Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, April 15 2019

Monday of Holy Week

Monday of Holy Week

1. Reading

Book of Isaiah

42,1-7.

]Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased, Upon whom I have put my Spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations,
]Not crying out, not shouting, not making his voice heard in the street.
]A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoldering wick he shall not quench,
]Until he establishes justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait for his teaching.
]Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spreads out the earth with its crops, Who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk on it:
]I, the LORD, have called you for the victory of justice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed you, and set you as a covenant of the people, a light for the nations,
]To open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.

Psalm

Psalms

27(26),1.2.3.13-14.

]The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom should I fear?
The LORD is my life's refuge;
of whom should I be afraid?
]When evildoers come at me
to devour my flesh,
My foes and my enemies
themselves stumble and fall.
]Though an army encamp against me,
my heart will not fear;
Though war be waged upon me,
even then will I trust.
]I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD
in the land of the living.
]Wait for the LORD with courage;
be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

12,1-11.

]Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
]They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served, while Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him.
]Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine aromatic nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair; the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
]Then Judas the Iscariot, one (of) his disciples, and the one who would betray him, said,
]Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days' wages and given to the poor?
]He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief and held the money bag and used to steal the contributions.
]So Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Let her keep this for the day of my burial.
]You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me."
](The) large crowd of the Jews found out that he was there and came, not only because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
]And the chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus too,
]because many of the Jews were turning away and believing in Jesus because of him.

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St. Paternus(Bishop (5th century))

SAINT PATERNUS Bishop (c. 482 - c. 550) St. Paternus was born in Poitiers, France, circa 482. His father, Patranus, went to Ireland for holy solitude near the end of life. St. Paternus began his monastic vocation at the abbey of Marnes. He later went to Cardiganshire (present-day Ceredigion) in Wales and founded a monastery. The monastery was mentioned as Llan-patern-vaur, or the church of the great Paternus, but is today called St. Padarn's Church. St. Paternus visited his father in Ireland before being called back to the monastery of Marnes. He later retired with St. Scubilion, a monk of that house, and embraced an austere anchoretical life in the forests of Scicy (present-day Cerisy Forest). They obtained the bishop and ruling lord's consent to live near the sea in the diocese of Coutances. Their area, which had been popular among Druids, has since been eroded by the sea. St. Paternus converted neighboring communities as far as Bayeux and demolished a pagan temple used for votive offerings and human sacrifice. In his old age, St. Paternus was consecrated bishop of Avranches by St. Germanus, the bishop of Rouen. When false shepherds sowed discord among the bishops with respect to St. Paternus, they fell away after their accusations were tested. After governing his diocese for thirteen years, St. Paternus sought holy solitude. He passed away peacefully around the year 550.

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