INTROIT Jer. 29:11, 12, 14
Said the Lord: "I think thoughts of peace and not of affliction. You
shall call upon Me and I will hear you, and I will bring you back from
captivity from all places."
Ps. 84:2. Lord, You have blessed Your land; You have restored Jacob from captivity.
V. Glory be . . .COLLECT
O God, You Who know that our human frailty cannot
stand fast against the great dangers that beset us; grant us health of
mind and body, that with Your help, we may overcome what we suffer on
account of our sins.
Through Jesus Christ,
thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the
Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end.
R. Amen.
EPISTLE Rom. 13: 8-10
Brethren: Owe no man any thing, but to love one another. For he that
loveth his neighbour hath fulfilled the law. For: Thou shalt not commit
adultery: Thou shalt not kill: Thou shalt not steal: Thou shalt not bear
false witness: Thou shalt not covet. And if there be any other
commandment, it is comprised in this word: Thou shalt love thy neighbour
as thyself. The love of our neighbour worketh no evil. Love therefore
is the fulfilling of the law.
GRADUAL Ps. 43:8-9
You have freed us from those who afflict us, O Lord, and You have put to shame those who hate us. V. In God we will glory all the day, and praise Your name forever.
Alleluia, alleluia! Ps. 129:1-2
V. Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord; Lord, hear my prayer!
Alleluia!
GOSPEL Matt. 8:23-27
At that time, Jesus entered into the boat, and his disciples followed
him: And behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was
covered with waves, but he was asleep. And they came to him, and awaked
him, saying: "Lord, save us, we perish." And Jesus saith to them: "Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith?"
Then rising up, he commanded the winds, and the sea, and there came a
great calm. But the men wondered, saying: "What manner of man is this,
for the winds and the sea obey him?"
OFFERTORY ANTIPHONN Ps. 129:1-2
OUT OF THE DEPTHS I cry to You, O Lord; Lord, hear my prayer, out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord.
SECRET
Almighty God, grant that our sacrificial offering may cleanse and protect out frail nature from all evil. Through our Lord . . .
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Mark 11:24
AMEN I say to you, all things whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you shall receive, and they shall come to you.
POSTCOMMUNION
May this gift draw us away from earthly pleasures, O God, and may the
nourishment we receive from this Bread of Heaven fill us always with new
strength. Through our Lord . . .
Apostle of the Frisons, of Holland, Zealand, Flanders and Brabant
(657 — ca. 738)
[Historical]
Saint Willibrord was born in Northumberland
(northeastern England) in 657. His father left the world to enter a
monastery, and is honored as a Saint in the monastery of Echternach in
the diocese of Treves, and named in the English calendar. When his son
was twenty years old he was already wearing the religious habit. Being
accustomed to bearing the yoke of the Lord, and finding it light and
sweet, he went to Ireland to seek greater perfection and study under
Saint Egbert.
When he was thirty years old he desired, with Saint
Swidbert and ten other monks of England, to preach the faith in the land
of the Frisons, or Vriesland, a province of the Low Countries
surrounding the mouth of the Rhine. The Frisons were warriors and had
maintained their
liberty against the Romans. The Gospel had been preached among them in
678 by Saint
Wilfrid, but those efforts had borne little fruit, and the true God was
almost entirely unknown
among them when the monks arrived.
Willibrord afterwards went on to Rome to ask the papal benediction and authorization to
preach the Gospel to the idolatrous nations; he was amply blessed with powers and relics for
the churches he would construct. His companion, Saint Swidbert, became the bishop of a
group residing near Cologne. The other eleven missionaries preached in the part of Vriesland
belonging to the French. Saint Willibrord was recommended for episcopal consecration by
Pepin, royal Palace Steward of France; Pope Sergius changed his name to Clement and
consecrated him Archbishop of the Frisons in Saint Peter’s Church in Rome.
He then returned to Utrecht, where he established his residence and built the Church of the
Saviour. He repaired the Church of Saint Martin, which later became the Cathedral of Utrecht.
He built and governed until his death the abbey of Echternach in Luxembourg. He baptized
the son of Charles Martel, named Pepin, who later became king of France. Charles Martel was
a benefactor of the churches founded by Saint Willibrord, and conferred on him sovereignty of
the city of Utrecht.
Saint Willibrord preached also in Denmark, where a
cruel king reigned at that time; the Saint, seeing invincible obstacles
to the propagation of the Gospel, merely bought thirty children of the
land, whom he baptized and took back with him to Utrecht. He preached
on the island of Walcheren, converted many and established several
churches. A blow from a saber which an idolatrous priest gave him there
made no wound; and the idolatrous priest became possessed by the demon.
Saint Boniface joined him in 720 and spent three years
with him before going to Germany. Saint Bede, English historian, wrote
of Saint Willibrord, saying he was a venerable old man who had for
thirty-six years been a bishop and was “awaiting the rewards of life in
heaven, after the generous battles he waged in the spiritual combat.”
At Utrecht Saint Willibrord founded schools which became famous. He
wrought many miracles, and had the gift of
prophecy. He labored unceasingly as bishop for more than fifty years,
beloved alike of God
and of man, and died full of days and good works. This amiable Saint,
noted for his gaiety in
conversation and his wisdom in counsel, was buried in the monastery of
Echternach in
Luxembourg.
Reflection: True zeal has its roots in the
love of God. It can never be idle; it must labor, toil, be doing great
things. It glows as fire; it is, like fire, insatiable. Reflect
whether this spirit exists in you!
Sources: Les Petits Bollandistes: Vies des Saints, by Msgr. Paul Guérin (Bloud et Barral: Paris, 1882), Vol. 13; Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, a compilation based on Butler’s Lives of the Saints and other sources by John Gilmary Shea (Benziger Brothers: New York, 1894).
Saint Hyacinth Castaneda
Died 1773
November 7
Dominican. Priest. Missionary to China. Missionary to Vietnam. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.
Born
at Setavo, diocese of Valencia, Spain
Died
beheaded in 1773 in Vietnam
Canonized
19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II
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