Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, April 29 2019
Monday of the Second week of Easter
Monday of the Second week of Easter
1. ReadingActs of the Apostles
4,23-31.]After their release Peter and John went back to their own people and reported what the chief priests and elders had told them.
]And when they heard it, they raised their voices to God with one accord and said, "Sovereign Lord, maker of heaven and earth and the sea and all that is in them,
]you said by the holy Spirit through the mouth of our father David, your servant: 'Why did the Gentiles rage and the peoples entertain folly?
]The kings of the earth took their stand and the princes gathered together against the Lord and against his anointed.'
]Indeed they gathered in this city against your holy servant Jesus whom you anointed, Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
]to do what your hand and (your) will had long ago planned to take place.
]And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and enable your servants to speak your word with all boldness,
]as you stretch forth (your) hand to heal, and signs and wonders are done through the name of your holy servant Jesus."
]As they prayed, the place where they were gathered shook, and they were all filled with the holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.
Psalms
2,1-3.4-6.7-9.]Why do the nations rage
and the peoples utter folly?
]The kings of the earth rise up,
and the princes conspire together
against the LORD and against his anointed:
]"Let us break their fetters and cast their bonds from us!"
]He who is throned in heaven laughs;
the LORD derides them.
]Then in anger he speaks to them;
he terrifies them in his wrath:
]"I myself have set up my king on Zion, my holy mountain."
]I will proclaim the decree of the LORD:
The LORD said to me, "You are my Son;
this day I have begotten you."
]"Ask of me and I will give you the nations for an inheritance
and the ends of the earth for your possession.
]You shall rule them with an iron rod;
you shall shatter them like an earthen dish."
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John
3,1-8.]There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
]He came to Jesus at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you are doing unless God is with him."
]Jesus answered and said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above."
]Nicodemus said to him, "How can a person once grown old be born again? Surely he cannot reenter his mother's womb and be born again, can he?"
]Jesus answered, "Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.
]What is born of flesh is flesh and what is born of spirit is spirit.
]Do not be amazed that I told you, 'You must be born from above.'
]The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
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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