Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, April 22 2019

Monday of Easter week

Monday of Easter week

1. Reading

Acts of the Apostles

2,14.22-33.

]Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice, and proclaimed: "You who are Jews, indeed all of you staying in Jerusalem. Let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
]You who are Israelites, hear these words. Jesus the Nazorean was a man commended to you by God with mighty deeds, wonders, and signs, which God worked through him in your midst, as you yourselves know.
]This man, delivered up by the set plan and foreknowledge of God, you killed, using lawless men to crucify him.
]But God raised him up, releasing him from the throes of death, because it was impossible for him to be held by it.
]For David says of him: 'I saw the Lord ever before me, with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
]Therefore my heart has been glad and my tongue has exulted; my flesh, too, will dwell in hope,
]because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld, nor will you suffer your holy one to see corruption.
]You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.'
]My brothers, one can confidently say to you about the patriarch David that he died and was buried, and his tomb is in our midst to this day.
]But since he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne,
]he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that neither was he abandoned to the netherworld nor did his flesh see corruption.
]God raised this Jesus; of this we are all witnesses.
]Exalted at the right hand of God, he received the promise of the holy Spirit from the Father and poured it forth, as you (both) see and hear.

Psalm

Psalms

16(15),1-2a.5.7-8.9-10.11.

]Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge;
]I say to the LORD, "My Lord are you."
]O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup,
you it is who hold fast my lot.
]I bless the LORD who counsels me;
even in the night my heart exhorts me.
]I set the LORD ever before me;
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
]Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices,
my body, too, abides in confidence
]because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld,
nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption.
]You will show me the path to life,
fullness of joys in your presence,
the delights at your right hand forever.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

28,8-15.

]Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet overjoyed, and ran to announce the news to his disciples.
]And behold, Jesus met them on their way and greeted them. They approached, embraced his feet, and did him homage.
]Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me."
]While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had happened.
]They assembled with the elders and took counsel; then they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,
]telling them, "You are to say, 'His disciples came by night and stole him while we were asleep.'
]And if this gets to the ears of the governor, we will satisfy (him) and keep you out of trouble."
]The soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has circulated among the Jews to the present (day).

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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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