Wednesday, November 12, 2025

DR Squared: Memorial Of Saint Josaphat, Bishop And Martyr

First Reading:  Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13
I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation in which you are called, With all humility and mildness, with patience, supporting one another in charity. Careful to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. One body and one Spirit; as you are called in one hope of your calling. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in us all. But to every one of us is given grace, according to the measure of the giving of Christ. And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors, For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:  Until we all meet into the unity of faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the age of the fulness of Christ;
Responsorial Psalm:  Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6
R.  Psalm 40 (39):5a
     Blessed is the man whose trust is in the name of the Lord;
OR
R.  Psalm 1:2a
     But his will is in the law of the Lord,
OR
R.  cf. Psalm 92 (91):13-14
     The just shall flourish like the palm tree:...in the courts of the house of our God.
V.  Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly,
     nor stood in the way of sinners,
     nor sat in the chair of pestilence.
     But his will is in the law of the Lord,
     and on his law he shall meditate day and night.

V.  And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters,
     which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season.
     And his leaf shall not fall off:
     and all whatsoever he shall do shall prosper.

V.  Not so the wicked, not so:
     but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.
     For the Lord knoweth the way of the just:
     and the way of the wicked shall perish.
Gospel Reading:  John 17:20-26
And not for them only do I pray, but for them also who through their word shall believe in me; That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou hast given me, I have given to them; that they may be one, as we also are one:  I in them, and thou in me; that they may be made perfect in one: and the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast also loved me. Father, I will that where I am, they also whom thou hast given me may be with me; that they may see my glory which thou hast given me, because thou hast loved me before the creation of the world. Just Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee: and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have made known thy name to them, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou hast loved me, may be in them, and I in them.
The readings from the USCCB can be found here.

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