Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, April 16 2019
Tuesday of Holy Week
Tuesday of Holy Week
1. ReadingBook of Isaiah
49,1-6.]Hear me, O islands, listen, O distant peoples. The Lord called me from birth, from my mother's womb he gave me my name.
]He made of me a sharp-edged sword and concealed me in the shadow of his arm. He made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me.
]You are my servant, he said to me, Israel, through whom I show my glory.
]Though I thought I had toiled in vain, and for nothing, uselessly, spent my strength, Yet my reward is with the LORD, my recompense is with my God.
]For now the LORD has spoken who formed me as his servant from the womb, That Jacob may be brought back to him and Israel gathered to him; And I am made glorious in the sight of the LORD, and my God is now my strength!
]It is too little, he says, for you to be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and restore the survivors of Israel; I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.
Psalms
71(70),1-2.3-4a.5-6ab.15.17.]In you, LORD, I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame.
]In your justice rescue and deliver me;
incline your ear to me, and save me.
]Be my rock of refuge,
a stronghold to give me safety,
for you are my rock and my fortress.
]O my God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked.
]For you are my hope, O Lord;
my trust, O God, from my youth.
]On you I depend from birth;
]from my mother's womb you are my strength.
]My mouth shall declare your justice,
day by day your salvation.
]O God, you have taught me from my youth,
and till the present I proclaim your wondrous deeds.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John
13,21-33.36-38.]Reclining at table with his disciples, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified, «Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.»
]The disciples looked at one another, at a loss as to whom he meant.
]One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at Jesus' side.
]So Simon Peter nodded to him to find out whom he meant.
]He leaned back against Jesus' chest and said to him, "Master, who is it?"
]Jesus answered, "It is the one to whom I hand the morsel after I have dipped it." So he dipped the morsel and (took it and) handed it to Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot.
]After he took the morsel, Satan entered him. So Jesus said to him, "What you are going to do, do quickly."
](Now) none of those reclining at table realized why he said this to him.
]Some thought that since Judas kept the money bag, Jesus had told him, "Buy what we need for the feast," or to give something to the poor.
]So he took the morsel and left at once. And it was night.
]When Judas had left them, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
](If God is glorified in him,) God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once.
]My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, and as I told the Jews, 'Where I go you cannot come,' so now I say it to you.
]Simon Peter said to him, "Master, where are you going?" Jesus answered (him), "Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, though you will follow later."
]Peter said to him, "Master, why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you."
]Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow before you deny me three times."
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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