DAILY READINGS & REFLECTION

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

TUESDAY - MEMORIAL OF SAINT JOSAPHAT, BISHOP AND MARTYR

FIRST READING

TITUS 2:1-8, 11-14 OR (EPHESIANS 4:1-7, 11-13)

1 But as for you, teach what befits sound doctrine. 2 Bid the older men be temperate, serious, sensible, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 3 Bid the older women likewise to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; they are to teach what is good, 4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be sensible, chaste, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, that the word of God may not be discredited. 6 Likewise urge the younger men to control themselves. 7 Show yourself in all respects a model of good deeds, and in your teaching show integrity, gravity, 8 and sound speech that cannot be censured, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us. 11 For the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men, 12 training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world, 13 awaiting our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.

The Word of the Lord
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RESPONSORIAL PSALM

PSALMS 36(37):3-4, 18, 23, 27, 29 OR (PSALMS 1:1-4, 6)

Response: The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.

The LORD knows the days of the blameless,
and their heritage will abide for ever.
The steps of a man are from the LORD,
and he establishes him in whose way he delights.

R. The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.

Depart from evil, and do good;
so shall you abide for ever.
The righteous shall possess the land,
and dwell upon it for ever.

R. The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.
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GOSPEL

We have only done our duty

LUKE 17:7-10 OR (JOHN 17:20-26)

7 "Will any one of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the field, Come at once and sit down at table'? 8 Will he not rather say to him, Prepare supper for me, and gird yourself and serve me, till I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink'? 9 Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? 10 So you also, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, `We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'"

The Gospel of the Lord
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REFLECTION

DAILY QUOTE FROM THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS

We are called to humble service, by Ambrose of Milan, 339-397 A.D.

"You do not say to your servant, 'Sit down,' but require more service from him and do not thank him. The Lord also does not allow only one work or labor for you, because so long as we live we must always work."
"Know that you are a servant overwhelmed by very much obedience. You must not set yourself first, because you are called a son of God. Grace must be acknowledged, but nature not overlooked. Do not boast of yourself if you have served well, as you should have done. The sun obeys, the moon complies (Joshua 10:12-13; Baruch 6:60), and the angels serve... Let us not require praise from ourselves nor prevent the judgment of God and anticipate the sentence of the Judge but reserve it for its own time and Judge."

(excerpt from EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 8.31-32)
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