Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, April 9 2019
Tuesday of the Fifth week of Lent
Tuesday of the Fifth week of Lent
1. ReadingBook of Numbers
21,4-9.]From Mount Hor the children of Israel set out on the Red Sea road, to by-pass the land of Edom. But with their patience worn out by the journey,
]the people complained against God and Moses, "Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? We are disgusted with this wretched food!"
]In punishment the LORD sent among the people saraph serpents, which bit the people so that many of them died.
]Then the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned in complaining against the LORD and you. Pray the LORD to take the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people,
]and the LORD said to Moses, "Make a saraph and mount it on a pole, and if anyone who has been bitten looks at it, he will recover."
]Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted it on a pole, and whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.
Psalms
102(101),2-3.16-18.19-21.]LORD, hear my prayer;
let my cry come to you.
]Do not hide your face from me
now that I am in distress.
Turn your ear to me;
when I call, answer me quickly.
]The nations shall revere your name, O LORD,
and all the kings of the earth your glory,
]when the LORD has rebuilt Zion
and appeared in his glory;
]when he has regarded the prayer of the destitute,
and not despised their prayer.
]Let this be written for the generation to come,
and let his future creatures praise the LORD:
]"The LORD looked down from his holy height,
from heaven he beheld the earth,
]to hear the groaning of the prisoners,
to release those doomed to die."
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John
8,21-30.]Jesus said to the Pharisees: "I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come."
]So the Jews said, "He is not going to kill himself, is he, because he said, 'Where I am going you cannot come'?"
]He said to them, "You belong to what is below, I belong to what is above. You belong to this world, but I do not belong to this world.
]That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins."
]So they said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "What I told you from the beginning.
]I have much to say about you in condemnation. But the one who sent me is true, and what I heard from him I tell the world."
]They did not realize that he was speaking to them of the Father.
]So Jesus said (to them), "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own, but I say only what the Father taught me.
]The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him."
]Because he spoke this way, many came to believe in him.
Bl. Lindalva Justo de Oliveira((1953-1993))
Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira Martyr, Religious Sister of the Society of the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul (1953-1993) Lindalva Justo de Oliveira was born on 20 October 1953 at Sitio Malhada da Areia, in a very poor area of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Lindalva's father, Joáo Justo da Fé, was a farmer and a widower. His second marriage was to Maria Lúcia de Oliveira. Lindalva was the sixth of 13 children born to the couple. She was baptized on 7 January 1954. Lindalva's father Joáo moved the family to Açu so his children could attend school. After many sacrifices, he bought a house, where the family resides to this day. Lindalva followed her mother's good example, treated the poor as her equals and often associated with them. At age 12, Lindalva received First Holy Communion. She continued assisting the less fortunate through works of mercy. In 1979, while living with her brother Djalma and his family in Natal, she earned an administrative assistant's diploma. From 1978 to 1988, she held various jobs in retail sales and as a cashier at a petrol station. She supported her mother, continued helping the needy and visited the local home for the elderly every day after work. In 1982, as Lindalva lovingly assisted her father in the last months of his terminal illness, she reflected seriously on her life and decided to serve the poor. She then enrolled in a nursing course while taking guitar lessons and cultural studies.In 1986, she participated in the vocational initiatives of the Daughters of Charity; and after receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation in 1987, applied to them for admission. On the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, 11 February 1988, she entered the postulancy. Lindalva's character was marked by a sweet disposition, but also by truthfulness. In a letter to her alcoholic brother Antonio, she wrote: "Think about it and reward yourself. I pray for you very much and I will continue to pray; and if necessary, I will do penance so that you are able to fulfill yourself as a person. Follow Jesus, who fought until death for the life of sinners and gave his own life, not as God but as man, for the forgiveness of sins. We must seek refuge in him; only in him is life worth living." Antonio recovered from alcoholism a year later. On 29 January 1991, Sr. Lindalva was assigned 40 elderly male patients at the municipal nursing home in Salvador da Bahia. She undertook the more humble tasks and sought out those who suffered most. She cared for their well-being and encouraged them to receive the sacraments. She sung and prayed with them; and received a driving license to take them on trips. In January 1993, Augusto da Silva Peixoto, a 46-year-old man, was admitted to the facility through the recommendation of another - without any right to be there. Sr. Lindalva was initially courteous, but she withdrew after he declared his lustful intentions. She would have left, but her love and duty toward the elderly prevented her. She declared, "I prefer to shed my blood than to leave this place." On 30 March, a health-care official restrained Augusto to protect Sr. Lindalva. Augusto promised to improve his attitude and behavior, but harbored deep hatred and resentment. On 9 April 1993, Good Friday, Sr. Lindalva took part in the parish Way of the Cross at 4:30 in the morning. By 7 a.m., she was working to prepare and serve breakfast like she did every day. While serving coffee, Augusto approached and thrust a fishmonger's knife above her collar-bone. Sinking to the ground, she cried "God protect me" several times. Augusto held her up and stabbed her 44 times; shouting, "I should have done this sooner!"He then suddenly became calm, sat down on a bench, wiped the knife on his trousers, threw it on the table and exclaimed: "She did not want me." Turning to the doctor, he said, "You can call the police, I will not run away; I did what had to be done." The next day, Holy Saturday, Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P., Primate of Brazil, celebrated the 39-year-old Sister's funeral and commented: "A few years were enough for Sr. Lindalva to crown her religious life with martyrdom."
St. Waldetrudis((† c. 688))
Saint Waldetrudis( c. 688) Saint Waldetrudis was the daughter of Saints Walbert and Bertilia; and her sister was St. Aldegunus of Maubeuge. She marriedSt. Vincent Madelgarius and became the mother of Saints Landericus, Madalberta, Adeltrudis and Dentelin. When St. Vincent became a monk at the monastery of Hautrnont, St. Waldetrudis established a convent in Chateaulieu, where the town of Mons, Belgium, was founded.
St. Gaucherius()
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