Tuesday of the Seventh week of Easter

Acts of the Apostles

From Miletus Paul had the presbyters of the Church at Ephesus summoned.
When they came to him, he addressed them, "You know how I lived among you the whole time from the day I first came to the province of Asia.
I served the Lord with all humility and with the tears and trials that came to me because of the plots of the Jews,
and I did not at all shrink from telling you what was for your benefit, or from teaching you in public or in your homes.
I earnestly bore witness for both Jews and Greeks to repentance before God and to faith in our Lord Jesus.
But now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem. What will happen to me there I do not know,
except that in one city after another the holy Spirit has been warning me that imprisonment and hardships await me.
Yet I consider life of no importance to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to bear witness to the gospel of God's grace.
"But now I know that none of you to whom I preached the kingdom during my travels will ever see my face again.
And so I solemnly declare to you this day that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you,
for I did not shrink from proclaiming to you the entire plan of God."

Psalms

A bountiful rain you showered down, O God, upon your inheritance;
you restored the land when it languished;
your flock settled in it;
in your goodness, O God, you provided it for the needy.
Blessed day by day be the Lord,
who bears our burdens; God, who is our salvation.
God is a saving God for us;
the LORD, my Lord, controls the passageways of death.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you,
just as you gave him authority over all people, so that he may give eternal life to all you gave him.
Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
I glorified you on earth by accomplishing the work that you gave me to do.
Now glorify me, Father, with you, with the glory that I had with you before the world began.
I revealed your name to those whom you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
Now they know that everything you gave me is from you,
because the words you gave to me I have given to them, and they accepted them and truly understood that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.
I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for the ones you have given me, because they are yours,
and everything of mine is yours and everything of yours is mine, and I have been glorified in them.
And now I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, while I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are."

St. Charles Lwanga & his companions(Martyrs († 1886-1887))

Saint Charles Lwanga and companionsThe 22 Martyrs of Uganda ( 1886-1887) Charles Lwanga was one of 22 Ugandan martyrs who converted from paganism. He was baptized the night before his execution. He was the chief of the royal pages and was considered the strongest athlete of the court. He was also known as "the most handsome man of the Kingdom of the Uganda." Charles instructed his friends in the Catholic Faith and baptized boy pages. He inspired and encouraged his companions to remain chaste and faithful. He protected his companions, ages 13 to 30, from the immoral acts and homosexual demands of the Babandan ruler, Mwanga. Mwanga was a superstitious king who initially tolerated Catholicism. However, his chief assistant, Katikiro, slowly convinced him that Christians were a threat to his rule. The premise was: If Christians would not make sacrifices to the pagan god, nor pillage and massacre, what would happen if the whole kingdom converted to Catholicism? When Charles was sentenced to death, he seemed very peaceful - even cheerful. His sentence was immolation. While the pyre was being prepared, he asked to be untied so he could help arrange the tinder. He afterward laid down upon it. When the executioner said that Charles would burn slowly, Charles replied by saying that he was very glad to be dying for the True Faith. Charles was burned to death by Mwanga's order on June 3, 1886. He did not cry out; and only exclaimed: "Kotanda! (O my God!)" Pope Paul VI canonized Charles Lwanga and his companions on June 22, 1964. We celebrate his memorial on June 3 of the Roman Calendar. St. Charles is the patron saint of the African Youth of Catholic Action.

St. John XXIII(Pope (1881-1963))

SAINT JOHN XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) Pope (from October 28 1958 to June 3 1963) (1881-1963) Blessed Pope John XXIII was born in Sotto il Monte, Diocese of Bergamo, on November 25, 1881. He was baptized Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli. He was the fourth child in a family of fourteen. His family were sharecroppers rich in faith. Their clan was a patriarchal in the sense that the families of two brothers lived together, headed by the great-uncle Zaverio, whose wisdom guided the work and business of the family. Zaverio was Angelo's godfather. He gave Angelo his first, most fundamental religious education. The family's religious atmosphere and the parish's fervent life, guided by Fr. Francesco Rebuzzini, helped Angelo cultivate supernatural virtues. Angelo entered the Bergamo seminary in 1892. He began making spiritual notes, which continued in one form or another until his death, and which have been gathered together in Journal a Soul. Angelo also began the deeply-cherished practice of regular spiritual direction. In 1896, he was admitted to the Secular Franciscan Order by the spiritual director of the Bergamo seminary, Fr. Luigi Isacchi. He made a profession of its rule on May 23, 1897. From 1901 to 1905, Angelo was a student at the Pontifical Roman Seminary. He was ordained at the Church of Santa Maria in Monte Santo, on August 10, 1904, in Rome's Piazza del Popolo. In 1905, Fr. Angelo was appointed secretary to the new bishop of Bergamo, Giacomo Maria Radini Tedeschi. He accompanied the bishop during pastoral visitations and collaborated with him in many initiatives: a synod, management of the diocesan bulletin, pilgrimages and social works. In the seminary, Fr. Angelo taught history, patrology and apologetics. He was an elegant, profound, effective and sought-after preacher. These years deepened the future pope's spiritual encounter with two saints: St. Charles Borromeo and St. Francis de Sales. Fr. Angelo emulated the pastoral involvement of those saints while working alongside his bishop. When Bishop Giacomo passed away in 1914, Fr. Angelo continued teaching in the seminary and ministering in various pastoral areas. When Italy entered World War I the following year, Fr. Angelo was drafted as a sergeant in the medical corps and became a chaplain to wounded soldiers. When the war ended, he opened a "Student House" for the spiritual needs of young people. In 1919, Fr. Angelo was made spiritual director of the seminary. In 1921, he was called to Rome by Pope Benedict XV and appointed president of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. In 1925, Pope Pius XI named Fr. Angelo apostolic visitator in Bulgaria: making him titular representative of the Diocese of Areopolis. For his episcopal motto, Fr. Angelo chose Oboedientia et Pax, "Obedience and Peace." On March 19, 1925, Fr. Angelo was consecrated bishop and left for Bulgaria. He was granted the title Apostolic Delegate and remained in Bulgaria until 1935. He visited Catholic communities and established relationships of respect and esteem with other Christian communities. In the aftermath of the 1928 earthquake, Bp. Angelo's solicitude was present everywhere. He silently endured the misunderstandings and other difficulties of a ministry on the fringes of society, and thus refined his sense of trust and abandonment to Jesus crucified. In 1935, Bp. Angelo was named Apostolic Delegate in Turkey and Greece. The Catholic Church was present in many ways in the young Turkish republic. His ministry among the Catholics was intense, and his respectful approach and dialogue with the worlds of Orthodoxy and Islam became a feature of his tenure. When World War Two broke, out he was in Greece. He strove to bring news about prisoners of war to their families and assisted many Jews in escaping by issuing "transit visas" from the Apostolic Delegation. In December 1944, Pope Pius XII appointed Bp. Angelo nuncio in France. During the last months of the war and the beginning of peace, Bp. Angelo aided prisoners of war and helped normalize the ecclesiastical organization of France. He visited the great shrines of France and participated in popular feasts and important religious celebrations. He was an attentive, prudent and positive observer of the new pastoral initiatives of the bishops and clergy of France. His approach was always characterized by striving for simplicity, even amid the most complex diplomatic questions. The sincere piety of his interior life found expression each day in prolonged periods of prayer and meditation. In 1953, Bp. Angelo was elected cardinal and sent to Venice as a patriarch. He was filled with joy at the prospect of ending his days in the direct care of souls, which he had always desired since becoming a priest. He was a wise and enterprising pastor who emulated the model pastors he venerated. He walked in the footsteps of Venice's first patriarch, St. Laurence Giustiniani. As he advanced in years, his trust in the Lord grew in the midst of energetic, enterprising and joyful pastoral labors. Cardinal Angelo succeeded Pope Pius XII on October 28, 1958, and took the name John XXIII. His pontificate, which lasted less than five years, presented him to the entire world as an authentic image of the Good Shepherd. Meek and gentle, enterprising and courageous, simple and active, he carried out the Christian duties of the corporal and spiritual works of mercy: visiting the imprisoned and the sick, welcoming those of every nation and faith, and bestowing on all his exquisite, fatherly care. His social magisterium in the encyclicals Pacem in Terris and Mater et Magistra are highly relevant. Pope John XXIII convoked the Roman Synod, established the Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law and summoned the Second Vatican Council (resulting in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, etc.). He was present as bishop in his Diocese of Rome through his visitation of the parishes, especially those in the new suburbs. The faithful saw that he reflected God's goodness and called him "the good Pope." All his effort was sustained by prayer. He passed away on the evening of June 3, 1963, in a spirit of profound trust in Jesus and of longing for His embrace. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 3, 2000, in Rome.(From L'Osservatore Romano, Weekly Edition in English September 6 2000)

Bl. Ignatius Mayolan(Archbishop & Martyr (1869-1915))

Blessed Ignatius Maloyan Armenian Catholic Archbishop & Martyr (1869-1915) Ignatius Maloyan (Shoukrallah) was the son of Melkon and Faridé. He was born in 1869, in Mardin, Turkey.His parish priest noticed signs of a priestly vocation and sent him to the convent of Bzommar-Lebanon when he was 14 years old. After finishing his superior studies in 1896, he was ordained at the Church of Bzommar convent on the feast day of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He became a member of the Bzommar Institute and adopted the name Ignatius in remembrance of the famous martyr of Antioch. From 1897 to 1910, Father Ignatius was the parish priest in Alexandria and Cairo, where his good reputation was widespread. His Beatitude Patriarch Boghos Bedros XII appointed Fr. Ignatius as his assistant in 1904. However, a disease affecting Fr. Ignatius' eyes and breathing forced him to return to Egypt, where he stayed until 1910. He was afterward sent by Patriarch Sabbaghian to restore order at the Diocese of Mardin.On October 22, 1911, the Synod of Bishops assembled in Rome and elected Fr. Ignatius as Mardin's archbishop. He took on the new assignment, planned on renewing the wrecked diocese and encouraged devotion to the Sacred Heart. At the outbreak of the First World War, the Armenians residing in Turkey, then allied with Germany, began enduring unspeakable sufferings. A campaign of extermination began on April 24, 1915, known as the Armenian genocide. On April 30, 1915, Turkish soldiers surrounded the Armenian Catholic Bishopric and church in Mardin on the basis that they were hide-outs for arms. In May, Abp. Ignatius informed his priests of the dangers. On June 3, Turkish soldiers dragged him and 27 Armenian Catholics in chains to court. The next day, 25 priests and 862 believers were arrested. During the trial, the chief of police, Mamdooh Bek, asked Abp. Ignatius to convert to Islam. The Archbishop answered that he loved and followed Jesus Christ. In retaliation, Mamdooh hit Abp. Ignatius on the head with the rear of his pistol. The soldiers chained Bp. Ignatius' feet and hands, threw him on the ground and hit him mercilessly. With each blow, the Archbishop was heard saying, "Oh Lord, have mercy on me, oh Lord, give me strength." He asked the priests present for absolution. The soldiers continued striking him and extracted his toe nails. On June 9, Abp. Ignatius' mother visited him and cried for his state, so he encouraged her. The next day, Turkish soldiers gathered 447 Armenians into a convoys and took the desert route. Abp. Ignatius encouraged his parishioners to remain firm. When they knelt together, he prayed to God that they accept martyrdom with patience and courage. The priests granted the believers absolution; and Abp. Ignatius took out a piece of bread, blessed it, recited the words of the Eucharist and gave it to his priests to distribute. One of the soldiers, an eye witness, recounted this scene: "That hour, I saw a cloud covering the prisoners and from all emitted a perfumed scent. There was a look of joy and serenity on their faces." After a two-hour walk, the soldiers attacked the prisoners and killed them before the Bishop's eyes. After the massacre, Mamdooh Bek asked Abp. Ignatius to convert. The latter replied: "I shall live and die for Jesus Christ." Mamdooh became infuriated, drew his pistol and shot Abp. Ignatius. Dying, Abp. Ignatius said, "My God, have mercy on me; into your hands I commend my spirit." Abp. Ignatius Mayolan was beatified by Pope John Paul II on October 7, 2001, in Rome.

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