Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, April 1 2016

Friday of Easter week

Friday of Easter week

1. Reading

Acts of the Apostles

4,1-12.

]After the crippled man had been cured, while Peter and John were still speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple guard, and the Sadducees confronted them,
]disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
]They laid hands on them and put them in custody until the next day, since it was already evening.
]But many of those who heard the word came to believe and (the) number of men grew to (about) five thousand.
]On the next day, their leaders, elders, and scribes were assembled in Jerusalem,
]with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly class.
]They brought them into their presence and questioned them, "By what power or by what name have you done this?"
]Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, answered them, "Leaders of the people and elders:
]If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a cripple, namely, by what means he was saved,
]then all of you and all the people of Israel should know that it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarean whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead; in his name this man stands before you healed.
]He is 'the stone rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.'
]There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved."

Psalm

Psalms

118(117),1-2.4.22-24.25-27a.

]Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.
]Let the house of Israel say,
"His mercy endures forever."
]Let those who fear the LORD say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
]The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
]By the LORD has this been done;
it is wonderful in our eyes.
]This is the day the LORD has made;
let us be glad and rejoice in it.
]O LORD, grant salvation!
O LORD, grant prosperity!
]Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD;
we bless you from the house of the LORD.
]The LORD is God, and he has given us light.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

21,1-14.

]Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself in this way.
]Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, Zebedee's sons, and two others of his disciples.
]Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We also will come with you." So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
]When it was already dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore; but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
]Jesus said to them, "Children, have you caught anything to eat?" They answered him, "No."
]So he said to them, "Cast the net over the right side of the boat and you will find something." So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in because of the number of fish.
]So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord." When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tucked in his garment, for he was lightly clad, and jumped into the sea.
]The other disciples came in the boat, for they were not far from shore, only about a hundred yards, dragging the net with the fish.
]When they climbed out on shore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish on it and bread.
]Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you just caught."
]So Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore full of one hundred fifty-three large fish. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.
]Jesus said to them, "Come, have breakfast." And none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" because they realized it was the Lord.
]Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them, and in like manner the fish.
]This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples after being raised from the dead.

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St. Hugh(Bishop (1053-1132))

SAINT HUGH Bishop (1053-1132) St. Hugh was born in Chateau-neuf, Valence, Dauphiné. His father, Odilo, was an army officer who promoted Christianity and restrained vice through regulations and punishment. He took St. Hugh's advice, became a Carthusian monk and lived to be 100. He and his wife received Extreme Unction and Viaticum from St. Hugh in their last moments. St. Hugh's relied on God's and received many graces during his canonry at the cathedral of Valence. When he was consecrated bishop of Grenoble, he implemented reforms and restrained vice. After two years, he resigned, received the habit of St. Bennet and began a novitiate at the Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu. He resumed serving as bishop after one year because of Pope Gregory VII. St. Hugh was purified with a lingering illness before passing away on April 1, 1132, two months before his eightieth birthday. He had spent the last 52 years serving as bishop. Miracles attested the sanctity of his happy death. He was canonized by Pope Innocent II in 1134.

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St. Mary of Egypt(Hermit (c. 344-421))

SAINT MARY OF EGYPTHermit(c. 344-421) St. Mary left her father's house at 12 years old and sinned egregiously. For the next 17 years, she lived in Alexandria. Once, she accompanied a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and scandalized many. When St. Mary was in Jerusalem during the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, she was unexplainably held back from entering a church that contained the True Cross. Turning to an image of the Immaculate Mother, she vowed to do penance if she could enter. She entered, knelt by the Cross and received a locution: "Pass over Jordan, and thou shalt find rest." St. Mary overcame many obstacles and moved to Jordan. Forty-seven years later, she met Abbot Zosimus. She received the Eucharist on Holy Thursday in the year 420. She and Abbot Zosimus planned to conduct apostolate the following year, but she passed away beforehand. The Bollandists claim that St. Mary passed away on April 1, 421. The Greek Church celebrates her feast on April 1; the Roman Martyrology on April 2; and the Roman Calendar on April 3.

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