Monday 18 November 2013 Saints and Bible Readings..... Monday of week 33 of the year or Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles About Today Psalm week: 1. The Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul Already in the twelfth century there was being celebrated today the anniversary of the dedication of the basilicas of St Peter at the Vatican and St Paul in the Via Ostiense by Pope St Silvester and Pope St Siricius in the fourth century. More recently this commemoration has been extended to the whole Church, honouring the two greatest apostles of Christ just as the anniversary of the dedication of St Mary Major (5 August) celebrates the motherhood of the Virgin Mother of God. Other saints: Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769 - 1852) She was born to a noble family at Grenoble in France. She joined the Visitation nuns at the age of 18 but the community was abolished by the French Revolution. After several attempts to re-establish it, Philippine with some of her companions joined the recently-founded Religious of the Sacred Heart. She had always dreamt of being a missionary and in 1818 she sailed for the New World. She landed at New Orleans and she and her companions settled at St Charles, Missouri. They founded an orphanage: other foundations followed, and she is credited with saving the Jesuit mission to Missouri from failure, helping them in any way she could and sharing her community’s few resources with them. Philippine longed to spread the gospel among the Indian tribes. At the age of 72 she went with three companions to start a school for Indian girls at Sugar Creek, Kansas. She only stayed there a year, but although she was unable to learn the language her habit of constant prayer was a lasting inspiration to the pupils. She spent the last 10 years of her life back at St Charles, in constant prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. Catholic Calendar Acts Chapter 28 11 Three months later we set sail on a ship that had wintered at the island. It was an Alexandrian ship with the Dioscuri 1 as its figurehead. 12 We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days, 13 and from there we sailed round the coast and arrived at Rhegium. After a day, a south wind came up and in two days we reached Puteoli. 14 There we found some brothers and were urged to stay with them for seven days. And thus we came to Rome. 15 The brothers from there heard about us and came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. On seeing them, Paul gave thanks to God and took courage. 16 When he entered Rome, 2 Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him. 30 3 He remained for two full years in his lodgings. He received all who came to him, 31 and with complete assurance and without hindrance he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ. Table of Contents Previous Chapter New Testament Letters Footnotes 1 [11] Dioscuri: that is, the Twin Brothers, Castor and Pollux, the sons of Zeus and the patrons of the sailors. 2 [16] With Pauls arrival in Rome, the programmatic spread of the word of the Lord to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8) is accomplished. In Rome, Paul is placed under house arrest, and under this mild form of custody he is allowed to proclaim the word in the capital of the civilized world of his day. 3 [30-31] Although the ending of Acts may seem to be abrupt, Luke has now completed his story with the establishment of Paul and the proclamation of Christianity in Rome. Pauls confident and unhindered proclamation of the gospel in Rome forms the climax to the story whose outline was provided in Acts 1:8--You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem . . . and to the ends of the earth. Psalms Chapter 98 1 1 A psalm. 2 Sing a new song to the LORD, who has done marvelous deeds, Whose right hand and holy arm have won the victory. 2 The LORD has made his victory known; has revealed his triumph for the nations to see, 3 Has remembered faithful love toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God. 4 Shout with joy to the LORD, all the earth; break into song; sing praise. 5 Sing praise to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and melodious song. 6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn shout with joy to the King, the LORD. Table of Contents Psalms 98 Footnotes 1 [Psalm 98] A hymn, similar to Psalm 96, extolling God for Israels victory (Psalm 98:1-3). All nations (Psalm 98:4-6) and even inanimate nature (Psalm 98:7-8) are summoned to welcome Gods coming to rule over the world (Psalm 98:9). 2 [1] Marvelous deeds . . . victory: the conquest of all threats to the peaceful existence of Israel, depicted in the psalms variously as a cosmic force such as sea, or nations bent on Israels destruction, or evildoers seemingly triumphant. Whose right hand and holy arm: God is pictured as a powerful warrior. Matthew Chapter 14 22 1 Then he made the disciples get into the boat and precede him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23 After doing so, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When it was evening he was there alone. 24 Meanwhile the boat, already a few miles offshore, was being tossed about by the waves, for the wind was against it. 25 During the fourth watch of the night, 2 he came toward them, walking on the sea. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were terrified. It is a ghost, they said, and they cried out in fear. 27 At once (Jesus) spoke to them, Take courage, it is I; 3 do not be afraid. 28 Peter said to him in reply, Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water. 29 He said, Come. Peter got out of the boat and began to walk on the water toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw how (strong) the wind was he became frightened; and, beginning to sink, he cried out, Lord, save me! 31 Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught him, and said to him, O you of little faith, 4 why did you doubt? 32 After they got into the boat, the wind died down. 33 5 Those who were in the boat did him homage, saying, Truly, you are the Son of God. Table of Contents Matthew 14 Footnotes 1 [22-33] The disciples, laboring against the turbulent sea, are saved by Jesus. For his power over the waters, see the note on Matthew 8:26. Here that power is expressed also by his walking on the sea (Matthew 14:25; cf Psalm 77:20; Job 9:8). Matthew has inserted into the Marcan story (Mark 6:45-52) material that belongs to his special traditions on Peter (Matthew 14:28-31). 2 [25] The fourth watch of the night: between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. The Romans divided the twelve hours between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. into four equal parts called watches. 3 [27] It is I: see the note on Mark 6:50. 4 [31] You of little faith: see the note on Matthew 6:30. Why did you doubt?: the verb is peculiar to Matthew and occurs elsewhere only in Matthew 28:17. 5 [33] This confession is in striking contrast to the Marcan parallel (Mark 6:51) where the disciples are completely astounded.
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