Catholic Missal of the day: Thursday, April 14 2016
Thursday of the Third week of Easter
Thursday of the Third week of Easter
1. ReadingActs of the Apostles
8,26-40.]The angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, "Get up and head south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza, the desert route."
]So he got up and set out. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, that is, the queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury, who had come to Jerusalem to worship,
]and was returning home. Seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
]The Spirit said to Philip, "Go and join up with that chariot."
]Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
]He replied, "How can I, unless someone instructs me?" So he invited Philip to get in and sit with him.
]This was the scripture passage he was reading: "Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opened not his mouth.
]In (his) humiliation justice was denied him. Who will tell of his posterity? For his life is taken from the earth."
]Then the eunuch said to Philip in reply, "I beg you, about whom is the prophet saying this? About himself, or about someone else?"
]Then Philip opened his mouth and, beginning with this scripture passage, he proclaimed Jesus to him.
]As they traveled along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Look, there is water. What is to prevent my being baptized?"
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]Then he ordered the chariot to stop, and Philip and the eunuch both went down into the water, and he baptized him.
]When they came out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but continued on his way rejoicing.
]Philip came to Azotus, and went about proclaiming the good news to all the towns until he reached Caesarea.
Psalms
66(65),8-9.16-17.20.]Bless our God, you peoples,
loudly sound his praise;
]He has given life to our souls,
and has not let our feet slip.
]Hear now, all you who fear God, while I declare
what he has done for me.
]When I appealed to him in words,
praise was on the tip of my tongue.
]Blessed be God who refused me not
my prayer or his kindness!
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John
6,44-51.]Jesus said to the crowds: "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him, and I will raise him on the last day.
]It is written in the prophets: 'They shall all be taught by God.' Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me.
]Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father.
]Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.
]I am the bread of life.
]Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died;
]this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die.
]I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."
St. Peter Gonzales(Dominican Priest (1190-1246))
Saint Peter Gonzalez Dominican Priest (1190-1246) St. Peter Gonzales, also known as St. Elmo or St. Telmo, was born to an aristocratic Castilian family and educated by his uncle, the bishop of Astorga. After professing vows, he was made a canon at the local cathedral. He later joined the Dominican Order and preached while working as a chaplain at the court of King St. Ferdinand III. When King Ferdinand III defeated the Moors at Cordova, St. Peter restrained the troops from pillaging and convinced the king to spare the vanquished. St. Peter counseled the noblemen leading the Reconquista and converted many through his prayers and ministry. His spiritual, Dominican family was the impetus for his actions. His apostolate was the overflow of the interior life (St. Josemaria Escriva). Following King Ferdinand's victories, St. Peter retired from court and focused on preachingthroughout Spain and the Mediterranean coast. He often visited sailors aboard their ships, preached the Gospel and prayed for their needs. He also evangelized in northwestern Spain and ministered to Spanish and Portuguese sailors.After laboring for many years, he passed away on Easter Sunday. He is the help and intercessor of preachers and seafarers.
St. Benezet(Layperson (1165-1184))
SAINT BENEZET, or Little Bennet Layperson (1165-1184) St. Benezet kept his mother's sheep in the country as a child.He built a bridge over the Rhone river in Avignon that prevented drownings and further loss of life. He obtained the bishop's approbation, proved his mission by miracles, and began the work in 1177. St. Benezet passed away in 1184 after directing the bridge's construction. His work was attested by public monuments that are still preserved in Avignon. His remains were buried on the bridge itself, which was not completely finished until four years after his passing. The structure was attended with miracles from the first laying of the foundations till it was completed in 1188. Other miracles at Benezet's tomb caused the city to build a chapel on the bridge, where his body lay for nearly five hundred years. In 1669, a greater part of the bridge fell down because of water damage. St. Benezet's coffin was taken up, and being opened in 1670 in the grand vicar's presence, the body was found entire and without the least sign of corruption. The coffin's iron bars had corroded, but St. Benezet's eyes were still bright and sprightly. St. Benezet's body was found in the same condition by the archbishop of Avignon in 1674. The archbishop, together with the bishop of Orange and a large gathering of nobles, transferred St. Benezet's body to the Church of the Celestines with great solemnity. The Order obtained from Louis XIV the honor of keeping St. Benezet's relics until the time the bridge and chapel are rebuilt.
Sts. Tiburtius(Valerian & Maximus)
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