Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, April 8 2017
Saturday of the Fifth week of Lent
Saturday of the Fifth week of Lent
1. ReadingBook of Ezekiel
37,21-28.]Thus says the Lord GOD: I will take the children of Israel from among the nations to which they have come, and gather them from all sides to bring them back to their land.
]I will make them one nation upon the land, in the mountains of Israel, and there shall be one prince for them all. Never again shall they be two nations, and never again shall they be divided into two kingdoms.
]No longer shall they defile themselves with their idols, their abominations, and all their transgressions. I will deliver them from all their sins of apostasy, and cleanse them so that they may be my people and I may be their God.
]My servant David shall be prince over them, and there shall be one shepherd for them all; they shall live by my statutes and carefully observe my decrees.
]They shall live on the land which I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where their fathers lived; they shall live on it forever, they, and their children, and their children's children, with my servant David their prince forever.
]I will make with them a covenant of peace; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them, and I will multiply them, and put my sanctuary among them forever.
]My dwelling shall be with them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
]Thus the nations shall know that it is I, the LORD, who make Israel holy, when my sanctuary shall be set up among them forever.
Book of Jeremiah
31,10.11-12ab.13.]Hear the word of the LORD, O nations,
Proclaim it on distant isles, and say:
He who scattered Israel, now gathers them together,
He guards them as a shepherd his flock.
]The LORD shall ransom Jacob,
he shall redeem him from the hand of his conqueror.
]Shouting, they shall mount the heights of Zion,
]they shall come streaming to the LORD’s blessings:
]Then the virgins shall make merry and dance,
and young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning into joy,
I will console and gladden them after their sorrows.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John
11,45-56.]Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what Jesus had done began to believe in him.
]But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
]So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, "What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs.
]If we leave him alone, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our land and our nation."
]But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing,
]nor do you consider that it is better for you that one man should die instead of the people, so that the whole nation may not perish."
]He did not say this on his own, but since he was high priest for that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,
]and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the dispersed children of God.
]So from that day on they planned to kill him.
]So Jesus no longer walked about in public among the Jews, but he left for the region near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, and there he remained with his disciples.
]Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before Passover to purify themselves.
]They looked for Jesus and said to one another as they were in the temple area, "What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?"
Bl. Augusto Czartoryski(Priest (1858-1893))
Blessed Augusto Czartoryski Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco (1858-1893) Bl. Augusto Czartoryski was born on August 2, 1858, in Paris, France. He was the firstborn son of Prince Ladislaus of Poland and Princess Maria Amparo, daughter of the duke and queen of Spain. The Czartoryski family had been living in exile in France for almost 30 years at the Lambert Palace. They advocated for their countrymen with the European chancellery.Plans for a Future Prince Prince Ladislaus determined that Augusto would be a future "reference point" for Polish restoration and would carry on the Czartoryski name. However, Augusto caught tuberculosis from his mother. He suffered ill health for the rest of his life while making "forced pilgrimages" with his father to Italy, Switzerland, Egypt and Spain. Augusto was not inclined toward ruling. At 20 years old, he wrote his father: "I confess to you that I am tired ; they are superficial entertainments that cause me anguish and I feel myself forced to make acquaintances with others at these banquets." He was receiving spiritual direction from his tutor, Joseph Kalinsowski, who later became a Carmelite. Joseph Kalinsowski wrote to Ladislaus and suggested entrusting Augusto to a priest for direction before going to Carmel in 1877.Encounter with Don Bosco Ladislaus accepted Joseph Kalinowski's counsel; and Fr. Stanislaus Kubowicz became Augusto's guide. Augusto already felt more and more called to religious life and was hoping for a clearer indication of what God wanted from him. This "decisive event" took place when he was 25 years old and met Don Bosco, the founder of the Salesians. When Don Bosco visited Paris and celebrated Mass at the Lambert Palace's chapel, Augusto saw the "father of his soul" and guide for his future. Augusto travelled to Turin for Don Bosco's spiritual retreats and became comfortable with the "poverty" of the Salesian Oratory. He was not disturbed by his frequent ill health or his father's plans for an arranged marriage. His supernatural virtues helped him see God's hand in all circumstances. He would say: "If God wants this, all will go well since he can take away every obstacle. If he does not want this, then neither do I."A "Prince" for God's Kingdom Pope Leo XIII removed Don Bosco's doubts of receiving Augusto into the Salesians. He gave Augusto this message: "Tell Don Bosco that it is the Pope's will that he receives you among the Salesians." Don Bosco replied: "Well then, my dear son, I accept you. From this moment, you are a part of the Salesian Family..." In 1887, Augusto began his novitiate under the guidance of Don Giulio Barberis. The young man had to overcome many "habits" and adjust to community life, schedule, frugal meals and other sacrifices. All this he did with great serenity and abandonment to God. After declining the princeship a final time, he became a Salesian. On November 24, 1887, Don Bosco said during the vesting: "Courage, my prince! Today we have conquered, and I can also say with great joy that one day when you become a priest you will do much for your Country."One Year as Christ's Priest When Ladislaus asked Cardinal Parocchi to dismiss Augusto from the Salesians, Augusto wrote, "In full liberty I made my vows and I did this with great joy of heart. From that day I continue to live in the Congregation with an immense peace of spirit, and I thank the Lord for allowing me to know the Salesian Family and for having called me to become a Salesian." On April 2, 1892, he was ordained a priest by the bishop of Ventimiglia. Although Prince Ladislaus was not present at the ordination, one month later, joined by the entire family in Mentone, he reconciled himself with his son's decision and renounced his own dreams for Augusto. Augusto died on April 8, 1893, in Alassio, where he lived his year as a priest, occupying a room that looked out onto the courtyard where the children of the Oratory played. He was 35 years old. He intercedes for those who entrust themselves to him and especially for the Salesians. Pope John Paul II beatified him on April 25, 2004.
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