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 September, 2007  

September

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Sunday, September 23, 2007
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading:
Psalm:
Second Reading:
Gospel:
Amos 8:4-7
Psalm 113:1-2, 4-8
1 Timothy 2:1-8
Luke 16:1-13

Angel' is the name of their office, not of their nature. If you seek the name of their nature, it is 'spirit'; if you seek the name of their office, it is 'angel': from what they are, 'spirit', from what they do, 'angel.'

-- St. Augustine

Monday, September 24, 2007
Feria
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Ezra 1:1-6
Psalm 126:1-6
Luke 8:16-18

Holy indifference is of the nature of pure love which directs the will to that which is most perfect and destroys every obstacle.

-- St. Vincent de Paul

Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Feria
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Ezra 6:7-8, 12, 14-20
Psalm 122:1-5
Luke 8:19-21

It is not always in the soul's power not to feel a temptation. But it is always in its power not to consent to it!

-- St. Francis De Sales

Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Feria
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Ezra 9:5-9
Tobit 13:2-4, 7-8
Luke 9:1-6

There is a fragrance to filial obedience which nothing can replace, and of which no one ever grows tired; for this obedience is affectionate and free from self seeking. Our Lord demands it of us. He leaves a thin streamlet of it in our parents, but He wants the whole river for Himself. Let us give Him our whole heart.

-- St. Peter Eymard

Thursday, September 27, 2007
St. Vincent de Paul, Priest (Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Haggai 1:1-8
Psalm 149:1-6, 9
Luke 9:7-9

What a person desires, if he worships it, is to him a god. A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.

-- St. Jerome

Friday, September 28, 2007
Feria
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Haggai 2:1-9
Psalm 43:1-4
Luke 9:18-22

Our Lord does not come down from Heaven every day to lie in a golden ciborium. He comes to find another heaven which is infinitely dearer to him-the heaven of our souls, created in His Image, the living temples of the Adorable Trinity.

-- St Thérèse of Lisieux

Saturday, September 29, 2007
Sts. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels (Feast)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14  or Revelation 12:7-12
Psalm 138:1-5
John 1:47-51

For He hath given His angels charge over thee; to keep thee in all thy ways. In their hands they shall bear thee up: lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

-- Psalm xc. 11-12