Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, April 29 2018
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Fifth Sunday of Easter
1. ReadingActs of the Apostles
9,26-31.]When he arrived in Jerusalem he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
]Then Barnabas took charge of him and brought him to the apostles, and he reported to them how on the way he had seen the Lord and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.
]He moved about freely with them in Jerusalem, and spoke out boldly in the name of the Lord.
]He also spoke and debated with the Hellenists, but they tried to kill him.
]And when the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him on his way to Tarsus.
]The church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace. It was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord, and with the consolation of the holy Spirit it grew in numbers.
Psalms
22(21),26b-27.28.30.31-32.]I will fulfill my vows before those who fear him.
]The lowly shall eat their fill;
They who seek the LORD shall praise him:
"May your hearts be ever merry!"
]All the ends of the earth
shall remember and turn to the LORD;
All the families of the nations
shall bow down before him.
]To him alone shall bow down
all who sleep in the earth;
Before him shall bend
all who go down into the dust.
]And to him my soul shall live;
my descendants shall serve him.
]Let the coming generation be told of the LORD
that they may proclaim to a people yet to be born
the justice he has shown.
First Letter of John
3,18-24.]Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.
](Now) this is how we shall know that we belong to the truth and reassure our hearts before him
]in whatever our hearts condemn, for God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.
]Beloved, if (our) hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence in God
]and receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
]And his commandment is this: we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another just as he commanded us.
]Those who keep his commandments remain in him, and he in them, and the way we know that he remains in us is from the Spirit that he gave us.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John
15,1-8.]Jesus said to his disciples: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
]He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.
]You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.
]Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.
]I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.
]Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned.
]If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.
]By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples."
St. Catherine of Siena(Doctor of the Church (1347-1380))
SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA Virgin and Doctor of the ChurchCo patron of Europe - Feast in Europe (1347-1380) St. Catherine, the daughter of a tradesman, became one of the Church's most daring saints. As a child, she prayed a Hail Mary on each step of the stairs and was granted a vision of Christ in glory. She made a vow of virginity at 7 years old and later endured resentment and mistreatment for her decision. She mystically received Jesus' Heart in exchange for her own, Holy Communion from an angel and the five sacred wounds (stigmata). St. Catherine entered the Third Order of St. Dominic when she was 15 years old. She lived at her father's shop and united a life of active charity with contemplative prayer. From her relatively obscure home, she arose to defend the Church. She received support thanks to her brilliance and the work of the Holy Spirit. She travelled throughout Italy with three confessors and subdued rebellious churchmen to the Holy See. Against impossible odds, St. Catherine sought out Gregory XI in Avignon, brought him back to Rome, and by her letters to the kings and queens of Europe made good the papal cause. She was the counsellor of Pope Urban VI and sternly rebuked disloyal cardinals who elected an antipope. She also foretold the terrible schism, which began ere she died. St. Catherine prayed ceaselessly for unity and peace. However, the devil incited the Roman people to kill the pope; and she saw the city full of demons. Violence was averted through her prayers, but devils took revenge by scourging her. Her experience of the demonic is similar to that of St. Padre Pio and other saints. In 1380, at 33 years old, St. Catherine passed away in Rome. She was canonized in 1461 and was declared a doctor of the Church in 1970. She is a mighty intercessor and the help of Christians.
St. Hugh of Cluny(Abbot (1024-1109))
SAINT HUGH Abbot of Cluny (1024-1109) Saint Hugh was a prince related to the sovereign house of the dukes of Burgundy. He was educated by Bishop Hugh of Auxerre, his great-uncle. As a youth, he prayed and meditated regularly, and his life was remarkably innocent and holy. St. Hugh heard about the sanctity of the monks of Cluny under St. Odilo. He was deeply moved by their fervor and set out to join them. After a rigid novitiate, he made his profession in 1039 at 16 years old. When St. Odilo passed away in 1049, the 25-year-old Hugh was elected as leader of the great abbey, which he governed for 62 years. St. Hugh received to the religious state Duke Hugh of Burgundy. He passed away on April 29, 1109.He was canonized 12 years later by Pope Calixtus II.
Bl. Mary Magdalene of the Incarnation((1770-1824))
Bl. Mary Magdalene of the Incarnation Foundress, Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament (1770-1824) Caterina Sordini was born on April 16, 1770, in Grosseto, Italy; the fourth of nine children. At 17 years old, her father arranged her marriage to a maritime merchant. She reluctantly agreed and was given a casket of jewels. Once, when she admired herself, Our Crucified Lord asked her: "Do you want to leave me for another?" She thus pursued her vocation. In February 1788, Caterina visited the Franciscan Tertiary Monastery in Ischia di Castro. She began her novitiate immediately, which surprised her father, who thought she was only visiting. Caterina received the habit six months later and took the name Sr. Mary Magdalene of the Incarnation. On February 19, 1789, Sr. Mary fell into ecstasy and saw a vision. She saw "Jesus seated on a throne of grace in the Blessed Sacrament, surrounded by virgins adoring him." He told her: "I have chosen you to establish the work of perpetual adorers who, day and night, will offer me their humble adoration..." She understood that she would be a foundress who adored Jesus in the Eucharist. Sr. Mary was elected abbess on April 20, 1802. The period of her governance was accompanied by extraordinary phenomena and increased fervor. When her spiritual director and the bishop consented to her new order's perpetual adoration of the Eucharist, she drafted the rule. On May 31, 1807, she set out for Rome. On July 8, Abb. Mary moved into Sts. Joachim and Anne convent near the Trevi Fountain. However, the convent was confiscated during the French occupation, the Order was suppressed and Abb. Mary was exiled to Tuscany. On March 19, 1814, she settled in Rome's Sant'Anna al Quirinale. On February 13, 1818, Pope Pius VII approved her Order's dedication to the perpetual exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Mother Mary Magdalene passed away on April 29, 1824. She was buried in Rome's Sant'Anna al Quirinale. In 1839, her remains were translated to the Church of Santa Maria Maddalena, the new generalate of the Perpetual Adorers in Rome.Pope John Paul II decreed her heroic virtues in 2001. She was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on May 3, 2008.
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