Gospel, Saint, prayer of June 4th

Today's Gospel
From the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Mark 12,1-12.
At that time, Jesus began to speak with parables [to the chief priests, scribes and elders]:
"A man planted a vineyard, laid a hedge around it, dug a wine press, built a tower, then rented it to some winemakers and went away.
In his time he sent a servant to collect the fruits of the vine from those tenants.
But they grabbed him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
He sent another servant to them again, who also beat him on the head and covered him with insults.
He sent yet another, and this killed him; and of many others, whom he still sent, some beat them, others killed them.
He still had one, his favorite son: he sent it to them last, saying: They will have respect for my son!
But those vintners said to each other: This is the heir; come on, let's kill him and the inheritance will be ours.
And grabbing him, they killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.
So what will the owner of the vineyard do? Those vintners will come and exterminate and give the vineyard to others.
You have not perhaps read this Scripture: The stone that the builders have discarded has become the corner head;
has this been done by the Lord and is it admirable in our eyes »?
Then they tried to catch him, but they were afraid of the crowd; they had understood that he had said that parable against them. And, leaving him, they left.

Saint of today - SAN FILIPPO SMALDONE
St. Philip Smaldone,
that you honored the Church with your priestly holiness
and you enriched her with a new religious family,
intercede for us with the Father,
because we can be worthy disciples of Christ
and obedient children of the Church.
You who were a teacher and father of the deaf,
teach us to love the poor
and to serve them with generosity and sacrifice.
Obtain the gift from the Lord
of new priestly and religious vocations,
so that they never fail in the Church and in the world
witnesses of charity.
You, who with the sanctity of life
and with your apostolic zeal,
you contributed to the development of faith
and you spread Eucharistic adoration and Marian devotion,
get us the grace we ask of you
and that confident we entrust to your paternal and holy intercession.
For Christ our Lord. Amen

Ejaculatory of the day

Heavenly Father, I love you with the Immaculate Heart of Mary.