Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, May 10 2016
Tuesday of the Seventh week of Easter
Tuesday of the Seventh week of Easter
1. ReadingActs of the Apostles
20,17-27.]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
68(67),10-11.20-21.]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
17,1-11a.]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. Jozef Damian De Veuster(Priest (1840-1889))
Saint Jozef Damien De VeusterPriest (1840-1889) St. Jozef Damien De Veuster, ss.cc, was born in Tremelo, Belgium, on January 3, 1840. He began his novitiate with the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary ("Picpus Fathers") in 1859. He took the name Damien and prayed daily before a picture of St. Francis Xavier to be sent on a mission. In 1863, his brother, who was leaving for a mission in the Hawaiian Islands, fell ill. Preparations for the voyage had already been made, so Damien obtained permission from the Superior General to take his brother's place. He arrived in Honolulu on March 19, 1864. The following May 21, he was ordained a priest. At the time, the Hawaiian Government quarantined everyone infected with leprosy in the neighboring island of Molokai. The missionaries were concerned about the abandoned lepers, so Bishop Louis Maigret, a Picpus father, sent priests. He did not send anyone in the name of obedience because the assignment was a potential death sentence. Of the four brothers who volunteered, Damien was the first to leave for Kalaupapa on May 10, 1873. At his own request and that of the lepers, Fr. Damien remained on Molokai. After serving for sixteen years, he contracted leprosy. He passed away on April 15, 1889, at 49 years old. He was buried at the local cemetery under the same Pandanus tree where he had first slept upon arriving in Molokai. His remains were exhumed in 1936 at the request of the Belgian Government and translated to a crypt of the Church of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts in Louvain. Fr. Damien respected the religious convictions of others, accepted them as persons and joyfully received their collaboration. Among his best friends were Meyer, a Lutheran, the superintendent of the leper colony, Clifford, an Anglican, Moritz, a painter and free-thinker who was the doctor on Molokai, and Dr. Masanao Goto, a Japanese Buddhist and leprologist. In his parish ministry or in his works of charity, he found a place for everyone. Though his prayers and intercession, St. Damien continues inspiring believers and non-believers. Many who emulate him discover the source of his heroism.Pope John Paul II beatified him in Brussels on June 4, 1995. Damien de Veuster was canonized by and Pope Benedict XVI on October 11, 2009, in Rome.
Bl. Ivan Merz((1896-1928))
BLESSED IVAN MERZ (1896-1928) Ivan Merz was born in Banja Luka, Bosnia, on December 16, 1896, and baptized on February 2, 1897. He attended elementary and middle school and the military academy of Wiener Noustadt. In 1915, he enrolled at the University of Vienna with the dream of teaching young Bosnians. He emulated his professor, Ljubomir Marakovic, who helped him discover the Catholic faith. In March 1916, Ivan enlisted and was sent to the Italian battle front. He experienced two years of war-related horrors beginning 1917. The war marked a turning point in his life and became the impetus for spiritual growth. He abandoned himself in God's hands and strove with all his heart and mind for Christian perfection. On February 5, 1918, he wrote in his diary: "Never forget God! Always desire to be united with Him. Begin each day in the first place with meditation and prayer, possibly close to the Blessed Sacrament or during Mass. During this time, plans for the day are made, one's defects are put under examination and grace is implored for the strength to overcome all weakness. It would be something terrible if this war had no meaning for me!... I must begin a life regenerated in the spirit of this new understanding of Catholicism. The Lord alone can help me, as man can do nothing on his own." Around 1918, Ivan made a private vow of perpetual chastity. After the war, he continued studies in Vienna (1919-20) and Paris (1920-22). He received a degree in philosophy in 1923. His thesis was titled, "The Influence of the Liturgy on the French Authors." He became a professor of language and French literature and was exemplary as a mentor and a teacher. In his spare time, he studied philosophy, theology, and the publications of the Magisterium of the Church. Ivan was especially interested in young people's growth in faith and holiness. He shared spiritual writings and organized gatherings. He started the League of Young Croatian Catholics and the Croatian League of Eagles as part of the country's Catholic Action Movement. Their motto was: "Sacrifice, Eucharist, Apostolate." He also promoted liturgical renewal and praying for the Vicar of Christ. In the face of misunderstandings and difficulties, Ivan was always patient and calm: the fruit of his continual union with God in prayer. Those who knew him well described him as a person who had his "mind and heart immersed in the supernatural." He embraced the Cross of Jesus Christ to save souls. He offered to God all his physical and moral sufferings, particularly for the intention of his apostolic endeavors. Shortly before his death, he offered his life for the youth of Croatia. In short, the young man believed that his vocation was very simply "the Catholic faith."Ivan Merz passed away on May 10, 1928, in Zagreb. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in Banja Luka on June 22, 2003.
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