Saturday, May 17, 2008
St. Paschal Baylon, OFM, Religious (Memorial)
First Reading: James 3:1-10
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, for you know that we who teach shall be judged with greater strictness. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]2[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]For we all make many mistakes, and if any one makes no mistakes in what he says he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]3[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]If we put bits into the mouths of horses that they may obey us, we guide their whole bodies. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]4[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Look at the ships also; though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]5[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]So the tongue is a little member and boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]6[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is an unrighteous world among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the cycle of nature, and set on fire by hell. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]7[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by humankind, [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]8[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]but no human being can tame the tongue -- a restless evil, full of deadly poison. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]9[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]10[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be so. [/FONT]
Psalm: Psalm 12:2-5, 7-8
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]2[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Every one utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]3[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts, [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]4[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]those who say, "With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is our master?" [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]5[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]7[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Do thou, O LORD, protect us, guard us ever from this generation. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]8[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the sons of men[/FONT]
Gospel: Mark 9: 2-13
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]2 [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves; and he was transfigured before them, [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]3[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]and his garments became glistening, intensely white, as no fuller on earth could bleach them. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]4[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And there appeared to them Eli'jah with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]5[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is well that we are here; let us make three booths, one for you and one for Moses and one for Eli'jah." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]6[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]For he did not know what to say, for they were exceedingly afraid. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]7[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son; listen to him." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]8[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And suddenly looking around they no longer saw any one with them but Jesus only. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]9[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of man should have risen from the dead. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]10[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]11[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that first Eli'jah must come?" [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]12[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And he said to them, "Eli'jah does come first to restore all things; and how is it written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt? [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]13[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]But I tell you that Eli'jah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him." [/FONT][/FONT]
We must be particularly resigned under the pressure of corporal infirmities and we must embrace them willingly and for such a time as God wills. Even if remedies do us no good, let us unite ourselves to the will of God, and this will do us much more good than health.
-- St. Alphonsus Liguori
St. Paschal Baylon, OFM, Religious (Memorial)
First Reading: James 3:1-10
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, for you know that we who teach shall be judged with greater strictness. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]2[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]For we all make many mistakes, and if any one makes no mistakes in what he says he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]3[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]If we put bits into the mouths of horses that they may obey us, we guide their whole bodies. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]4[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Look at the ships also; though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]5[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]So the tongue is a little member and boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]6[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is an unrighteous world among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the cycle of nature, and set on fire by hell. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]7[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by humankind, [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]8[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]but no human being can tame the tongue -- a restless evil, full of deadly poison. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]9[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]10[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be so. [/FONT]
Psalm: Psalm 12:2-5, 7-8
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]2[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Every one utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]3[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts, [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]4[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]those who say, "With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is our master?" [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]5[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]7[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Do thou, O LORD, protect us, guard us ever from this generation. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]8[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the sons of men[/FONT]
Gospel: Mark 9: 2-13
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]2 [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves; and he was transfigured before them, [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]3[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]and his garments became glistening, intensely white, as no fuller on earth could bleach them. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]4[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And there appeared to them Eli'jah with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]5[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is well that we are here; let us make three booths, one for you and one for Moses and one for Eli'jah." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]6[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]For he did not know what to say, for they were exceedingly afraid. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]7[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son; listen to him." [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]8[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And suddenly looking around they no longer saw any one with them but Jesus only. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]9[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of man should have risen from the dead. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]10[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]11[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that first Eli'jah must come?" [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]12[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And he said to them, "Eli'jah does come first to restore all things; and how is it written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt? [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]13[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]But I tell you that Eli'jah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him." [/FONT][/FONT]
We must be particularly resigned under the pressure of corporal infirmities and we must embrace them willingly and for such a time as God wills. Even if remedies do us no good, let us unite ourselves to the will of God, and this will do us much more good than health.
-- St. Alphonsus Liguori
