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January 13, 2017 Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Heb 4:1-5, 11Let us be on our guardwhile the promise of entering into his rest remains,that none of you seem to have failed.For in fact we have received the Good News just as our ancestors did.But the word that they heard did not profit them,for they were not united in faith with those who listened.For we who believed enter into that rest,just as he has said: As I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter into my rest," and yet his works were accomplishedat the...

On Hilary of Poitiers "God Only Knows How to Be Love" VATICAN CITY, OCT. 10, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today at the general audience in St. Peter's Square. The reflection focused on St. Hilary of Poitiers. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today I would like to speak about a great Father of the Western Church, St. Hilary of Poitiers, one of the great bishops of the 4th century. Confronted with the Arians, who considered the Son of God a creature, albeit an excellent one, Hilary dedicated his life to the...

January 13, 2007 Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Saturday 1 Reading 1Heb 4:12-16 The word of God is living and effective,sharper than any two-edged sword,penetrating even between soul and spirit,joints and marrow,and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart.No creature is concealed from him,but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of himto whom we must render an account. Since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God,let us hold fast to our confession.For we do not have a high priestwho is unable to...

January 13, 2006 Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Friday 5 Reading I1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a All the elders of Israel came in a body to Samuel at Ramahand said to him, “Now that you are old,and your sons do not follow your example,appoint a king over us, as other nations have, to judge us.” Samuel was displeased when they asked for a king to judge them.He prayed to the LORD, however, who said in answer:“Grant the people’s every request.It is not you they reject, they are rejecting me as their king.” Samuel delivered the message of...

ST. HILARY of Poitiers Also known asAthanasius of the West; Doctor of the Divinity of Christ Memorial13 January; formerly 14 JanuaryProfileBorn of wealthy polytheistic, pagan nobility, Hilary's early life was uneventful as he married, had children (including Saint Abra), and studied on his own. Through his studies he came to believe in salvation through good works, then monotheism. As he studied the Bible for the first time, he literally read himself into the faith, and was converted by the end of the New Testament. Hilary lived the faith so well he was made bishop of Poitiers from 353 to 368....

January 13, 2005Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Thursday 5 Reading IHeb 3:7-14 The Holy Spirit says:Oh, that today you would hear his voice,"Harden not your hearts as at the rebellionin the day of testing in the desert,where your ancestors tested and tried meand saw my works for forty years.Because of this I was provoked with that generationand I said, "They have always been of erring heart,and they do not know my ways."As I swore in my wrath,"They shall not enter into my rest.""Take care, brothers and sisters,that none of you may have an evil and unfaithful...

January 13, 2004Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Tuesday 5 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading I1 Sm 1:9-20 Hannah rose after a meal at Shiloh,and presented herself before the LORD;at the time, Eli the priest was sitting on a chairnear the doorpost of the LORD's temple.In her bitterness she prayed to the LORD, weeping copiously,and she made a vow, promising: "O LORD of hosts,if you look with pity on the misery of your handmaid,if you remember me and do not forget me,if you give your handmaid a male child,I will give him to the LORD for...