Saint of the Day:
Blessed Emmanuel Ruiz and Companions(1804-1860)
The world in which Emmanuel and his companions lived was very different from our own. We cherish the freedom to worship as we choose. No one is likely to threaten us with torture and death if we refuse to follow another path. The peril we face is much more subtle: the lure of a materialistic culture. It may not persuade us to give up the practice of our faith, but neither does it encourage us to live it fully. Just as Emmanuel and his companions were generous with their lifeblood, so must we be generous with our goods and our time.
Readings for the Day:
Reading 1 - Gn 27:1-5, 15-29
Responsorial Psalm - Ps 135:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6
Gospel - Mt 9:14-17
The disciples of John approached Jesus and said,
“Why do we and the Pharisees fast much,
but your disciples do not fast?”
Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn
as long as the bridegroom is with them?
The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them,
and then they will fast.
No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth,
for its fullness pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse.
People do not put new wine into old wineskins.
Otherwise the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined.
Rather, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”
Today was traditionally the Feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Bishops and Holy Martyrs. This feast is still preserved in Eastern European Catholic parishes in the United States and Canada.
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