Friday within the Octave of Corpus Christi — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year
Liturgy of the Hours
– 6.4.26 Vespers, Thursday Evening Catholic Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours
– [6.5.26 Lauds, Friday Morning Catholic Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours
ORDINARY ROMAN CALENDAR
https://en.peripsum.org/AM/gospel/2026-06-05
Readings
– Daily Reading for Friday, June 5th, 2026
Reflection
Second Letter to Timothy 3,10-17.
You have followed my teaching, way of life, purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, persecutions that I endured. Yet from all these things the Lord delivered me. In fact, all who want to live religiously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. But wicked people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived. But you, remain faithful to what you have learned and believed, because you know from whom you learned it, and that from infancy you have known (the) sacred scriptures, which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
Psalms 119(118),157.160.161.165.166.168.
Though my persecutors and my foes are many,
I turn not away from your decrees.
Permanence is your word’s chief trait;
Each of your just ordinances is everlasting.
Princes persecute me without cause
But my heart stands in awe of your word.
Those who love your law have great peace,
And for them there is no stumbling block.
I wait for your salvation, O LORD,
And your commands I fulfill.
I keep your precepts and your decrees,
For all my ways are before you.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 12,35-37.
As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said, “How do the scribes claim that the Messiah is the son of David? David himself, inspired by the holy Spirit, said: ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand until I place your enemies under your feet.”‘
David himself calls him ‘lord’; so how is he his son?” (The) great crowd heard this with delight.
Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB
Catechism of the Catholic Church
§ 446-451
“David himself addresses him as ‘Lord’”
In the Greek translation of the Old Testament, the ineffable Hebrew name YHWH, by which God revealed himself to Moses (cf. Ex 3:14), is rendered as Kyrios, “Lord”. From then on, “Lord” becomes the more usual name by which to indicate the divinity of Israel’s God. The New Testament uses this full sense of the title “Lord” both for the Father and – what is new – for Jesus, who is thereby recognized as God Himself (cf. 1 Cor 2:8). Jesus ascribes this title to himself in a veiled way when he disputes with the Pharisees about the meaning of Psalm 110, but also in an explicit way when he addresses his apostles (cf. Mt 22:41-46; Acts 2:34-36; Heb 1:13; Jn 13:13). Throughout his public life, he demonstrated his divine sovereignty by works of power over nature, illnesses, demons, death, and sin. Very often in the Gospels people address Jesus as “Lord”. This title testifies to the respect and trust of those who approach him for help and healing (cf. Mt 8:2; 14:30; 15:22…). At the prompting of the Holy Spirit, “Lord” expresses the recognition of the divine mystery of Jesus (cf. Lk 1:43; 2:11). In the encounter with the risen Jesus, this title becomes adoration: “My Lord and my God!” It thus takes on a connotation of love and affection that remains proper to the Christian tradition: “It is the Lord!” (Jn 20:28; Jn 21:7) By attributing to Jesus the divine title “Lord,” the first confessions of the Church’s faith affirm from the beginning that the power, honor, and glory due to God the Father are due also to Jesus, because “he was in the form of God,” (cf. Acts 2:34-36; Rom 9:5; Tit 2:13; Rev 5:13; Phil 2:6) and the Father manifested the sovereignty of Jesus by raising him from the dead and exalting him into his glory (cf. Rom 10:9; 1 Cor 12:3; Phil 2:9-11). From the beginning of Christian history, the assertion of Christ’s lordship over the world and over history has implicitly recognized that man should not submit his personal freedom in an absolute manner to any earthly power, but only to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Caesar is not “the Lord” (cf. Rev 11:15; Mk 12:17; Acts 5:29). “The Church …believes that the key, the center, and the purpose of the whole of man’s history is to be found in its Lord and Master.” Christian prayer is characterized by the title “Lord,” whether in the invitation to prayer (“The Lord be with you.”), its conclusion (“through Christ our Lord”), or the exclamation full of trust and hope: Maran atha (“Our Lord, come!”), or Marana tha (“Come, Lord!”) – “Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!” (1 Cor 16:22; Rev 22:20)
1962 Missal
Readings & Reflection
https://en.peripsum.org/TRA/gospel/2026-06-05
TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS READINGS JUN 05, 2026
The Meaning of the Word
Book of Sirach 44,1-15.
Let us now praise men of renown and our fathers in their generation. The Lord hath wrought great glory through his magnificence from the beginning. Such as have borne rule in their dominions, men of great power, and endued with their wisdom, shewing forth in the prophets the dignity of prophets,
And ruling over the present people, and by the strength of wisdom instructing the people in most holy words. Such as by their skill sought out musical tunes, and published canticles of the scriptures.
Rich men in virtue, studying beautifulness: living at peace in their houses. All these have gained glory in their generations, and were praised in their days. They that were born of them have left a name behind them, that their praises might be related: And there are some, of whom there is no memorial: who are perished, as if they had never been: and are become as if they had never been born, and their children with them. But these were men of mercy, whose godly deeds have not failed: Good things continue with their seed, Their posterity are a holy inheritance, and their seed hath stood in the covenants. And their children for their sakes remain for ever: their seed and their glory shall not be forsaken. Their bodies are buried in peace, and their name liveth unto generation and generation. Let the people shew forth their wisdom, and the church declare their praise.
Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew 5,1-12.
Seeing the multitudes, Jesus went up into a mountain, and when he was set down, his disciples came unto him. And opening his mouth he taught them, saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the clean of heart: they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake: Be glad and rejoice for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.
John Tauler (c.1300-1361) – Dominican
Sermon 71, for the Feast of All Saints
“Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted”
“When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain… he began to teach them, saying…” The mountain that Jesus climbed was his own happiness and essence in which he is one with his Father. He was followed by a great crowd, which is the crowd of saints whose feast we celebrate today. All of them followed him according to the vocation to which God called them. We are to imitate them in this, each of us paying attention to our own vocation before all else so as to be certain of that to which God calls us and thus following his call…
When he was on the mountain, Jesus opened his mouth to teach the eight beatitudes… “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” In the first place comes the question of the virtue of spiritual poverty since this is the beginning and foundation of all perfection. Consider the question from all sides and it is always a matter of man’s deepest self being stripped, detached, free, poor and released from every kind of self-interest if God is truly to accomplish his work within it. It must be set free from every kind of attachment for only then will God find himself at home there…
“Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the land” for all eternity. Here we take another step forward since if, by means of genuine poverty we are set free from hindrances, with meekness we advance further into the very depths, casting out all bitterness, irritation and imprudence… For the meek nothing is bitter, as for those who are good everything for them is likewise good: all this comes from the goodness and purity of their innermost self… The meek inherit the land by remaining peaceful whatever happens. But if you don’t behave like this then you will lose both virtue and peace at the same time and it might be said of you that you are a grumbler and to be compared to a barking dog.
“Blessed are they who mourn…” Who are these people who mourn? In a certain sense they are people who suffer, but in another sense they are those who mourn their sins. But God’s worthy friends, who in every respect are the happiest of all, no longer mourn their sins… even though they are not without tears: they mourn the sins and faults of their neighbor… Thus it is that the true friends of God mourn because of the blindness and wretchedness of the sins of the world.
Saint of the Day
St. Boniface (5 June): Serve with the Language of Martyrdom