Catholic Missal of the day: Thursday, May 12 2016

Thursday of the Seventh week of Easter

Thursday of the Seventh week of Easter

1. Reading

Acts of the Apostles

22,30.23,6-11.

]Wishing to determine the truth about why Paul was being accused by the Jews, the commander freed him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to convene. Then he brought Paul down and made him stand before them.
]Paul was aware that some were Sadducees and some Pharisees, so he called out before the Sanhedrin, "My brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees; (I) am on trial for hope in the resurrection of the dead."
]When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the group became divided.
]For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection or angels or spirits, while the Pharisees acknowledge all three.
]A great uproar occurred, and some scribes belonging to the Pharisee party stood up and sharply argued, "We find nothing wrong with this man. Suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?"
]The dispute was so serious that the commander, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, ordered his troops to go down and rescue him from their midst and take him into the compound.
]The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage. For just as you have borne witness to my cause in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness in Rome."

Psalm

Psalms

16(15),1-2a.5.7-8.9-10.11.

]Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge;
]I say to the LORD, "My Lord are you."
]O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup,
you it is who hold fast my lot.
]I bless the LORD who counsels me;
even in the night my heart exhorts me.
]I set the LORD ever before me;
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
]Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices,
my body, too, abides in confidence
]because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld,
nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption.
]You will show me the path to life,
fullness of joys in your presence,
the delights at your right hand forever.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

17,20-26.

]Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: "I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
]so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.
]And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one,
]I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me.
]Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
]Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me.
]I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them."

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St. Epiphanius(Archbishop (c. 310 - 403))

SAINT EPIPHANIUS Archbishop (c. 310 - 403) St. Epiphanius was born near Beit Guvrin, Judea, circa 310. He embraced a monastic life in his youth and practiced prayer and asceticism in Egypt's deserts. He returned around 333, built a monastery near his birthplace and served as superior for 30 years. St. Epiphanius took the great St. Hilarion as his spiritual director. They worked together in monasteries and conducted apostolate from 333 to 356. St. Jerome wrote about St. Epiphanius' successes and the latter's great knowledge of Scripture and languages. St. Epiphanius once wrote, "God gives the kingdom of heaven if we labor, but no amount of work bears proportion to the reward that awaits us." Around 367, St. Epiphanius was consecrated bishop of Salamis in Cyprus. He continued wearing his monastic habit and occasionally visited his monastery in Judea. He was indefatigable in serving the poor. He was spared during the Arian emperor Valens' persecution. In 376, St. Epiphanius went to Antioch in the hope of converting Vitalis, the Apollinarist bishop. In 382, he accompanied St. Paulinus from Antioch to Rome. They stayed at St. Paula's house and participated in the Council of Rome. The Council confirmed canon books of Scripture and denounced heresies. They also debated the Nicene Creed after a schismatic bishop, Flavian, had been elected. When St. Paula visited Cyprus in 385, St. Epiphanius provided her ten days' accommodation. In 403, he passed away during a voyage to Salamis. He had served as bishop for 36 years. He is venerated as a Church Father for refuting heresies and upholding the Nicene Creed. His extant works include the Panarion, which documents eighty heresies and pagan philosophical systems.

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St. Pancras()

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Sts. Nereus & Achilleus()

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