Saint Clement I, Pope and Martyr/Saint Columban, Religious
Monday • Opt Memorial
Revelation 14:1-3, 4b-5
And I beheld, and lo a lamb stood upon mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.And I heard a voice from heaven, as the noise of many waters, and as the voice of great thunder; and the voice which I heard, was as the voice of harpers, harping on their harps.And they sung as it were a new canticle, before the throne, and before the four living creatures, and the ancients; and no man could say the canticle, but those hundred forty-four thousand, who were purchased from the earth.These are they who were not defiled with women: for they are virgins. These follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb:And in their mouth there was found no lie; for they are without spot before the throne of God.
Psalm 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6
Luke 21:1-4
And looking on, he saw the rich men cast their gifts into the treasury.And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in two brass mites.And he said: Verily I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:For all these have of their abundance cast into the offerings of God: but she of her want, hath cast in all the living that she had.
For Today
Let us fix our eyes on the blood of Christ and understand how precious it is to His Father.