(973-1024) He became Emperor
Henry II in 1002 and then Holy Roman Emperor in 1014. He used
his power to extend the Kingdom of God by promoting missionary
work.
Source: Daily Roman Missal, Edited
by Rev. James Socías, Midwest
Theological Forum, Chicago, Illinois ©2003
Collect:
O God, whose abundant grace prepared Saint Henry
to be raised by you in a wonderful way
from the cares of earthly rule to heavenly realms,
grant, we pray, through his intercession,
that amid the uncertainties of this world
we may hasten towards you with minds made pure.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. +Amen.
First Reading: Micah 6:6-8
"With
what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God
on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves
a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born
for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my
soul?" He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what
does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?
Gospel Reading: Matthew
7: 21-27
"Not
every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom
of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy
in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty
works in your name?' And then will I declare to them, 'I never
knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.'
"Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them
will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; and
the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat
upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded
on the rock. And every one who hears these words of mine and
does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house
upon the sand; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the
winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell; and great
was the fall of it."
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