November 11th, 2004, Memorial of St. Martin of Tours, Bishop.

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to Titus.

Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ,

for the sake of the faith of God's chosen ones,

and the recognition of religious truth, in the hope

of eternal life that God, who does not lie, promised before time began, who indeed, at the proper

time revealed his word in the proclamation with which I was entrusted by the command of God our Savior.

To Titus, my true child in our common faith.

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus, our Savior.

For this reason, I left you in Crete, so that you might set right what remains to be done

and appoint Presbyters in every town as I directed you on condition that a man be

blameless married only once with believing children who are not accused of licentiousness or rebellious.

For a bishop as God's steward must be blameless, not arrogant, not irritable, not a drunkard, not a drunkard, not greedy for sordid gain, but hospitable, a lover of goodness,

temperate, just, holy, and self-controlled, holding fast to the true message as taught,

so that he will be able both to exhort with sound

doctrine and to refute opponents. The word of the Lord. The responsorial Psalm, a response is,

Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face. The lords are the earth and its fullness,

the world and those who dwell in it, for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.

Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.

Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord, or who may stand in his holy place? He whose hands are

sinless, whose heart is clean, who desires not what is vain. Lord, this is the people that longs to

see your face. He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, a reward from God his Savior,

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