 Come, today, and listen to his voice: do not harden your hearts. |
| Other saints: St Deogratias (d. 457) |
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The Christians of the diocese of Carthage, who had remained without a bishop for fourteen years, welcomed the appointment of Deogratias with great joy. He was an outstanding priest, very much loved and supported by the people because of his charity and preaching. During his ministry as bishop he cared for all the people, especially for the many captives that had been taken to Northern Africa by the vandal king Genseric. Bishop Deogratias was a pastoral leader, full of love for his people and ready to respond to their practical and spiritual needs. He died in the year 457.
| Mid-morning reading (Terce) | Ezekiel 33:10,11 © |
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Our sins and crimes weigh heavily on us; we are wasting away because of them. How are we to go on living? As I live – it is the Lord who speaks – I take pleasure, not in the death of a wicked man, but in the turning back of a wicked man who changes his ways to win life.
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| Noon reading (Sext) | Jeremiah 18:20 © |
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Remember how I stood in your presence to plead on their behalf, to turn your wrath away from them.
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| Afternoon reading (None) | Jeremiah 31:2,3,4 © |
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The Lord says this: They have found pardon in the wilderness, those who have survived the sword. Israel is marching to his rest. I have loved you with an everlasting love, so I am constant in my affection for you. I build you once more; you shall be rebuilt, virgin of Israel.
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