Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, May 12 2018

Saturday of the Sixth week of Easter

Saturday of the Sixth week of Easter

1. Reading

Acts of the Apostles

18,23-28.

]After staying there some time, Paul left and traveled in orderly sequence through the Galatian country and Phrygia, bringing strength to all the disciples.
]A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent speaker, arrived in Ephesus. He was an authority on the scriptures.
]He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord and, with ardent spirit, spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.
]He began to speak boldly in the synagogue; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the Way (of God) more accurately.
]And when he wanted to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. After his arrival he gave great assistance to those who had come to believe through grace.
]He vigorously refuted the Jews in public, establishing from the scriptures that the Messiah is Jesus.

Psalm

Psalms

47(46),2-3.8-9.10.

]All you peoples, clap your hands;
shout to God with cries of gladness.
]For the LORD, the Most High, the awesome,
is the great king over all the earth.
]For king of all the earth is God;
sing hymns of praise.
]God reigns over the nations,
God sits upon his holy throne.
]The princes of the peoples are gathered together
with the people of the God of Abraham.
For God's are the guardians of the earth;
he is supreme.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

16,23b-28.

]Jesus said to his disciples: "Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
]Until now you have not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
]I have told you this in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures but I will tell you clearly about the Father.
]On that day you will ask in my name, and I do not tell you that I will ask the Father for you.
]For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have come to believe that I came from God.
]I came from the Father and have come into the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."

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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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