Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, March 29 2016

Tuesday of Easter week

Tuesday of Easter week

1. Reading

Acts of the Apostles

2,36-41.

]On the day of Pentecost, Peter said to the Jewish people, "Let the whole house of Israel know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."
]Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they asked Peter and the other apostles, "What are we to do, my brothers?"
]Peter (said) to them, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit.
]For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far off, whomever the Lord our God will call."
]He testified with many other arguments, and was exhorting them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation."
]Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand persons were added that day.

Psalm

Psalms

33(32),4-5.18-19.20.22.

]Upright is the word of the LORD,
and all his works are trustworthy.
]He loves justice and right;
of the kindness of the LORD the earth is full.
]See, the eyes of the LORD are upon those who fear him,
upon those who hope for his kindness,
]To deliver them from death
and preserve them in spite of famine.
]Our soul waits for the LORD,
who is our help and our shield,
]May your kindness, O LORD, be upon us
who have put our hope in you.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

20,11-18.

]Mary Magdalene stayed outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb
]and saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet where the body of Jesus had been.
]And they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken my Lord, and I don't know where they laid him."
]When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there, but did not know it was Jesus.
]Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?" She thought it was the gardener and said to him, "Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you laid him, and I will take him."
]Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabbouni," which means Teacher.
]Jesus said to her, "Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
]Mary of Magdala went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord," and what he told her.

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St. Gladys(Hermit (5th century))

Saint Gladys Hermit (5th century) St. Gladys was born in Wales during the fifth century. She was one of Brychan of Brecknock and St. Gundleus' 24 children. Her siblings include Sts. Cadoc and Keyna. St. Gladys' family converted thanks to the prayers and exhortations of her brother. She and her mother lived a penitential life: praying, fasting and almsgiving. When her mother passed away, St. Gladys moved to Pencanau in Bassaleg. She became an anchorite and remained fixed in her location - offering her sense of confinement to God. She was canonized because of her heroic virtues and the miracles proceeding from her intercession.

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Sts. Jonas and Barachisius(Martyrs (4th century))

SAINTS JONAS, BARACHISIUS and their Companions Martyrs (4th century) After eighteen years as king, Sapor of Persia persecuted the Christians and destroyed their churches and monasteries. Sts. Jonas and Barachisius, brothers from Beth-Asa, went to Hubaham and encouraged the Christians. It was recorded that they spoke with at least nine Christian martyrs. After the executions, Sts. Jonas and Barachisius were arrested. When local authorities entreated them to worship the sun, moon, water and fire, they refused and glorified Jesus Christ. The Douay-Rheims version describes the connection that every believer has with Christ: "Christ dwells in the heart through the affections, in the mind through the intellect and in the soul through grace." After declining pagan rites, St. Jonas was beaten with knotty clubs and put in a freezing pond with a cord tied to his foot. St. Barachisius had two red-hot iron plates and two red-hot hammers pressed under each arm; and molten lead was dropped into his nostrils and eyes. He was then carried to prison and hung by one foot. The brothers persevered and received crowns of martyrdom.

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St. Mark of Arethusa(Bishop († c. 365))

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