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12th Sunday in Ordinary Time

First Reading: Jer 20:10-13

Jeremiah said:
"I hear the whisperings of many:
'Terror on every side!
Denounce! let us denounce him!'
All those who were my friends
are on the watch for any misstep of mine.
'Perhaps he will be trapped; then we can prevail,
and take our vengeance on him.'
But the LORD is with me, like a mighty champion:
my persecutors will stumble, they will not triumph.
In their failure they will be put to utter shame,
to lasting, unforgettable confusion.
O LORD of hosts, you who test the just,
who probe mind and heart,
let me witness the vengeance you take on them,
for to you I have entrusted my cause.
Sing to the LORD,
praise the LORD,
for he has rescued the life of the poor
from the power of the wicked!"

Responsorial Psalm: Ps 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35

Response– Lord, in your great love, answer me

For your sake I bear insult,
and shame covers my face.
I have become an outcast to my brothers,
a stranger to my mother's children,
Because zeal for your house consumes me,
and the insults of those who blaspheme you fall upon me.
R– Lord, in your great love, answer me

I pray to you, O LORD,
for the time of your favor, O God!
In your great kindness answer me
with your constant help.
Answer me, O LORD, for bounteous is your kindness;
in your great mercy turn toward me.
R– Lord, in your great love, answer me

"See, you lowly ones, and be glad;
you who seek God, may your hearts revive!
For the LORD hears the poor,
and his own who are in bonds he spurns not.
Let the heavens and the earth praise him,
the seas and whatever moves in them!''
R– Lord, in your great love, answer me

Second Reading: Romans 5:12-15

Brothers and sisters:
Through one man sin entered the world,
and through sin, death,
and thus death came to all men, inasmuch as all sinned—
for up to the time of the law, sin was in the world,
though sin is not accounted when there is no law.
But death reigned from Adam to Moses,
even over those who did not sin
after the pattern of the trespass of Adam,
who is the type of the one who was to come.

But the gift is not like the transgression.
For if by the transgression of the one the many died,
how much more did the grace of God
and the gracious gift of the one man Jesus Christ
overflow for the many.

Alleluia:

Alleluia, alleluia. The Spirit of truth will testify to me, says the Lord;
and you also will testify. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel: Matthew 10:26-33

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

Jesus said to the Twelve:
"Fear no one.
Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed,
nor secret that will not be known.
What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light;
what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul;
rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy
both soul and body in Gehenna.
Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin?
Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's knowledge.
Even all the hairs of your head are counted.
So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Everyone who acknowledges me before others
I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.
But whoever denies me before others,
I will deny before my heavenly Father."

The Readings and Gospel were sourced from:

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062523.cfm

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Saint William of Montevergine

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Saint William of Montevergine was born in 1085 into a noble family of Vercelli in northwest Italy. When his parents passed away, he was brought up by a relation. He was also known as William of Vercelli and William the Abbot.

Saint William of Montevergine undertook a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. On his pilgrimage to Compostela, Saint William of Montevergine asked a blacksmith to make an iron implement that would encircle his body and increase his suffering, and he wore it throughout the pilgrimage. After he returned to Italy, he intended to go to Jerusalem and for this purpose he reached South Italy, but he was beaten up and robbed by thieves. Saint William of Montevergine considered this misfortune a sign of God’s will to stay in South Italy and spread the message of Christ.

Saint William of Montevergine decided not to travel to Jerusalem anymore and to settle in South Italy, here he lived as a hermit. Here he attracted a number of followers and founded the Monastery of Montevergine. While at Montevergine, Saint William is stated as having performed miracles.

He left Montevergine in 1128 and settled on the plains in Goleto since his hermit life was compromised due to the inflow of the faithful. He began a new monastic experience, a double monastery built mostly by women. Subsequently, he founded several other monasteries of the same rule, but mostly remained in Goleto except for some trips to Apulia. Eventually he died in Goleto on June 25, 1142.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Montevergine

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Nativity of John the Baptist

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The Nativity of John the Baptist celebrates the birth of John the Baptist. It is one of the oldest festivals of the Christian church, being listed by the Council of Agde in 506 as one of that region’s principal festivals, where it was a day of rest and, like Christmas, was celebrated with three Masses: a vigil, at dawn, and at midday.

The life of John the Baptist has long been interpreted as a preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ, and the circumstances of his birth, as recorded in the New Testament, are miraculous. The sole biblical account of the birth of John the Baptist comes from the Gospel of Luke. In the Gospel, Luke gives emphasis to the announcement of his birth and the event itself, both set in parallel to the same occurrences in the life of Jesus.

Saint John the Baptist attracted countless people to the banks of the Jordan, and it occurred to some people that he might be the Messiah. But he constantly deferred to Jesus, even to sending away some of his followers to become the first disciples of Jesus.

Perhaps John’s idea of the coming of the Kingdom of God was not being perfectly fulfilled in the public ministry of Jesus. For whatever reason, when he was in prison he sent his disciples to ask Jesus if he was the Messiah. Jesus’ answer showed that the Messiah was to be a figure like that of the Suffering Servant in Isaiah. John himself would share in the pattern of messianic suffering, losing his life to the revenge of Herodias.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_of_John_the_Baptist

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/nativity-of-saint-john-the-baptist/

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Saint Joseph Cafasso

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Saint Joseph Cafasso had been born with a deformed spine which contributed to his short stature and frail constitution. As a child, Saint Joseph Cafasso was seen as a model individual. It was often said that no one could recall him having sinned.

At an early age, Saint Joseph Cafasso felt called to become a priest and so commenced his ecclesial studies in Turin and Chieri in order to achieve his dream. He received his ordination to the priesthood in the archdiocesan cathedral on 21 September 1833. He underwent some further theological studies at the Turin college four months after his ordination. He came to know Luigi Guala, the co-founder of the Institute of Saint Francis of Assisi. This college was dedicated to the higher education of the diocesan priests who were still recovering from the destruction of the church’s institutions under the Napoleonic invasion a generation earlier. He would be connected to this institution for the rest of his life advancing from student to lecturer to chaplain and then at last being named Guala’s successor as the college’s rector in 1848.

In his role as a teacher he never neglected his duties as a priest and often aided those students in poor circumstances when he would provide them with books and other things needed for them to complete their studies. He likewise fought against state intrusion in the affairs of the church.

The priest was known for his practice of mortifications in the aim of becoming as frugal as possible. He never smoked nor did he drink things other than water alone. He never indulged in coffee nor things between his meals. He never complained about toothaches or headaches but bore his pain with remarkable resilience as a sign of his own personal cross.

He was also a noted confessor and spiritual director who guided people who would go on to found new religious institutions or congregations which would help the church to meet the needs of the whole world.

He died on 23 June 1860 and his friend Bosco (who wrote a biographical account of his old friend) preached though was not the celebrant for the Mass. He died from pneumonia coupled with a stomach hemorrhage and complications from congenital medical issues.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cafasso

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Matthew 22:37

Daily Reflections, Verse

Verse:

“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” - Matthew 22:37

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Saint Thomas More

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Saint Thomas More was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He was born on February 1478, he was the second of six children.

Saint Thomas More was educated at St. Anthony’s School. From 1490 to 1492, More served John Morton, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England, as a household page. In 1492, he began his studies on classical education at Oxford. In 1496, Saint Thomas More became a student at Lincoln’s Inn, one of the Inns of Court, where he remained until 1502, when he was called to the Bar. He continued the ascetic practices for the rest of his life, such as wearing a hair shirt next to his skin and occasionally engaging in self-flagellation.

Between 1503 and 1504, Saint Thomas More lived near the Carthusian monastery outside the walls of London and joined in the monks’ spiritual exercises. Although he deeply admired their piety, More ultimately decided to remain a layman, standing for election to Parliament in 1504 and marrying the following year.

In 1504, Saint Thomas More was elected to Parliament to represent Great Yarmouth, and in 1510 began representing London. From 1510, he served as one of the two undersheriffs of the City of London, a position of considerable responsibility in which he earned a reputation as an honest and effective public servant. More became Master of Requests in 1514, the same year in which he was appointed as a Privy Counsellor. Saint Thomas More was eventually knighted and made under-treasure of the Exchequer in 1521. As secretary and personal adviser to King Henry VIII, More became increasingly influential.

Saint Thomas More opposed the Protestant Reformation, directing polemics against the theology of Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin and William Tyndale. Saint Thomas More also opposed Henry VIII’s separation from the Catholic Church, refusing to acknowledge Henry as supreme head of the Church of England and the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. After refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, he was convicted of treason and executed. On his execution, he was reported to have said: “I die the King’s good servant, and God’s first”.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_More

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Psalm 119:36

Daily Reflections, Verse

Verse:

“Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.” - Psalm 119:36

Prayer To Do God’s Will

Heavenly Father, it is my desire to do Your will in my life and I have been praying how I may find out how to know what Your will is, so that I can do Your will in my life. Thank You, Lord, for sending me to 1 Thessalonians chapter five, where I see that You have clearly laid out exactly what Your will for each one of us is.

Help me to walk in spirit and truth and encourage my brothers and sisters in the faith. Help me to esteem others as better than myself and support them in love.

Help me I pray, to encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone, always return good for evil and seek after that which is good and lovely and pleasing in Your sight.

Most of all I pray that I develop a heart of ready rejoicing and an attitude of continuous prayer and praise. And give me the ability to be thankful in all things, even those times that prove to be the most difficult and frustrating. Help me to grow in grace and in a knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ and mature in the faith, knowing that this is Your will for my life. Praise Your holy name.

Amen.

Sources:

https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/Prayers-to-be-in-the-will-of-God#

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Saint Aloysius Gonzaga

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The Lord can make saints anywhere, even amid the brutality and license of Renaissance life. Florence was the “mother of piety” for Aloysius Gonzaga despite his exposure to a “society of fraud, dagger, poison, and lust.” As a son of a princely family, he grew up in royal courts and army camps. His father wanted Aloysius to be a military hero.

At age 7 Aloysius experienced a profound spiritual quickening. His prayers included the Office of Mary, the psalms, and other devotions. At age 9 he came from his hometown of Castiglione to Florence to be educated; by age 11 he was teaching catechism to poor children, fasting three days a week, and practicing great austerities. When he was 13 years old, he traveled with his parents and the Empress of Austria to Spain, and acted as a page in the court of Philip II. The more Aloysius saw of court life, the more disillusioned he became, seeking relief in learning about the lives of saints.

A book about the experience of Jesuit missionaries in India suggested to him the idea of entering the Society of Jesus, and in Spain his decision became final. Now began a four-year contest with his father. Eminent churchmen and laypeople were pressed into service to persuade Aloysius to remain in his “normal” vocation. Finally he prevailed, was allowed to renounce his right to succession, and was received into the Jesuit novitiate.

Like other seminarians, Aloysius was faced with a new kind of penance—that of accepting different ideas about the exact nature of penance. He was obliged to eat more, and to take recreation with the other students. He was forbidden to pray except at stated times. He spent four years in the study of philosophy and had Saint Robert Bellarmine as his spiritual adviser.

In 1591, a plague struck Rome. The Jesuits opened a hospital of their own. The superior general himself and many other Jesuits rendered personal service. Because he nursed patients, washing them and making their beds, Aloysius caught the disease. A fever persisted after his recovery and he was so weak he could scarcely rise from bed. Yet he maintained his great discipline of prayer, knowing that he would die three months later within the octave of Corpus Christi, at the age of 23.

Sources:

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-aloysius-gonzaga/

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Isaiah 46:4

Daily Reflections, Verse

Verse:

“Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” - Isaiah 46:4

Prayer Of Thanks For God’s Protection

Thank You, Father, that You are my Shepherd and I am under Your watchful eye and protected by Your gracious hand. Thank You, for the care and protection that You show towards me with each passing day. Lord, at times I feel weary and worn, and sometimes I feel quite alone, despite the many people that surround me.

Look in grace and pity on me for I am Your child, the sheep of Your pasture, the little lamb that needs to be carried moment by moment on Your shoulders. Lord, my eyes are looking to You to provide and to protect, to lead into green pastures and to feed beside the still waters.

Thank You, that no matter what difficulties arise in my life, my hope and my trust is in You. Thank You, that I have nothing to fear when You are with me. Thank You Father, in Jesus' name I pray,

Sources:

https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/Prayers-for-Protection#more_similar

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Saint Florentina

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Saint Florentina was born towards the middle of the sixth century in Cartagena, Hispania. She was the sister of three Iberian bishops in the time of the Visigothic dominion.

When they lost their parents at an early age, she was placed under the guardianship of her brother, Leander, who had since taken monastic vows, and it was through his influence that Florentina embraced the ascetic life. She associated with herself a number of virgins, who also desired to forsake the world, and formed them into a religious community.

Sometime before the year 600, her brother Leander, who died either in the year 600 or 601, wrote for her guidance an extant work dealing with a nun’s rule of life and with contempt for the world. Florentina regulated her life according to the advice of her brother, entered with fervour into the spirit of the religious life, and was honoured as a saint after her death. She died sometime early in the seventh century.

Saint Florentina is venerated as the patroness of the diocese of Plasencia.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Florentina#:~:text=Florentina%20is%20venerated%20as%20the,they%20continue%20to%20be%20venerated.

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First Reading: Jer 20:10-13

Responsorial Psalm: Ps 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35

Second Reading: Romans 5:12-15

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Gospel: Matthew 10:26-33

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