Saturday of the Seventh week of Easter

Acts of the Apostles

When he entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.
Three days later he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered he said to them, "My brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or our ancestral customs, I was handed over to the Romans as a prisoner from Jerusalem.
After trying my case the Romans wanted to release me, because they found nothing against me deserving the death penalty.
But when the Jews objected, I was obliged to appeal to Caesar, even though I had no accusation to make against my own nation.
This is the reason, then, I have requested to see you and to speak with you, for it is on account of the hope of Israel that I wear these chains."
He remained for two full years in his lodgings. He received all who came to him,
and with complete assurance and without hindrance he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.

Psalms

The LORD is in his holy temple;
the LORD's throne is in heaven.
His eyes behold,
his searching glance is on mankind.
The LORD searches the just and the wicked;
the lover of violence he hates.
For the LORD is just, he loves just deeds;
the upright shall see his face.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

Peter turned and saw the disciple following whom Jesus loved, the one who had also reclined upon his chest during the supper and had said, "Master, who is the one who will betray you?"
When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord, what about him?"
Jesus said to him, "What if I want him to remain until I come? What concern is it of yours? You follow me."
So the word spread among the brothers that that disciple would not die. But Jesus had not told him that he would not die, just "What if I want him to remain until I come? (What concern is it of yours?)"
It is this disciple who testifies to these things and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true.
There are also many other things that Jesus did, but if these were to be described individually, I do not think the whole world would contain the books that would be written.

St. Robert of Newminster(Abbot (12th century))

ST. ROBERT OF NEWMINSTER(12th century) In 1132, Robert, a monk in Whitby, England, received news that thirteen religious had been violently expelled from the Abbey of St. Mary in York. They were expelled for proposing to restore the strict Benedictine rule. Robert set out to join them and found them living on the banks of the Skeld, in the midst of winter, in a hut made of hurdles and roofed with turf. In the spring, they affiliated themselves with St. Bernard's reform in Clairvaux; and for two years, they struggled on in extreme poverty. At length, the fame of their sanctity brought another novice, Hugh, the dean of York, who endowed the community with all his wealth. Hugh laid the foundation of Fountains Abbey. In 1137, Raynulph, the baron of Morpeth, was so edified by the monks' example that he built them a monastery in Northumberland, called Newminster, where Robert was elected abbot. The holiness of Robert's life, even more than his words, guided his brethren to perfection. Within ten years, three communities went forth and founded new centers. His abstinence in the community's refectory helped maintain the community's mortified spirit. One Easter Day, his stomach, weakened by the fast of Lent, could take no food. After consenting to eat some bread sweetened with honey, he felt that relaxing would be a dangerous example, and sent the food untouched to the poor at the gate. The plate was received by a young man of shining countenance who straightaway disappeared. At the next meal, the plate descended empty to the abbot's place in the refectory, proving that what he had sacrificed for his brethren was accepted by Christ. At the moment of Robert's death in 1159, St. Godric, the hermit of Finchale, saw the latter's soul borne by angels. As Heaven opened, a voice repeated twice, "Enter now, my friends."

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