Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, April 12 2016

Tuesday of the Third week of Easter

Tuesday of the Third week of Easter

1. Reading

Acts of the Apostles

7,51-60.8,1a.

]Stephen said to the people, the elders, and the scribes:  "You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears,  you always oppose the Holy Spirit;  you are just like your ancestors.
]Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They put to death those who foretold the coming of the righteous one, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.
]You received the law as transmitted by angels, but you did not observe it."
]When they heard this, they were infuriated, and they ground their teeth at him.
]But he, filled with the holy Spirit, looked up intently to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,
]and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."
]But they cried out in a loud voice, covered their ears, and rushed upon him together.
]They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him. The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.
]As they were stoning Stephen, he called out, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
]Then he fell to his knees and cried out in a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them"; and when he said this, he fell asleep.
]Now Saul was consenting to his execution.

Psalm

Psalms

31(30),3cd-4.6ab.7b.8a.17.21ab.

]Be my rock of refuge,
]a stronghold to give me safety.
]You are my rock and my fortress;
for your name's sake you will lead and guide me.
]Into your hands I commend my spirit;
]you will redeem me, O LORD, O faithful God.
]My trust is in the LORD;
]I will rejoice and be glad because of your mercy.
]Let your face shine upon your servant;
save me in your kindness.
]You hide them in the shelter of your presence
]from the plottings of men.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

6,30-35.

]The crowd said to Jesus: "What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you? What can you do?
]Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written: 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"
]So Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
]For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
]So they said to him, "Sir, give us this bread always."
]Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst."

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St. Julius I(Pope († 352))

SAINT JULIUS Pope (+ 352) St. Julius was consecrated pope on February 6, 337. He struggled to protect the Church from the Arian heresy. Arianism denied Christ's divinity and proofs of the Trinity found in Tradition and Scripture. Pope Julius arranged an impartial hearing when Arian bishops from the East accused St. Athanasius, Alexandria's patriarch. He then assembled a council in 341. Instead of appearing, the Arians held a pretend council in Antioch and appointed Gregory as Alexandria's bishop. The usurper detained papal legates and blamed the Persian war in a letter to the Pope. Pope Julius declared St. Athanasius' innocent during a Roman council and confirmed the latter in his see. Elements of the Church also exploited Arianism for their own personal gain. Oriental Eusebian bishops accused Marcellus of Ancyra, demanded a council and then refused to appear in it. A record of the event is in Pope Julius' letter delivered by Count Gabian. Pope Julius besought Constans, the Western emperor, to have Constantius assemble a general council in Sardica, Illyricum. The general council opened in May 347 and concluded that St. Athanasius and Marcellus of Ancyra were orthodox and innocent. The council also deposed certain Arian bishops and framed twenty-one canons of discipline. Pope Julius led the Church for fifteen years, two months and six days. He passed away on April 12, 352, and joined Christ and the saints in Heaven. He intercedes for those who ask in causes of orthodoxy and unity.

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