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Memorial of Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Josaphat, bishop and martyr
Reading I Wis 13:1-9

All men were by nature foolish who were in ignorance of God,
    and who from the good things seen did not succeed in knowing him who is,
    and from studying the works did not discern the artisan;
But either fire, or wind, or the swift air,
    or the circuit of the stars,

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Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, bishop
Reading I Wis 7:22b–8:1

In Wisdom is a spirit
    intelligent, holy, unique,
Manifold, subtle, agile,
    clear, unstained, certain,
Not baneful, loving the good, keen,
    unhampered, beneficent, kindly,
Firm, secure, tranquil,
    all-powerful, all-seeing,
And pervading all spirits,
    though they be intelligent, pure and very subtle.
For Wisdom is mobile beyond all motion,

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Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, Pope and doctor of the Church
Reading I Wis 6:1-11

Hear, O kings, and understand;
    learn, you magistrates of the earth’s expanse!
Hearken, you who are in power over the multitude
    and lord it over throngs of peoples!
Because authority was given you by the Lord
    and sovereignty by the Most High,
    who shall probe your works and scrutinize your counsels.

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Monday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time

Reading I Wis 1:1-7

Love justice, you who judge the earth;
    think of the Lord in goodness,
    and seek him in integrity of heart;
Because he is found by those who test him not, 
    and he manifests himself to those who do not disbelieve him.
For perverse counsels separate a man from God,
    and his power, put to the proof, rebukes the foolhardy;
Because into a soul that plots evil,

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Saturday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time

Reading I Rom 16:3-9, 16, 22-27

Brothers and sisters:
Greet Prisca and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus,
who risked their necks for my life,
to whom not only I am grateful but also all the churches of the Gentiles;
greet also the Church at their house.
Greet my beloved Epaenetus,
who was the firstfruits in Asia for Christ.
Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.

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Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time

Reading I Rom 15:14-21

I myself am convinced about you, my brothers and sisters,
that you yourselves are full of goodness,
filled with all knowledge, and able to admonish one another.
But I have written to you rather boldly in some respects to remind you,
because of the grace given me by God
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles
in performing the priestly service of the Gospel of God,

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Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time

Reading I Rom 13:8-10

Brothers and sisters:
Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another;
for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
The commandments, You shall not commit adultery;
you shall not kill;
you shall not steal;
you shall not covet,

and whatever other commandment there may be,
are summed up in this saying, namely,
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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