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St. Matthew
St. Matthew, one of the twelve Apostles, is the author of the first Gospel. This has been the constant tradition of the Church and is confirmed by the Gospel itself. He was the son of Alpheus and was called to be an Apostle, while sitting in the tax collectors place at Capernaum. Before his conversion he was a publican, i.e., a tax collector by profession. He is to be identified with the “Levi” in the gospels of Mark and Luke. His apostolic activity was at first restricted to the communities of Palestine. Nothing definite is known about his later life. There is a tradition that points to Ethiopia as his field of labor; other traditions mention of Parthia and Persia. It is uncertain whether he died a natural death or received the crown of martyrdom.
Writing for his countrymen of Palestine, St. Matthew composed his Gospel in his native Aramaic, the “Hebrew tongue” mentioned in the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. Soon afterward, about the time of the persecution of Herod Agrippa I in 42 AD, he took his departure for other lands. Another tradition places the composition of his Gospel either between the time of this departure and the Council of Jerusalem, i.e., between 42 AD and 50 AD or even later. Definitely, however, the Gospel, depicting the Holy City with its altar and temple as still existing, and without any reference to the fulfillment of our Lord’s prophecy, shows that it was written before the destruction of the city by the Romans in 70 AD, and this inthttp://www.stjosephchurchocd.org/adminzone/ZoneAbout.aspxernal evidence confirms the early traditions.
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MATHEW D'SILVA |
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CLETUS PAUL |
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JOSEPH ALMEIDA |
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13-0009 |
FRANCIS FERNANDES |
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PETER PINTO |
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LESLIE REGO |
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LANCY SEQUERIA |
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RONALD PINTO |
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SUBHASH PAWAR |
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MANIK BADGUJAR |
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MARC MENEZES |
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13-0035 |
JOHN LUIS |
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13-0037 |
EDGAR MENEZES |
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13-0038 |
MABEL FERNANDEZ |
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JOSEPHINE PINTO |
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13-0042 |
PAUL REBELLO |
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13-0043 |
MABLE MONIS |
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13-0044 |
ANTHONY TIXEIRA |
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13-0045 |
AUGUSTINE D'SOUZA |
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13-0047 |
JOSEPH BRAGANZA |
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13-0049 |
JULIA FERNANDES |
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13-0050 |
FRANCIS CARDOZ |
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13-0051 |
PETER FERNANDES |
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13-0052 |
ISAC MONTEIRO |
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13-0053 |
THOMAS MENEZES |
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13-0054 |
CLIFFORD D'SOUZA |
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ASSUMPTION SUGATHAN |
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VALERIAN NORONHA |
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13-0057 |
IGNATIUS D'SOUZA |
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13-0059 |
CORNELIUS CUTHINHO |
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HILLARY DANTES |
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PETER D'SOUZA |
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13-0064 |
BERNARD CARVALHO |
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13-0065 |
DENZIL D'SOUZA |
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13-0067 |
GREGORIO FERNANDES |
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CHARLES NORONHA |
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PHILOMENA RODRIGUES |
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PASKIN SALES |
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13-0072 |
STANLEY MATHAIS |
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HENRY MASCARENHAS |
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JACINTHA D'SOUZA |
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JOHN FERNANDES |
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ANTHONY D'SOUZA |
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PETER D'SOUZA |
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13-0085 |
XAVIER D'SILVA |
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WARREN RODRIGUES |
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MELWIN D'SOUZA |
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JOHN FELIX D'SOUZA |
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HARRY DANTIS |
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REGINA CRASTO |
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SANTANO CRUZ RODRIGUES |
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CYRILIA DANTIS |
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FELIX PINTO |
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DOROTHY PEREIRA |
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KENNY GOMES |
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13-0112 |
NICHOLAS D'SOUZA |
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13-0114 |
NANDU KADAM |
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13-0115 |
JACOB PEREIRA |
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13-0119 |
FRANCIS D'SOUZA |
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SANTAN NORONHA |
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ALEX DASS |
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Daily Readings |
February 17th, 2019
JER 17:5-8
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February 17th, 2019
JER 17:5-8
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 78
Reading
Thus says the LORD:
Cursed is the one who trusts in human beings,
who seeks his strength in flesh,
whose heart turns away from the LORD.
He is like a barren bush in the desert
that enjoys no change of season,
but stands in a lava waste,
a salt and empty earth.
Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD,
whose hope is the LORD.
He is like a tree planted beside the waters
that stretches out its roots to the stream:
it fears not the heat when it comes;
its leaves stay green;
in the year of drought it shows no distress,
but still bears fruit.
Responsorial Psalm
PS 1:1-2, 3, 4 AND 6
R. (40:5a) Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.
Blessed the man who follows not
the counsel of the wicked,
nor walks in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the company of the insolent,
but delights in the law of the LORD
and meditates on his law day and night.
R. Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.
He is like a tree
planted near running water,
that yields its fruit in due season,
and whose leaves never fade.
Whatever he does, prospers.
R. Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.
Not so the wicked, not so;
they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
For the LORD watches over the way of the just,
but the way of the wicked vanishes.
R. Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.
Reading 2
1 COR 15:12, 16-20
Brothers and sisters:
If Christ is preached as raised from the dead,
how can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead?
If the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised,
and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain;
you are still in your sins.
Then those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
If for this life only we have hoped in Christ,
we are the most pitiable people of all.
But now Christ has been raised from the dead,
the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
Alleluia
LK 6:23AB
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Rejoice and be glad;
your reward will be great in heaven.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
LK 6:17, 20-26
Jesus came down with the twelve
and stood on a stretch of level ground
with a great crowd of his disciples
and a large number of the people
from all Judea and Jerusalem
and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon.
And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said:
“Blessed are you who are poor,
for the kingdom of God is yours.
Blessed are you who are now hungry,
for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who are now weeping,
for you will laugh.
Blessed are you when people hate you,
and when they exclude and insult you,
and denounce your name as evil
on account of the Son of Man.
Rejoice and leap for joy on that day!
Behold, your reward will be great in heaven.
For their ancestors treated the prophets in the same way.
But woe to you who are rich,
for you have received your consolation.
Woe to you who are filled now,
for you will be hungry.
Woe to you who laugh now,
for you will grieve and weep.
Woe to you when all speak well of you,
for their ancestors treated the false
prophets in this way.”
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