“Jesus said to them, “Are you not misled because you do not know the scriptures or the power of God?"” (Mark 12:24.)
Saint Augustine of Hippo comments on this verse from the Gospel proclaimed during today’s Mass:
“Sadducees do not have our hope for the resurrection, since they “know neither the scriptures nor the power of God,”5 who is able to restore what is lost, to raise what is dead to life, to revive what has rotted away, to gather together what is corruptible and finite. The Lord promised to do this, and he gives as a guarantee the promises he has already fulfilled. So let your faith speak of this to you, since your hope will not be disappointed even though your love may be put to the test.” (Letter 263 (To Sapida))
Collect
O God, who have made the blood of Martyrs
the seed of Christians,
mercifully grant
that the field which is your Church,
watered by the blood
shed by Saints Charles Lwanga
and his companions,
may be fertile and
always yield you an abundant harvest.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who lives and reigns with You
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
the seed of Christians,
mercifully grant
that the field which is your Church,
watered by the blood
shed by Saints Charles Lwanga
and his companions,
may be fertile and
always yield you an abundant harvest.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who lives and reigns with You
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Glory to the Father
and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be forever. Amen
and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be forever. Amen
