Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, April 16 2017
Easter Sunday: The Resurrection of the Lord - Solemnity
Easter Sunday: The Resurrection of the Lord - Solemnity
1. ReadingActs of the Apostles
10,34a.37-43.]Peter proceeded to speak and said, "You know
]what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached,
]how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
]We are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and (in) Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree.
]This man God raised (on) the third day and granted that he be visible,
]not to all the people, but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
]He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.
]To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name."
Psalms
118(117),1-2.16ab-17.22-23.]Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.
]Let the house of Israel say,
"His mercy endures forever."
]"The right hand of the LORD is exalted;
]the right hand of the LORD has struck with power."
]I shall not die, but live,
and declare the works of the LORD.
]The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
]By the LORD has this been done;
it is wonderful in our eyes.
Letter to the Colossians
3,1-4.]Brothers and sisters: If you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
]Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.
]For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
]When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John
20,1-9.]On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
]So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they put him."
]So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.
]They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first;
]he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.
]When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,
]and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.
]Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.
]For they did not yet understand the scripture that he had to rise from the dead.
St. Engratia and Saragossa's Martyrs((† 304))
THE EIGHTEEN MARTYRS OF SARAGOSSA and ST. ENCRATIS, or ENGRATIA Virgin and Martyr ( 304) During Diocletian's persecution in 304, St. Optatus and seventeen holy men were martyred on the same day in Saragossa. Two others, Caius and Crementius, were martyred during a second persecution and died from torture. The Church also celebrates St. Encratis, or Engratia, a native of Portugal. Her father had promised her in marriage to a man of quality in Roussillon. She instead consecrated her virginity to Christ and served Him without hindrance. St. Engratia stole away from her father's house and fled privately to Saragossa. She reproached Governor Dacian for persecuting Christians and was tortured. Her sides were torn with iron hooks, one of her breasts was cut off and part of her liver was pulled out. Her relics and those of Saragossa's martyrs were recovered in 1389.
St. Bernadette Soubirous()
St. Bernadette SoubirousReligious and Visionary (1844-1879) Bernadette was born in Lourdes, France, on January 7, 1844, the daughter of Francis and Louise Soubirous. Hard times had fallen on France and the family lived in extreme poverty. Bernadette was a sickly child. She contracted cholera as a toddler and suffered severe asthma for the rest of her life. Bernadette attended the day school of the Sisters of Charity and Christian Instruction from Nevers. By the time of the events at the grotto, her family's financial and social status had declined to the point where they lived in a one-room basement, formerly used as a jail, called le cachot. On February 11, 1858, Bernadette was granted a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary in a cave on the banks of the Gave River near Lourdes. She was placed in considerable jeopardy when she reported the vision; but crowds gathered when she had futher visits from the Virgin, from February 18 of that year through March 4.The civil authorities tried to frighten Bernadette into recanting her accounts, but she remained steadfast. On February 25, Our Lady revealed a spring hidden below mud and debris in the cave, whose waters miraculously healed the sick and the lame.On March 25, Bernadette announced that Our Lady claimed to be the Immaculate Conception, which convinced the local priest. Our Lady asked that a church be built on the site and for prayer and penance. Many authorities tried to shut down the spring and delay the chapel's construction. Bernadette's visions reached Empress Eugenie of France, the wife of Napoleon III, who expedited the construction. Crowds gathered, free of harassment from the anticlerical and antireligious officials. Bernadette disliked the attention she attracted and went to the hospice school run by the Sisters of Charity of Nevers, where she finally learned to read and write. Although she considered joining the Carmelites, her health precluded her entering any of the strict contemplative orders.On July 29, 1866, with forty-two other candidates, she took the religious habit of a postulant and joined the Sisters of Charity at their motherhouse at Nevers. She faced harsh treatment from the mistress of novices, but was relieved once her painful, incurable illness was discovered. On her deathbed, Bernadette suffered from severe pain. The Holy Virgin once reminded her, "Penance, Penance, Penance." With heroic generosity and love in the face of immense suffering, Bernadette exclaimed "all this is good for Heaven!" Her final words were, "Blessed Mary, Mother of God, pray for me! A poor sinner, a poor sinner." She passed away in Nevers on April 16, 1879. Lourdes became one of the major pilgrimage destinations in the world. The spring has produced 27,000 gallons of water each week since emerging during Bernadette's visions. She was not involved in the building of the shrine as she remained hidden in her monastic enclosure at Nevers. Bernadette was beatified in 1925 and canonized in 1933 by Pope Pius XI.
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