Posted on 07/04/2011 10:06:50 PM PDT by Salvation
July 5, 2011
Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1
Responsorial Psalm
Gospel
Reading 1
Gn 32:23-33
In the course of the night, Jacob arose, took his two wives,
with the two maidservants and his eleven children,
and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
After he had taken them across the stream
and had brought over all his possessions,
Jacob was left there alone.
Then some man wrestled with him until the break of dawn.
When the man saw that he could not prevail over him,
he struck Jacob’s hip at its socket,
so that the hip socket was wrenched as they wrestled.
The man then said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”
But Jacob said, “I will not let you go until you bless me.”
The man asked, “What is your name?”
He answered, “Jacob.”
Then the man said,
“You shall no longer be spoken of as Jacob, but as Israel,
because you have contended with divine and human beings
and have prevailed.”
Jacob then asked him, “Do tell me your name, please.”
He answered, “Why should you want to know my name?”
With that, he bade him farewell.
Jacob named the place Peniel,
“Because I have seen God face to face,” he said,
“yet my life has been spared.”
At sunrise, as he left Penuel,
Jacob limped along because of his hip.
That is why, to this day, the children of Israel do not eat
the sciatic muscle that is on the hip socket,
inasmuch as Jacob’s hip socket was struck at the sciatic muscle.
R. (15a) In justice, I shall behold your face, O Lord.
Hear, O LORD, a just suit;
attend to my outcry;
hearken to my prayer from lips without deceit.
R. In justice, I shall behold your face, O Lord.
From you let my judgment come;
your eyes behold what is right.
Though you test my heart, searching it in the night,
though you try me with fire, you shall find no malice in me.
R. In justice, I shall behold your face, O Lord.
I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God;
incline your ear to me; hear my word.
Show your wondrous mercies,
O savior of those who flee from their foes.
R. In justice, I shall behold your face, O Lord.
Hide me in the shadow of your wings.
I in justice shall behold your face;
on waking, I shall be content in your presence.
R. In justice, I shall behold your face, O Lord.
A demoniac who could not speak was brought to Jesus,
and when the demon was driven out the mute man spoke.
The crowds were amazed and said,
“Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”
But the Pharisees said,
“He drives out demons by the prince of demons.”
Jesus went around to all the towns and villages,
teaching in their synagogues,
proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom,
and curing every disease and illness.
At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them
because they were troubled and abandoned,
like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples,
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.”
| Feast Day: | July 5 |
| Born: | 1503, Cremona, Duchy of Milan, (now Italy) |
| Died: | July 5, 1539, Cremona, Duchy of Milan |
| Canonized: | May 15, 1897, Rome by Pope Leo XIII |
| Major Shrine: | San Paolo convent, Milan, Italy |
| Patron of: | The Barnabite order |
The young doctor was very successful and spent time working among the poor in Cremona. Yet he did not feel satisfied and felt a strong wish to join the religious life. He decided to become a priest and gave everything he owned to his mother. Anthony began his religious studies. He also continued to care for the sick, to comfort and inspire the dying.
He started to use all his spare moments to read and think about the letters of St. Paul in the Bible. He had read the life of the great apostle Paul many times, and had given much thought to his virtues. Now Anthony was burning with a strong desire to become a saint and to bring everyone to Jesus so he taught Catechism explaining the mysteries of the Catholic faith.
After he was ordained a priest, St. Anthony Mary moved to the big city of Milan as a great number of people could use his help there. He also started an order of priests, the Clerks Regular of St. Paul. People call them "Barnabites". He also started another order for women called the Angelics of Saint Paul.
In imitation of the apostle Paul, St. Anthony and his orders preached everywhere and helped people to develop good values. They repeated the words and sentences of Paul. They explained Paul's message with words that were easy to understand. The people loved and were grateful for this. St. Anthony also had a great love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and encouraged people to receive Holy Communion often. In fact, he started the practice of the Forty Hours Devotion.
While on a peace mission, Anthony fell ill. St. Anthony Mary was only thirty-seven when he died at his mother's house at Cremona on July 5, 1539.
Reflection: "Since we have chosen such a great apostle Paul as our guide and father and claim to follow him, we should try to put his teaching and example into practice in our lives."- St. Anthony (to the Barnabites)
We thank you, God our Father, for those who have responded to your call to priestly ministry.
Accept this prayer we offer on their behalf: Fill your priests with the sure knowledge of your love.
Open their hearts to the power and consolation of the Holy Spirit.
Lead them to new depths of union with your Son.
Increase in them profound faith in the Sacraments they celebrate as they nourish, strengthen and heal us.
Lord Jesus Christ, grant that these, your priests, may inspire us to strive for holiness by the power of their example, as men of prayer who ponder your word and follow your will.
O Mary, Mother of Christ and our mother, guard with your maternal care these chosen ones, so dear to the Heart of your Son.
Intercede for our priests, that offering the Sacrifice of your Son, they may be conformed more each day to the image of your Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Saint John Vianney, universal patron of priests, pray for us and our priests
This icon shows Jesus Christ, our eternal high priest.The gold pelican over His heart represents self-sacrifice.
The border contains an altar and grapevines, representing the Mass, and icons of Melchizedek and St. Jean-Baptiste Vianney.
Melchizedek: king of righteousness (left icon) was priest and king of Jerusalem. He blessed Abraham and has been considered an ideal priest-king.
St. Jean-Baptiste Vianney is the patron saint of parish priests.
1. Sign of the Cross: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
2. The Apostles Creed: I BELIEVE in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day He rose again. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty. From thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
3. The Lord's Prayer: OUR Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
4. (3) Hail Mary: HAIL Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and in the hour of our death. Amen. (Three times)
5. Glory Be: GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Fatima Prayer: Oh, my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of your mercy.
Announce each mystery, then say 1 Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, 1 Glory Be and 1 Fatima prayer. Repeat the process with each mystery.
End with the Hail Holy Queen:
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve! To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears! Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us; and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus!
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Pray for us, O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Final step -- The Sign of the Cross
The Mysteries of the Rosary
By tradition, Catholics meditate on these Mysteries during prayers of the Rosary.
The biblical references follow each of the Mysteries below.
St. Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle
Be our protection against the wickedness
and snares of the devil;
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray,
and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God,
Cast into hell Satan and all evil spirits
who prowl through the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen
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Psalm 109:8
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A Prayer for PriestsO my God, help those priests who are faithful to remain faithful; to those who are falling, stretch forth Your Divine Hand that they may grasp it as their support. In the great ocean of Your mercy, lift those poor unfortunate ones who have fallen, that being engulfed therein they may receive the grace to return to Your Great Loving Heart. Amen. Precious Blood of Jesus, protect them!
The Most Precious Blood of Jesus
July is traditionally associated with the Precious Blood of Our Lord. It may be customary to celebrate the votive Mass of the Precious Blood on July 1.
The extraordinary importance of the saving Blood of Christ has ensured a central place for its memorial in the celebration of this cultic mystery: at the centre of the Eucharistic assembly, in which the Church raises up to God in thanksgiving "the cup of blessing" (1 Cor 10, 16; cf Ps 115-116, 13) and offers it to the faithful as a "real communion with the Blood of Christ" (1 Cor 10, 16); and throughout the Liturgical Year. The Church celebrates the saving Blood of Christ not only on the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, but also on many other occasions, such that the cultic remembrance of the Blood of our redemption (cf 1 Pt 1, 18) pervades the entire Liturgical Year. Hence, at Vespers during Christmastide, the Church, addressing Christ, sings: "Nos quoque, qui sancto tuo redempti sumus sanguine, ob diem natalis tui hymnum novum concinimus." In the Paschal Triduum, the redemptive significance and efficacy of the Blood of Christ is continuously recalled in adoration. During the adoration of the Cross on Good Friday the Church sings the hymn: "Mite corpus perforatur, sanguis unde profluit; terra, pontus, astra, mundus quo lavanturflumine", and again on Easter Sunday, "Cuius corpus sanctissimum in ara crucis torridum, sed et cruorem roesum gustando, Deo vivimus (194).
Mass in the Cathedral of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ (London, 9/18)
Devotion to the Drops of Blood Lost by our Lord Jesus Christ on His Way to Calvary (Prayer/Devotion)
Chaplet of the Most Precious Blood
The Traditional Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Catholic Caucus)
Devotion to the Precious Blood
DOCTRINE OF THE BLOOD OF CHRIST
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,And More on the Precious Blood
Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ
NOTHING IS MORE POTENT AGAINST EVIL THAN PLEADING THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST
FORMER PENTECOSTAL RELATES MIRACLE THAT OCCURRED WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD
Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus
St.Gaspar:Founder of the Society of the Precious Blood[AKA The Hammer of Freemasons]
July 2011
Pope Benedict XVI's Intentions
General Intention: That Christians may contribute to alleviating the material and spiritual suffering of AIDS patients, especially in the poorest countries.
Missionary Intention: For the religious who work in mission territories, that they may be witnesses of the joy of the Gospel and living signs of the love of Christ.
From: Genesis 32:23-33 (New American Bible)
Genesis 32:22-32 (Revised Standard Version)
Jacob Wrestles with the Angel of the Lord
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Commentary:
32:22-29. In spite of the danger and even though he feels afraid, Jacob takes an
important decision on his journey towards the land of Canaan—to cross the river,
bringing his nearest and dearest with him. From the text we do not know which
side of the river Jacob himself was on after that decision, but he was clearly
alone when God mysteriously came out to meet him and transformed him. The
account tells us that God revealed himself to Jacob and made him Israel and
gave him a blessing which extended to all his people. The concept of God in this
passage has clearly anthropomorphic features. Jacob’s strength is highlighted:
God fails to defeat him in this struggle and he dislocates his thigh. This fact and
the fact that God wants to leave before daybreak allow Jacob to recognize God
in the person he is wrestling; taking advantage of his strength and the time con-
straint, he asks for a blessing. First, however, Jacob has to identify himself;
then God changes his name: now he is Israel.
In the context of the narrative the sacred writer explains what the name Israel
means—”he who has striven with God”. This shows one of the key features of
the personality of the father of the chosen people—his struggle to hold on to God,
trying to discover his name and obtain his blessing. This is also a defining fea-
ture of the religious nature of the people of God. We discover the significance of
Jacob’s attempt to discover the name of his “rival”, and all that that implied as
regards having some power over him. But God does not identify himself. He re-
mains shrouded in mystery, yet he does give Jacob his blessing. This will also
be a feature which should define Israel—the continuous search for the name of
God, that is, for his innermost Being and his Mystery, yet realizing that God
can never be encompassed within the meaning of any name.
The features whereby the patriarch Jacob-Israel is described also apply to the
people that bears his name. The prophet Hosea will apply this episode to the
way Israel resists God over the course of its history (Hos 12:4-6). This aspect
can also be seen in the patriarch’s life: in spite of his resistance, God advances
his salvific plans for his people through him and through his life. We can see this
in what Hosea has to say about the people of Israel and about Jacob himself.
The mysterious nature of the one who wrestles with Jacob has been interpreted
in many different ways in Christian tradition. Some Fathers, such as St Jerome
and St Augustine, were of the view that he was a good angel, given that that was
how God most often revealed himself in the Old Testament. Origen, however,
thought that he was a bad angel, the demon. Others, such as St Justin and St
Ambrose, suggested that he was the Son of God, the Word, who would later
become man; or an angel who prefigured Christ.
The struggle depicted here can also be taken in a spiritual sense, as standing
for the interior struggle and the efficacy of prayer, which overpowers even God
(cf. Wis 10:12). “From this account, the spiritual tradition of the Church has re-
tained the symbol of prayer as a battle of faith and as the triumph of perseve-
rance (cf. Gen 32:25-31; Lk 18:1-8)” (”Catechism of the Catholic Church”,
2573).
Along these lines St Ambrose writes: “What does fighting with God mean if not
engaging in the combat of virtue and aspiring to the highest, making oneself,
above all, an imitator of God? And because his faith and his devotion could not
be overpowered, the Lord revealed to him the secret mysteries” (”De Jacob et
Vita Beata”, 2,7, 30).
32:31. After the explanation of the meaning of the name of the place (Penuel)
and the name of the person or people (Israel), we are now told about the origin
of a dietary law. The hagiographer uses this tradition to confirm the truthfulness
of the foregoing account, offering a proof taken from the customs of the people
and also providing an explanation for that custom. Although this use of ground-
less folk explanation is a common device, it does not take from the point the
writer is making: he wants to show that what he is teaching is true.
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Source: “The Navarre Bible: Text and Commentaries”. Biblical text from the
Revised Standard Version and New Vulgate. Commentaries by members of
the Faculty of Theology, University of Navarre, Spain.
Published by Four Courts Press, Kill Lane, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland, and
by Scepter Publishers in the United States.
From: Matthew 9:32-38
The Dumb Devil
The Need for Good Shepherds
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Commentary:
35. The Second Vatican Council uses this passage when teaching about the
message of Christian charity which the Church should always be spreading:
“Christian charity is extended to all without distinction of race, social condition
or religion, and seeks neither gain nor gratitude. Just as God loves us with a
gratuitous love, so too the faithful, in their charity, should be concerned for man-
kind, loving it with that same love with which God sought man. As Christ went
about all the towns and villages healing every sickness and infirmity, as a sign
that the Kingdom of God had come, so the Church, through its children, joins it-
self with men of every condition, but especially with the poor and afflicted, and
willingly spends herself for them” (”Ad Gentes”, 12).
36. “He had compassion for them”: the Greek verb is very expressive; it means
“He was deeply moved”. Jesus was moved when He saw the people, because
their pastors, instead of guiding them and tending them, led them astray, beha-
ving more like wolves than genuine shepherds of their flock. Jesus sees the
prophecy of Ezekiel 34 as now being fulfilled; in that passage God, through the
prophet, upbraids the false shepherds of Israel and promises to send them the
Messiah to be their new leader.
“If we were consistent with our faith when we looked around us and contemplated
the world and its history, we would be unable to avoid feeling in our own hearts
the same sentiments that filled the heart of our Lord” (St. J. Escriva, “Christ Is
Passing By”, 133). Reflection on the spiritual needs of the world should lead us
to be tirelessly apostolic.
37-38. After contemplating the crowds neglected by their shepherds, Jesus uses
the image of the harvest to show us that that same crowd is ready to receive the
effects of Redemption: “I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see now the fields are
already white for harvest” (John 4:35). The field of the Jewish people cultivated
by the prophets—most recently by John the Baptist—is full of ripe wheat. In farm
work, the harvest is lost if the farmer does not reap at the right time; down the
centuries the Church feels a similar need to be out harvesting because there is
a big harvest ready to be won.
However, as in the time of Jesus, there is a shortage of laborers. Our Lord tells
us how to deal with this: we should pray to God, the Lord of harvest, to send the
necessary laborers. If a Christian prays hard, it is difficult to imagine his not fee-
ling urged to play his part in this apostolate. In obeying this commandment to
pray for laborers, we should pray especially for there to be no lack of shepherds,
who will be able to equip others with the necessary means of sanctification
needed to back up the apostolate.
In this connection [Pope] Paul VI reminds us: “the responsibility for spreading
the Gospel that saves belongs to everyone—to all who have received it! The mis-
sionary duty concerns the whole body of the Church; in different ways and to
different degrees, it is true, but we must all of us be united in carrying out this
duty. Now let the conscience of every believer ask himself: Have I carried out
my missionary duty? Prayer for the Missions is the first way of fulfilling this
duty” (”Angelus Address”, 23 October 1977).
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Source: “The Navarre Bible: Text and Commentaries”. Biblical text from the
Revised Standard Version and New Vulgate. Commentaries by members of
the Faculty of Theology, University of Navarre, Spain.
Published by Four Courts Press, Kill Lane, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland, and
by Scepter Publishers in the United States.
| First reading | Genesis 32:23-33 © |
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| Psalm | Psalm 16:1-3,6-8 |
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| Gospel | Matthew 9:32-37 © |
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The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary:
Behold the handmaid of the Lord: Be it done unto me according to Thy word.
And the Word was made Flesh: And dwelt among us.
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Spiritual Adoption Prayer for the Unborn
Jesus, Mary, Joseph I love you very much.
I beg you to spare the life of the unborn child that I have spiritually adopted.
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be.
If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm.
| Introduction |
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| Hymn |
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| Psalm 36 (37) The fate of the evil and the righteous |
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| Psalm 36 (37) |
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| Psalm 36 (37) |
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| Reading | 2 Samuel 18:6-17,24-19:5 © |
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| Responsory |
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| Reading | From a discourse on the psalms by Saint Augustine, bishop |
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| Whether they like it or not, those who are outside the church are our brothers |
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