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SUMMARY:Skema
DESCRIPTION:Biblical Readings for Office and Mass\n4th Week in Ordinary Time\n\n\nMass Readings: Sunday (A)\, Weekdays (II)\nFebruary 1 – 7\, 2026\n\n\n\nSun\n1\nMon\n2\nTue\n3\nWed\n4\nThu\n5\nFri\n6\nSat\n7\n\n\nOffice\n4th Sunday\nPresentation of the Lord\nWeekday\nOffice for the Dead\nSt Agatha\nSt Paul Miki & Comp\nMemorial of the BVM\n\n\nVigils\nJudg 14:1-20\nExod 13:1-16\nJudg 15:1-20\nJudg 16:1-22\nJudg 16:23-31\nJudg 17:1-13\nJudg 18:1-11\n\n\nLauds\nAmos 7:10-17\n1 Sam 1:20-28\nAmos 8:1-8\nAmos 8:9-14\nAmos 9:1-6\nAmos 9:7-10\nAmos 9:11-15\n\n\nMass\n70\n524\n324\n325\n326\n327\n328\n\n\n1st\nZeph 2:3; 3:12-13\nMal 3:1-4\n2 Sam 18:9-10\, 14b\, 24-25a\, 30-19:3\n2 Sam 24:2\, 9-17\n1 Kgs 2:1-4\, 10-12\nSir 47:2-11\n1 Kgs 3:4-13\n\n\n2nd\n1 Cor 1:26-31\nHeb 2:14-18\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGospel\nMatt 5:1-12a\nLuke 2:22-40\nMark 5:21-43\nMark 6:1-6\nMark 6:7-13\nMark 6:14-29\nMark 6:30-34\n\n\nVespers\nCol 2:16-23\nRom 12:1-5\nCol 3:1-11\nCol 3:12-17\nCol 3:18-4:1\nCol 4:2-9\nCol 4:10-18
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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - 4th Sunday ORD
DESCRIPTION:BLESSED ARE \nTHE POOR IN SPIRIT \nFrom a commentary by Symeon the New Theologian \n◊◊◊ \nWhen holy Scripture is being read we should look at ourselves as though \nin a mirror and consider our state of soul. Let me explain what I mean. We hear \nthe Lord saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit\, for theirs is the kingdom of \nheaven. This must make us always examine and test ourselves whenever we \nsuffer humiliation\, whenever we are insulted\, dishonored\, and treated with \ncontempt\, to see whether or not we possess the virtue of humility. A person who \nhas it bears everything without feeling hurt or taking offense. His heart is not \nwounded by anything that happens to him. \nIf he is slightly wounded he is not completely upset; on the contrary\, \nbecause of that heart wound\, simply for having been slightly pained instead of \naccepting what happened with joy\, he is distressed and thinks himself \ndespicable\, he grieves and weeps. Withdrawing into the inner chamber of his \nsoul or his cell\, he falls down before God and confesses to him as though he had \ncompletely forfeited eternal life. \nThen again we hear: Blessed are those who mourn. Notice that the Lord \ndoes not say those who have mourned\, but those who continually mourn. \nConcerning this too\, then\, we must examine ourselves to see whether we mourn \nevery day\, for if we have been made humble by repentance\, obviously we shall \nnot pass a single day or night without tears\, without mourning\, and without \ncompunction. \nAnd again: Blessed are the gentle. Can anyone who mourns every day \ncontinue to live in a state of anger and not become gentle? Just as water \nextinguishes a blazing fire\, so mourning and tears extinguish anger in the soul \nso completely that a person who had long been given over to it sees his irascible \ndisposition transformed into perfect serenity. \nAgain we hear: Blessed are the merciful. Who\, then\, are the merciful? \nThose who give away their possessions or who feed the poor? No. Then who \nare they? Those who have become poor for the sake of him who became poor for \nour sake\, those who have nothing to give\, but who in a spiritual way are always \nmindful of the poor\, the widows\, the orphans\, and the sick. Seeing them \nfrequently\, they have compassion on them and shed burning tears over them. \nSuch was Job\, who said: I wept over every infirmity. When they have anything \nthey cheerfully give alms to them\, as well as ungrudgingly reminding all of how \nthey can save their souls\, thus obeying the one who said: What I learned with \npure intention I pass on without grudging. These are the ones the Lord calls \nblessed\, the ones who are truly merciful\, for such mercy is like a step by which \nthey ascend to attain perfect purity of heart. \nIn virtue of this God then proclaims the pure of heart blessed\, saying: \nBlessed are the pure of heart\, for they shall see God. The purified soul sees God \nin everything and is reconciled to him. Peace is established between God our \ncreator and the soul\, his erstwhile enemy\, and it is then called blessed by God for \nbeing a peacemaker: Blessed are the peacemakers\, he says\, for they shall be \ncalled children of God.
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