Friday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
In Canada: Optional memorial of Blessed André Grasset, priest and martyr (†1792). Montreal-born in 1758 to French parents, his family returned to France when he was a child, and there he completed his studies and was ordained a priest in Sens in 1783. He became a martyr of the French Revolution, brutally killed during the massacre of September 2, 1792, along with 92 other clerics, having repeatedly refused to save his life by signing the state-imposed Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
Mass Readings
First Reading – 1 Cor 4:1-5
Brothers and sisters: Thus should one regard us: as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Now it is of course required of stewards that they be found trustworthy. It does not concern me in the least that I be judged by you or any human tribunal; I do not even pass judgment on myself; I am not conscious of anything against me, but I do not thereby stand acquitted; the one who judges me is the Lord. Therefore, do not make any judgment before the appointed time, until the Lord comes, for He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will manifest the motives of our hearts, and then everyone will receive praise from God.
Responsorial Psalm – Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 27-28, 39-40 (R.39a)
R. The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.
Trust in the LORD and do good,
that you may dwell in the land and be fed in security.
Take delight in the LORD,
and He will grant you your heart’s requests. R.
Commit to the LORD your way;
trust in Him, and He will act.
He will make justice dawn for you like the light;
bright as the noonday shall be your vindication. R.
Turn from evil and do good,
that you may abide forever;
For the LORD loves what is right,
and forsakes not His faithful ones.
Criminals are destroyed
and the posterity of the wicked is cut off. R.
The salvation of the just is from the LORD;
He is their refuge in time of distress.
And the LORD helps them and delivers them;
He delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
because they take refuge in Him. R.
Gospel – Lk 5:33-39
The scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink.” Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.” And He also told them a parable. “No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one. Otherwise, he will tear the new and the piece from it will not match the old cloak. Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined. Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins. And no one who has been drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’”
Featured Saints
Blessed Jean-Marie du Lau d’Allemans,François-Joseph de la Rochefoucauld and Pierre-Louis de la Rochefoucauld, bishops, and 93 other clerics and religious, martyrs (†1792). For refusing to take the impious oath imposed on the Clergy by the French Revolution, they were savagely killed while held captive in the Carmelite Convent in Paris.
Blessed Alexander Charles Lenfant, priest and martyr (†1792). Jesuit preacher and great devotee of the Sacred Heart, appointed preacher of King Louis XVI; killed during the French Revolution for refusing to take the oath of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
St. Antoninus of Apamea, martyr (†fourth century). Put to death by stoning in Syria.
St. Justus, bishop (†d. 381). He Renounced the Episcopal See of Lyon after the Council of Aquileia to take up the humble life of a monk in a hermitage in Egypt.
St. Syagrius, bishop (†600). ). In the Diocese of Autun, France, he fought simony, demanded strict adherence to ecclesiastical discipline and promoted theological studies.
St. Agricola, bishop (†700). After sixteen years of monastic life, he was made Bishop of Avignon. He showed great zeal in preaching and dedication in the support of the poor and sick.
Blessed Ingrid of Sweden (†1282). From a noble Swedish family. After becoming a widow, she gave up all her goods for the service of God. After making a journey to the Holy Land, she took the Dominican Habit. She founded the first convent of her Order in Skänninge (Sweden).
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