rheims. Among his students were St. Hugh of Grenoble and the future Pope Urban II, of whom he became a counsellor. He resisted efforts to make him a bishop, and became the founder of the Carthusian Order.
Mass Readings
First Reading – Jonah 1:1–2:1-2, 11
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jonah, son of Amittai: “Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and preach against it; their wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah made ready to flee to Tarshish away from the LORD. He went down to Joppa, found a ship going to Tarshish, paid the fare, and went aboard to journey with them to Tarshish, away from the LORD. The LORD, however, hurled a violent wind upon the sea, and in the furious tempest that arose the ship was on the point of breaking up. Then the mariners became frightened and each one cried to his god. To lighten the ship for themselves, they threw its cargo into the sea. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone down into the hold of the ship, and lay there fast asleep. The captain came to him and said, “What are you doing asleep? Rise up, call upon your God! Perhaps God will be mindful of us so that we may not perish.” Then they said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots to find out on whose account we have met with this misfortune.” So they cast lots, and thus singled out Jonah. “Tell us,” they said, “what is your business? Where do you come from? What is your country, and to what people do you belong?” Jonah answered them, “I am a Hebrew, I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.” Now the men were seized with great fear and said to him, “How could you do such a thing!– They knew that he was fleeing from the LORD, because he had told them.– They asked, “What shall we do with you, that the sea may quiet down for us?” For the sea was growing more and more turbulent. Jonah said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea, that it may quiet down for you; since I know it is because of me that this violent storm has come upon you.” Still the men rowed hard to regain the land, but they could not, for the sea grew ever more turbulent. Then they cried to the LORD: “We beseech you, O LORD, let us not perish for taking this man’s life; do not charge us with shedding innocent blood, for you, LORD, have done as you saw fit.” Then they took Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea’s raging abated. Struck with great fear of the LORD, the men offered sacrifice and made vows to him. But the LORD sent a large fish, that swallowed Jonah; and Jonah remained in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. From the belly of the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD, his God. Then the LORD commanded the fish to spew Jonah upon the shore.
Responsorial Psalm – Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15(R. 24b)
R. Guide me, Lord, along the everlasting way.
O LORD, you have probed me and you know me;
you know when I sit and when I stand;
you understand my thoughts from afar.
My journeys and my rest you scrutinize,
with all my ways you are familiar. R.
Truly you have formed my inmost being;
you knit me in my mother’s womb.
I give you thanks that I am fearfully, wonderfully made;
wonderful are your works. R.
My soul also you knew full well;
nor was my frame unknown to you
When I was made in secret,
when I was fashioned in the depths of the earth.R.
Gospel – Lk 10:38-42
Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.” The Lord said to her in reply, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.”
Featured Saints
(Optional Memorial in Canada and USA) Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, virgin (†1849). (Optional Memorial in Canada and USA) Born to a prosperous farming family of Quebec, she founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary in Longueuil, Canada, dedicated to education.
St. Francis Tran Van Trung, martyr (†1858). A soldier of the Imperial army of Vietnam who refused to trample upon a cross, and declared his Faith. For this, he suffered repeated beatings, and was eventually beheaded.
St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds, virgin (†1791). Franciscan Tertiary, she distinguished herself for her works of charity and her intense prayer life. She displayed much patience amidst numerous afflictions, both physical and spiritual.
Blessed Adalbero of Würzburg, bishop (†1090). He was persecuted by schismatics an expelled from his diocese of Würzburg, Germany, for his defence of the Apostolic See.
Blessed Isidor of St. Joseph, religious (†1916). Belgian lay brother of the Passionist Congregation, born Isidor de Loor, he is also known as “Brother of the will of God”. He died of cancer at the age of 35, giving and example of acceptance in face of the atrocious sufferings brought on by his illness.
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