Wednesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
Mass Readings
First Reading – Prv 30:5-9
Every word of God is tested; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Add nothing to his words, lest he reprove you, and you will be exposed as a deceiver. Two things I ask of you, deny them not to me before I die: Put falsehood and lying far from me, give me neither poverty nor riches; provide me only with the food I need; Lest, being full, I deny you, saying, “Who is the LORD?” Or, being in want, I steal, and profane the name of my God.
Responsorial Psalm – Ps 119:29, 72, 89, 101, 104, 163 (R.105)
R. Your word, O Lord, is a lamp for my feet.
Remove from me the way of falsehood,
and favor me with your law. R.
The law of your mouth is to me more precious
than thousands of gold and silver pieces. R.
Your word, O LORD, endures forever;
it is firm as the heavens. R.
From every evil way I withhold my feet,
that I may keep your words. R.
Through your precepts I gain discernment;
therefore I hate every false way. R.
Falsehood I hate and abhor;
your law I love. R.
Gospel – Lk 9:1-6
Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick. He said to them, “Take nothing for the journey, neither walking stick, nor sack, nor food, nor money, and let no one take a second tunic. Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there. And as for those who do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake the dust from your feet in testimony against them.” Then they set out and went from village to village proclaiming the Good News and curing diseases everywhere.
Featured Saints
St. Cleophas. One of the disciples of Emmaus, at whose side Our Lord walked, explaining the Scriptures to him.
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. 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.)
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