Gospel, Saint, today's prayer 19 October

Today's Gospel
From the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Luke 11,47-54.
At that time, the Lord said, "Woe to you, who build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
So you testify and approve the works of your fathers: they killed them and you build their tombs.
This is why the wisdom of God said: “I will send prophets and apostles to them and they will kill and persecute them; so that this generation of the blood of all the prophets, shed from the beginning of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary, will be asked to account. Yes, I tell you, account will be asked of this generation.
Woe to you, doctors of the law, who have removed the key to science. You have not entered, and to those who wanted to enter you have prevented it ».
When he got out of there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to treat him hostile and to make him speak on many subjects, tending snares, to surprise him in a few words that came out of his own mouth.

Saint of today - Saint Paul of the Cross
Glory be to you, St. Paul of the Cross, who learned wisdom in the wounds of Christ and conquered and converted souls with his Passion. You are a model of every virtue, pillar and decoration of our Congregation! O our tender Father, we have received the Rules from you that help us live the Gospel more deeply. Help us to always be faithful to your charism. Intercede for us so that we can be true witnesses of the Passion of Christ in authentic poverty, detachment and solitude, in full communion with the magisterium of the Church. Amen. Glory to the Father ...

O Saint Paul of the Cross, great man of God, living image of the crucified Christ from whose wounds you learned the wisdom of the Cross and from whose blood you drew vigor to convert peoples with the preaching of his Passion, the indefatigable herald of the Gospel. Luminous Lucerne in the Church of God, which under the banner of the Cross you gathered disciples and witnesses of Christ and taught them to live united with God, to fight against the ancient serpent and to preach to the world Jesus Crucified, now that you are wearing the crown of justice, we recognize you as our Founder and Father, as our support and glory: transfuse in us, your children, the strength of your grace for our constant correspondence to the vocation, for our innocence in the confrontation with evil, for the courage in our commitment of testimony, and be our guide to the homeland of heaven. Amen.
Glory to the Father ...

O glorious Saint Paul of the Cross who, meditating on the Passion of Jesus Christ, rose to such a high degree of holiness on earth and happiness in heaven, and preaching it you offered the world the most effective remedy for all its evils, obtain for us grace to keep it always carved in our hearts, because we can reap the same fruits over time and eternity. Amen.
Glory to the Father ...

Ejaculatory of the day

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