Friday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
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
St. Moses, prophet. Chosen by God to liberate the people of Israel from captivity in Egypt and received the tables of the Law, containing the 10 Commandments. He led them to the Promised Land, but died before entering it, leaving his disciple Joshua as the leader of Israel.
Blessed Marie Ste-Cécile de Rome (Dina Bélanger), virgin (†1929). Optional Memorial in Canada. Member of the Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary in Quebec, Canada, favoured with mystical communications with the Sacred Heart of Jesus. For years she patiently endured the illness from which she died at age 32. See also: Home of Joy and Happiness.
St. Boniface I, Pope (†422). He worked to resolve many controversies involving ecclesiastical discipline.
St. Rosalia, virgin (†twelfth century). She left everything to live as a hermitess near Palermo, Italy, of which she is the patroness.
St. Irmingard, virgin (†1085). Countess of Süchteln, Germany, she adopted a hermetical life and used her inheritance in the construction of many churches.
St. Ida of Saxony, widow (†825). Married to Count Ekbert of Herzfeld, she dedicated herself to caring for the poor and building churches and monasteries.
St. Cuthbert, bishop (†687). After the Synod of Whitby, he became prior of Lindisfarne, and won over the community to Roman customs. His incorrupt remains were enshrined at Durham, which with Lindisfarne has remained a centre of his cult to this day.
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