Catholic Missal of the day: Wednesday, April 17 2019
Wednesday of Holy Week
Wednesday of Holy Week
1. ReadingBook of Isaiah
50,4-9a.]The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear;
]And I have not rebelled, have not turned back.
]I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; My face I did not shield from buffets and spitting.
]The Lord GOD is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame.
]He is near who upholds my right; if anyone wishes to oppose me, let us appear together. Who disputes my right? Let him confront me.
]See, the Lord GOD is my help; who will prove me wrong?
Psalms
69(68),8-10.21bcd-22.31.33-34.]For your sake I bear insult,
and shame covers my face.
]I have become an outcast to my brothers,
a stranger to my mother's sons,
]because zeal for your house consumes me,
and the insults of those who blaspheme you fall upon me.
]Insult has broken my heart, and I am weak,
]I looked for sympathy, but there was none;
]for consolers, not one could I find.
]Rather they put gall in my food,
and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
]I will praise the name of God in song,
and I will glorify him with thanksgiving.
]“See, you lowly ones, and be glad;
you who seek God, may your hearts revive!
]For the LORD hears the poor,
and his own who are in bonds he spurns not.”
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew
26,14-25.]One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
]and said, "What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?" They paid him thirty pieces of silver,
]and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over.
]On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"
]He said, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The teacher says, "My appointed time draws near; in your house I shall celebrate the Passover with my disciples."'"
]The disciples then did as Jesus had ordered, and prepared the Passover.
]When it was evening, he reclined at table with the Twelve.
]And while they were eating, he said, "Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me."
]Deeply distressed at this, they began to say to him one after another, "Surely it is not I, Lord?"
]He said in reply, "He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me is the one who will betray me.
]The Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had never been born."
]Then Judas, his betrayer, said in reply, "Surely it is not I, Rabbi?" He answered, "You have said so."
St. Anicetus(Pope and Martyr († 173))
SAINT ANICETUS Pope, Martyr ( 173) St. Anicetus succeeded St. Pius as pope in the year 165. He governed as pope for eight years until 173. He was not martyred, but is mentioned in martyrologies because he suffered and faced danger. St. Anicetus was persuaded by St. Polycarp to tolerate the Asiatics' custom of celebrating Easter on the 14th day of the first moon after the vernal equinox with the Jews. Meanwhile, St. Anicetus protected his flock from the heresies of Valentine and Marcion. The first thirty-six bishops of Rome down to Liberius, and all the popes to Symmachus, the fifty-second pope, are honored among the saints. Out of 248 popes from St. Peter to Clement XIII, 78 are named in the Roman Martyrology.
St. Robert of Chaise Dieu()
St. Stephen Harding()
Saint Stephen HardingCo-founder of Cistercian Order (ca. 1050 - 1134) Stephen Harding was born in Dorset, England. He was fluent in English, Norman French and Latin. He was placed in the abbey of Sherbourne at a young age and later became a travelling scholar. He eventually moved to the abbey of Molesme in Burgundy, France, under the abbot Robert of Molesme (c. 1027 - 1111). When Robert departed Molesme, Stephen and Alberic went with him. They reformed the Benedictines now known as the Cistercian Order (often called Trappists). When 21 monks deserted Molesme and joined Robert, the three formed a new monastery in Citeaux. Robert was the abbot in Citeaux before returning to Molesme a year later. Alberic then served as abbot until his death in 1108. Stephen, the youngest of the three, became the third abbot and guided the new monastery during a period of growth. Bernard of Clairvaux visited in 1112. Between 1112 and 1119, a dozen new Cistercian houses were founded. In 1119, St. Stephen wrote the Carta Caritatis ('Charter of Love'), an important document for the Cistercian Order about its unifying principles. Stephen served the house in Citeaux for 25 years. While no single person is considered the Cistercian Order's founder, its tenets and rapid growth in the 12th century are thanks to Stephen Harding. In 1133, he resigned as head of the order. He passed away the following year and joined the Church Triumphant in Heaven.
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