June 5, 2026
A reading from
the holy Gospel according to Mark 12:35-37
As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said, “How do the scribes claim that the Christ 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.
The Gospel of the Lord.
June 5, 2026
Saint Who?
Saints Who Studied Law
Saint Olaf II
Martyr († 1030) Feast: July 29
One of Olaf’s most important duties as king of Norway was to establish just laws for his people, and he took that responsibility very seriously.
When he was just a teenager, Olaf began to sail the seas as a Norwegian pirate, like his father. During a voyage along the coast of France, he decided to become a Christian. When his father died, twenty-five-year-old Olaf took his father’s place as lord and fought the other Norwegian lords until he had established himself as king over all Norway. However, although he became a king through war, he intended his reign to be a reign of peace. That is, he wanted to bring the Good News and the peace of Christ to his pagan countrymen.
With the help of English missionaries and an English archbishop, Olaf encouraged the spread of the Catholic faith among his people. He established and enforced equitable laws. He insisted that the ruling classes cease to use violence and bribery to maintain their power over the poor. To impose his will, however, he himself sometimes resorted to violence, thus provoking some rebels to rise up in protest against him. Olaf fought back, but he died in battle on July 29, 1030, and was immediately acclaimed a martyr by his people.
King of Peace, teach us how to respond to the violence
of this world with your peace.
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