SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
WEDNESDAY OF WEEK 23; BLESSED JOHN DUCKETT
AND BLESSED RALPH CORBY
ABOUT Blessed John Duckett
and Blessed Ralph Corby
Feast Day: September 7
Born: (around) 1585 :: Died: 1644
Born: (around) 1585 :: Died: 1644
John Duckett was an Englishman, who may have been
the grandson of the martyr James Duckett.
Father John studied at the English college of Douay
in France and became a priest in 1639. He studied for three more years in
Paris, spending several hours each day in prayer.
He spent
two months with the Cistercian monks, offering that time to God in prayer and
retreat before he was sent back to his persecuted England.
The young
priest worked hard for a year teaching people about the Catholic faith in
England, but one day when he was on his way to baptize two children, he was
caught with the holy oils and book of rites.
When his
captors threatened harm to his family and friends if he did not tell them who
he was, he admitted that he was a priest. He was immediately taken to prison in
London.
There he
met a Jesuit priest, Ralph Corby. Father Corby had worked in England for twelve
years before they caught him celebrating Mass one day.
The
Jesuit order tried hard to save Father Corby. When they finally gave him
pardon, he insisted that Father John Duckett who was younger, be set free
instead of him. But Father John refused to leave without his friend.
Then on
September 7, 1644, at ten o'clock, the two priests were taken to Tyburn, to be
executed (killed). Their heads were shaved and they wore their cassocks (long
robe worn by priests). Each made a short speech, then embraced each other. They
would meet again in heaven before God.
First Reading
1 Corinthians 7:25-31
25Now
concerning the unmarried, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion
as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy. 26I think that in view of the
present distress it is well for a person to remain as he is. 27Are you bound to
a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage.
28But if you marry, you do not sin, and if a girl marries she does not sin. Yet
those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that. 29I
mean, brethren, the appointed time has grown very short; from now on, let those
who have wives live as though they had none, 30and those who mourn as though
they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not
rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods, 31and those who deal
with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the form of this
world is passing away.
Responsorial
Psalm
Psalms
45:11-17 R/ LISTEN TO ME, DAUGHTER; SEE AND BEND YOUR EAR
10Hear, O
daughter, consider, and incline your ear; forget your people and your father's
house; 11and the king will desire your beauty. Since he is your lord, bow to
him;R/
12the people of Tyre will sue your favor with
gifts, the richest of the people 13with all kinds of wealth. The princess is
decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes; 14in many-colored robes she is led
to the king, with her virgin companions, her escort, in her train.R/
15With joy and gladness they are led along as
they enter the palace of the king. 16Instead of your fathers shall be your
sons; you will make them princes in all the earth. R/
ALLELUIA Luke 6:23
Rejoice
and leap for joy! your reward will be great in heaven.
Gospel
Luke 6:20-26
20And he
lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: "Blessed are you poor, for
yours is the kingdom of God. 21"Blessed are you that hunger now, for you
shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh.
22"Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you and revile
you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of man! 23Rejoice in
that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so
their fathers did to the prophets. 24"But woe to you that are rich, for
you have received your consolation. 25"Woe to you that are full now, for
you shall hunger. "Woe to you that laugh now, for you shall mourn and
weep. 26"Woe to you, when all men speak well of you, for so their fathers
did to the false prophets.
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