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SUMMARY:Skema
DESCRIPTION:Biblical Readings for Office and Mass\n15th Week in Ordinary Time\n\n\nMass Readings: Sunday (A)\, Weekdays (I)\nJuly 16 – 22\, 2023\n\n\n\nSun\n16\nMon\n17\nTue\n18\nWed\n19\nThu\n20\nFri\n21\nSat\n22\n\n\nOffice\n15th Sunday\nWeekday\nSt Camillus de Lellis\nWeekday\nWeekday\nOffice for Vocations\nSt Mary Magdalene\n\n\nVigils\nGen 31:25-54\nGen 32:1-22\nGen 32:23-33:20\nGen 34:1-31\nGen 35:1-29\nGen 37:1-20\nExodus 15:1-21\n\n\nLauds\nProv 16:21-25\nProv 17:1-5\nProv 17:22-28\nProv 19:17-22\nProv 20:3:7\nProv 20:17-22\nIsa 30:18-21\n\n\nMass\n103\n389\n390\n391\n392\n393\n603\n\n\n1st\nIsa 55:10-11\nExod 1:8-14\, 22\nExod 2:1-15a\nExod 3:1-6\, 9-12\nExod 3:13-20\nExod 11:10-12:14\nSong 3:1-4b\n\n\n2nd\nRom 8:18-23\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGospel\nMatt 13:1-23\nMatt 10:34-11:1\nMatt 11:20-24\nMatt 11:25-27\nMatt 11:28-30\nMatt 12:1-8\nJohn 20:1-2\, 11-18\n\n\nVespers\n1 Thess 3:6-13\n1 Thess 4:1-12\n1 Thess 4:13-18\n1 Thess 5:1-11\n1 Thess 5:12-28\n2 Thess 1:1-10\n2 Thess 1:11-12
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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - 15th Sun ORD
DESCRIPTION:BRING FORTH FRUIT BY PATIENCE \nA commentary by St Gregory the Great1 \n◊◊◊ \nDearly beloved\, the reading from the holy gospel about the sower requires no explanation\, but only a word of warning. In fact the explanation has been given by Truth himself\, and it cannot be disputed by a frail human being. However\, there is one point in our Lord’s exposition which you ought to weigh well. It is this. If I told you that the seed represented the word\, the field the world\, the birds the demons\, and the thorns riches\, you would perhaps be in two minds as to whether to believe me. Therefore the Lord himself deigned to explain what he had said\, so that you would know that a hidden meaning is to be sought also in those passages which he did not wish to interpret himself. \nWould anyone have believed me if I had said that thorns stood for riches? After all\, thorns are piercing and riches pleasurable. And yet riches are thorns because thoughts of them pierce the mind and torture it. When finally they lure a person into sin\, it is as though they were drawing blood from the wound they have inflicted. \nAccording to another evangelist\, the Lord spoke in this parable not simply of riches but of deceptive riches\, and with good reason. Riches are deceptive because they cannot stay with us for long; they are deceptive because they are incapable of relieving our spiritual poverty. The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue. Therefore\, if you want to be rich\, beloved\, love true riches. If you aspire to the heights of real honor\, strive to reach the kingdom of heaven. If you value rank and renown\, hasten to be enrolled in the heavenly court of the angels. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nStore up in your minds the Lord’s words which you receive through your ears\, for the word of the Lord is the nourishment of the mind. When his word is heard but not stored away in the memory\, it is like food which has been eaten and then rejected by an upset stomach. A person’s life is despaired of if he cannot retain his food; so if you receive the food of holy exhortations\, but fail to store in your memory those words of life which nurture righteousness\, you have good reason to fear the danger of everlasting death. \nBe careful\, then\, that the word you have received through your ears remains in your heart. Be careful that the seed does not fall along the path\, for fear that the evil spirit may come and take it from your memory. Be careful that the seed is not received in stony ground\, so that it produces a harvest of good works without the roots of perseverance. Many people are pleased with what they hear and resolve to undertake some good work\, but as soon as difficulties begin to arise and hinder them they leave the work unfinished. The stony ground lacked the necessary moisture for the sprouting seed to yield the fruit of perseverance. \nGood earth\, on the other hand\, brings forth fruit by patience. The reason for this is that nothing we do is good unless we also bear with equanimity the injuries done us by our neighbors. In fact\, the more we progress\, the more hardships we shall have to endure in this world; for when our love for this present world dies\, its sufferings increase. This is why we see many people doing good works and at the same time struggling under a heavy burden of afflictions. They now shun earthly desires\, and yet they are tormented by greater sufferings. But\, as the Lord said\, they bring forth fruit by patience\, because\, since they humbly endure misfortunes\, they are welcomed when these are over into a place of rest in heaven \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n1 Journey with the Fathers – Year A – New City Press – NY – 1999 – pg 106-107 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 
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