Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, April 22 2017

Saturday of Easter week

Saturday of Easter week

1. Reading

Acts of the Apostles

4,13-21.

]Observing the boldness of Peter and John and perceiving them to be uneducated, ordinary men, the leaders, elders, and scribes were amazed, and they recognized them as the companions of Jesus.
]Then when they saw the man who had been cured standing there with them, they could say nothing in reply.
]So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin, and conferred with one another, saying,
]"What are we to do with these men? Everyone living in Jerusalem knows that a remarkable sign was done through them, and we cannot deny it.
]But so that it may not be spread any further among the people, let us give them a stern warning never again to speak to anyone in this name."
]So they called them back and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
]Peter and John, however, said to them in reply, "Whether it is right in the sight of God for us to obey you rather than God, you be the judges.
]It is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard."
]After threatening them further, they released them, finding no way to punish them, on account of the people who were all praising God for what had happened.

Psalm

Psalms

118(117),1.14-15.16ab-18.19-21.

]Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.
]My strength and my courage is the LORD,
and he has been my savior.
]The joyful shout of victory
in the tents of the just:
]"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.
]Though the LORD has indeed chastised me,
yet he has not delivered me to death.
]Open to me the gates of justice;
I will enter them and give thanks to the LORD.
]This is the gate of the LORD;
the just shall enter it.
]I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me
and have been my savior.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

16,9-15.

]When Jesus had risen, early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.
]She went and told his companions who were mourning and weeping.
]When they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.
]After this he appeared in another form to two of them walking along on their way to the country.
]They returned and told the others; but they did not believe them either.
](But) later, as the eleven were at table, he appeared to them and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart because they had not believed those who saw him after he had been raised.
]He said to them, "Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature."

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St. Soter(Pope and martyr († 175))

SAINT SOTER Pope & Martyr ( 175) St. Soter was consecrated pope in the year 166 after St. Anicetus' passing. He led the Church under a storm of persecution, but acted with the humility and tenderness of a loving father. Despite the Church's dire straits, he assisted the poorest with alms. According to the custom of his predecessors, Pope Soter extended his charities to remote churches. In thanksgiving, St. Dionysius of Corinth writes that Pope Soter's letter was read during Sunday assemblies alongside Pope St. Clement I's letter. Pope Soter opposed Montanus' heresy, which makes him one of the Church's first apologists. He governed the Church until being martyred in 175. He is included in the list of the Church's first 31 popes, all of whom are martyrs.

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St. Leonides(Martyr († 202))

SAINT LEONIDES Martyr ( 202) In the year 202, the tenth of Emperor Severus' reign, a persecution erupted. The empire was filled with martyrs, especially in Egypt. One renowned martyr, whose triumph edified Alexandrians, was Leonides. He was a Christian philosopher with 7 sons. His eldest son, Origen, took after him with a love for learning and piety. While the persecution raged in Alexandria under Lætus, the Egyptian governor, Leonides was imprisoned. Origen was 17 years old; he was cautioned by his mother to exercise temperance. He thus chose to support his family and wrote encouraging letters to his father. Leonides was beheaded in 202. Although his estates and goods were confiscated, the Lord worked great signs through his family and children. Origen's works inspired Christian science and formed Christian thought and doctrine for centuries.

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St. Teodore of Sykeon()

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