18 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2024
Saint Luke, Evangelist (Feast)
Liturgical colour: Red
Today’s Rosary: The Mysteries of Light
FIRST READING
Timothy 4:10-17ab
Luke alone is with me.
A reading from the second Letter of Saint Paul to Timothy
Beloved: Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you; for he is very useful in serving me. Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments. Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will pay him back for his deeds. Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message. At my first defence no one took my part; all deserted me. May it not be charged against them! But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength to proclaim the word fully, that all the Gentiles might hear it.
V/ The word of the Lord.
R/ Thanks be to God.
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