Catholic Missal of the day: Thursday, April 12 2018

Thursday of the Second week of Easter

Thursday of the Second week of Easter

1. Reading

Acts of the Apostles

5,27-33.

]When the court officers had brought the Apostles in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, the high priest questioned them,
]"We gave you strict orders (did we not?) to stop teaching in that name. Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and want to bring this man's blood upon us."
]But Peter and the apostles said in reply, "We must obey God rather than men.
]The God of our ancestors raised Jesus, though you had him killed by hanging him on a tree.
]God exalted him at his right hand as leader and savior to grant Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.
]We are witnesses of these things, as is the holy Spirit that God has given to those who obey him."
]When they heard this, they became infuriated and wanted to put them to death.

Psalm

Psalms

34(33),2.9.17-18.19-20.

]I will bless the LORD at all times;
his praise shall be ever in my mouth.
]Taste and see how good the LORD is;
blessed the man who takes refuge in him.
]The LORD confronts the evildoers,
to destroy remembrance of them from the earth.
]When the just cry out, the LORD hears them,
and from all their distress he rescues them.
]The LORD is close to the brokenhearted;
and those who are crushed in spirit he saves.
]Many are the troubles of the just man,
but out of them all the LORD delivers him.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

3,31-36.

]The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things. But the one who comes from heaven is above all.
]He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.
]Whoever does accept his testimony certifies that God is trustworthy.
]For the one whom God sent speaks the words of God. He does not ration his gift of the Spirit.
]The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to him.
]Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.

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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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