Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, April 19 2016

Tuesday of the Fourth week of Easter

Tuesday of the Fourth week of Easter

1. Reading

Acts of the Apostles

11,19-26.

]Those who had been scattered by the persecution that arose because of Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but Jews.
]There were some Cypriots and Cyrenians among them, however, who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the Lord Jesus.
]The hand of the Lord was with them and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.
]The news about them reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to go to Antioch.
]When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain faithful to the Lord in firmness of heart,
]for he was a good man, filled with the Holy Spirit and faith. And a large number of people was added to the Lord.
]Then he went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
]and when he had found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a large number of people, and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.

Psalm

Psalms

87(86),1-3.4-5.6-7.

]His foundation upon the holy mountains,
the LORD loves:
]the gates of Zion,
more than any dwelling of Jacob.
]Glorious things are said of you,
O city of God!
]I tell of Egypt and Babylon
among those who know the LORD;
of Philistia, Tyre, Ethiopia:
"This man was born there."
]and of Zion they shall say:
“One and all were born in her;
and he who has established her
is the Most High LORD.”
]They shall note, when the peoples are enrolled:
"This man was born there."
]And all shall sing, in their festive dance:
"My home is within you."

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

10,22-30.

]The feast of the Dedication was taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter.
]And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon.
]So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly."
]Jesus answered them, "I told you and you do not believe. The works I do in my Father's name testify to me.
]But you do not believe, because you are not among my sheep.
]My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
]I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand.
]My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out of the Father's hand.
]The Father and I are one."

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St. Elphege(Archbishop and Martyr (954-1012))

SAINT ELPHEGE Archbishop, Martyr (954-1012) St. Elphege was a Saxon nobleman. He became a monk at the monastery of Deerhurst, near Tewkesbury, England. The institute was a center of higher learning during the Middle Ages. He later became a hermit near Bath and founded a community under St. Benedict's rule. St. Elphege was consecrated bishop of Winchester in the year 984. Twenty-two years later, he was consecrated archbishop of Canterbury. In 1011, when the Danes landed in Kent and captured the city of Canterbury, St. Elphege was taken hostage. He was unwilling to have his people pay the ransom and was imprisoned in Greenwich for seven months. When St. Elphege's friends asked him to tax tenants to pay his ransom, he replied, "What reward can I hope for if I spend on myself what belongs to the poor? It's better to give them what's ours than to take from them the little that they own." Soon after, the Bishop was assaulted. One of his attackers, whom he had baptized, mercifully killed him with an axe. St. Elphege prayed for them while dying. He was martyred on Easter Saturday, April 19, 1012. Bp. Elphege's body was first buried in St. Paul's, London. He was afterward transferred to Canterbury by King Canute. A church dedicated to St. Elphege still stands upon the place of his martyrdom in Greenwich.

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