The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost falls in the season called the Time after Pentecost (sometimes called Ordinary Time). This part of the Church year focuses on the ongoing life and mission of the Christian community after the great seasons of Easter and Pentecost. As a Sunday, it is a weekly celebration of the Lord’s Resurrection and is the principal day for Christian worship in the family. The rank given here is “Semidouble,” an older liturgical classification indicating the celebration has greater solemnity than a simple feria but is not as major as a double or a feast of the Lord. Practically, that means the day keeps Sunday’s primary character while allowing some local or seasonal elements to be observed. There is no octave or special vigil attached in this entry.
Introit (Daily Prayer)
Ps 83:10-11 Behold, O God, our Protector, and look upon the face of Your Anointed. Better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. Ps 83:2-3 How lovely is Your dwelling place, O Lord of Hosts! My soul yearns and pines for the courts of the Lord. Glory Be to the Father…
Protect Your Church by Your abiding mercy, we beseech You, O Lord, and since all mortals fall without You, may Your help keep them from danger and guide them to salvation. Through our Lord…
Weekly Prayer
Act of Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that Thou art present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love Thee above all things, and I desire to receive Thee into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive Thee sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace Thee as if Thou wert already there, and unite myself wholly to Thee.
Never permit me to be separated from Thee. Amen.
Weekly Formation
The Spiritual Works of Mercy
The Spiritual Works of Mercy
Admonish the sinner
Admonishing the sinner is a charitable warning intended to help a person recognize and leave serious wrongdoing. It requires truth, prudence, and concern for the person’s salvation, not humiliation, anger, or a desire to display superiority.
Instruct the ignorant
Instructing the ignorant means teaching needed truth to someone who does not know it, especially truth concerning faith and moral duty. The work presumes patience and accuracy and differs from winning an argument or displaying knowledge.
Counsel the doubtful
Counseling the doubtful helps a person whose judgment is uncertain to recognize a sound and morally lawful course. Good counsel applies truth prudently to the actual difficulty and does not replace conscience with another person’s preferences.
Comfort the sorrowful
Comforting the sorrowful shares another person’s burden through truthful consolation, patient presence, and appropriate help. Christian comfort neither dismisses grief nor offers false assurances, but strengthens hope in God amid real suffering.
Bear wrongs patiently
Bearing wrongs patiently means enduring injuries that cannot prudently be corrected without yielding to hatred or revenge. It does not require enabling abuse or refusing lawful protection; patience governs the heart while justice addresses the wrong.
Saint & Feast
Principal celebrationCalendar title
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
A biography or feast reflection has not yet been prepared.
Commemoration
Rose of Lima
St. Rose of Lima, Virgin
Dominican saint from Peru
Born
1586-04-20 · Lima
Died
1617-08-24 · Lima
Rose of Lima, TOSD, was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, Spanish Empire, who became known for both her life of severe penance and her care of the poverty stricken of the city through her own private efforts.
In 1464, Paul II succeeded Pius II as pope, marking a significant transition in the papacy during the Renaissance. His leadership focused on strengthening the church's authority and addressing the challenges of the time, including political tensions in Italy.
Leadership transitions in the Church remind us of the continuity of faith through changing times.
Catechism
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Social justice helps society provide the conditions in which individuals and associations can obtain what is due to them, in keeping with the common good and the proper exercise of authority. It depends on respect for the transcendent dignity of every person and for the rights that flow from that dignity; authorities that disregard these rights undermine their moral legitimacy. We are called to see every neighbor as “another self,” to serve the disadvantaged, and to extend forgiveness and love even to those who think or act differently from us. Our shared dignity, along with the different talents and needs we have, invites generosity, kindness, and the sharing of goods. In this way, we can resist the sinful inequalities that contradict the Gospel and grow in a more just and compassionate community.
¶ 1931
Respect for the human person proceeds by way of respect for the principle that "everyone should look upon his neighbor (without any exception) as 'another self,' above all bearing in mind his life and the means necessary for living it with dignity." No legislation could by itself do away with the fears, prejudices, and attitudes of pride and selfishness which obstruct the establishment of truly fraternal societies. Such behavior will cease only through the charity that finds in every man a "neighbor," a brother.
¶ 1932
The duty of making oneself a neighbor to others and actively serving them becomes even more urgent when it involves the disadvantaged, in whatever area this may be. "As you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me."
Forgiving injuries releases the will from hatred and the desire for personal vengeance. Forgiveness can coexist with prudent boundaries, restitution, and lawful consequences, because it concerns charity toward the offender rather than pretending no wrong occurred.
Pray for the living and the dead
Praying for the living and the dead entrusts the needs of others to God’s wisdom and mercy. It embraces people who cannot repay the prayer, including enemies and the faithful departed who may still need purification.
Commemoration
Felix
St. Felix and Adauctus, Martyrs
Christian martyrs
Died
0303-01-01
Felix and Adauctus (d. 303) were according to tradition, Christian martyrs who were said to have suffered during the Great Persecution during the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian.
This same duty extends to those who think or act differently from us. the teaching of Christ goes so far as to require the forgiveness of offenses. He extends the commandment of love, which is that of the New Law, to all enemies. Liberation in the spirit of the Gospel is incompatible with hatred of one's enemy as a person, but not with hatred of the evil that he does as an enemy.
¶ 1934
Created in the image of the one God and equally endowed with rational souls, all men have the same nature and the same origin. Redeemed by the sacrifice of Christ, all are called to participate in the same divine beatitude: all therefore enjoy an equal dignity.
¶ 1935
The equality of men rests essentially on their dignity as persons and the rights that flow from it:
¶ 1936
On coming into the world, man is not equipped with everything he needs for developing his bodily and spiritual life. He needs others. Differences appear tied to age, physical abilities, intellectual or moral aptitudes, the benefits derived from social commerce, and the distribution of wealth. The "talents" are not distributed equally.
¶ 1937
These differences belong to God's plan, who wills that each receive what he needs from others, and that those endowed with particular "talents" share the benefits with those who need them. These differences encourage and often oblige persons to practice generosity, kindness, and sharing of goods; they foster the mutual enrichment of cultures:
¶ 1938
There exist also sinful inequalities that affect millions of men and women. These are in open contradiction of the Gospel:
Baltimore track
Baltimore Catechism No. 3
Lesson 24 — On the Sacrifice of the Mass
Q. 924.Are all Masses of equal value in themselves or do they differ in worth?
A.All Masses are equal in value in themselves and do not differ in worth, but only in the solemnity with which they are celebrated or in the end for which they are offered.
Q. 925.How are Masses distinguished?
A.Masses are distinguished thus: (1) When the Mass is sung by a bishop, assisted by a deacon and sub-deacon, it is called a Pontifical Mass; (2) When it is sung by a priest, assisted by a deacon and sub-deacon, it is called a Solemn Mass; (3) When sung by a priest without deacon and sub-deacon, it is called a Missa Cantata or High Mass; (4) When the Mass is only read in a low tone it is called a low or private Mass.
Q. 926.For what end or intention may Mass be offered?
A.Mass may be offered for any end or intention that tends to the honor and glory of God, to the good of the Church or the welfare of man; but never for any object that is bad in itself, or in its aims; neither can it be offered publicly for persons who are not members of the true Church.
Q. 927.Explain what is meant by Requiem, Nuptial and Votive Masses.
A.A Requiem Mass is one said in black vestments and with special prayers for the dead. A Nuptial Mass is one said at the marriage of two Catholics, and it has special prayers for their benefit. A Votive Mass is one said in honor of some particular mystery or saint, on a day not set apart by the Church for the honor of that mystery or saint.