Saturday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
Featured Saints
Mary Cleophas
St. Fermin of Amiens, bishop and martyr (†c.303). Born in Pamplona (Spain). After evangelizing several cities in present-day France, he was elected Bishop of Amiens, where he was decapitated in prison.
St. Cleophas. One of the disciples of Emmaus, at whose side Our Lord walked, explaining the Scriptures to him.
St. Principius, Bishop of Soissons (France), brother of St. Remigius, sixth century.
St. Finbarr, bishop (†623). Irish hermit who laboured as a missionary in several regions, finally building a church and monastery which became the foundation of the diocese and the city of Cork, of which he the patron.
St. Sergius of Radonezh, (†1392). From a noble Russion family. He founded the Monastery of the Blessed Trinity in Moscow and reformed monastic life in Russia.
Blessed Marcos Criado, priest and martyr (†1569). Spanish Trinitarian religious, stoned by the Moors in the mountains of Alpujarras, Spain.
In Canada, Optional Memorial of: Sts. Cosmas and Damian, martyrs. (Celebrated on September 26 in the General Calander.)
Mass Readings
First Reading – Zec 2:5-9, 14-15a
I, Zechariah, raised my eyes and looked: there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. I asked, “Where are you going?” He answered, “To measure Jerusalem, to see how great is its width and how great its length.” Then the angel who spoke with me advanced, and another angel came out to meet him and said to him, “Run, tell this to that young man: People will live in Jerusalem as though in open country, because of the multitude of men and beasts in her midst. But I will be for her an encircling wall of fire, says the LORD, and I will be the glory in her midst.” Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion! See, I am coming to dwell among you, says the LORD. Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they shall be his people and he will dwell among you.
Responsorial Psalm – Jeremiah 31:10, 11-12ab, 13 (cf.10d)
R. The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.
Hear the word of the LORD, O nations,
proclaim it on distant isles, and say:
He who scattered Israel, now gathers them together,
He guards them as a shepherd guards his flock. R.
The LORD shall ransom Jacob,
He shall redeem him from the hand of his conqueror.
Shouting, they shall mount the heights of Zion,
they shall come streaming to the LORD’s blessings. R.
Then the virgins shall make merry and dance,
and young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning into joy,
I will console and gladden them after their sorrows. R.
Gospel – Lk 9:43b-45
While they were all amazed at his every deed,
Jesus said to his disciples,
“Pay attention to what I am telling you.
The Son of Man is to be handed over to men.”
But they did not understand this saying;
its meaning was hidden from them
so that they should not understand it,
and they were afraid to ask Him about this saying.
