Jesus began to reproach the towns where most of his mighty deeds had been done, since they had not repented. "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For, if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment then for you. As for you, Capernaum:
Will you be exalted to heaven?! You will go down to the netherworld.
For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you."
The Gospel of the Lord.
If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.
This is the Memorial of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha (pronounced [ˈgaderi degaˈgwita] in Mohawk), originally known as Catherine Tekakwitha informally known as the Lily of the Mohawks (1656 – April 17, 1680), the daughter of a Mohawk Warrior. She was an Algonquin and Iroquois Native American religious lay woman from New France and an early convert to Roman Catholicism. She was baptized at the age of 20 by the Jesuits and lived austerely in piety near Montreal caring for the sick enduring the hostility of her tribe and family, Consequently, she was shunned and exiled by her animistic tribe. She died at the age of 24 in 1680 after professing her vows of virginity. She and her work were unrecognized by her tribe and family for the last four years of her Christian life and since then and now has been recognized by the Church for these 332 years. Known for her chastity and corporal mortification of the flesh, she is the first Native American woman to be venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. Tekakwitha was beatified by Blessed Pope John Paul II in 1980, the 300th anniversary of her death. On February 18, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI officially announced at Saint Peter's Basilica that Tekakwitha will be canonized this year of 2012 on October 21st.
If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.
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