Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, May 13 2018
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Seventh Sunday of Easter
1. ReadingActs of the Apostles
1,15-17.20a.20c-26.]Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers (there was a group of about one hundred and twenty persons in the one place). He said,
]"My brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled which the holy Spirit spoke beforehand through the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was the guide for those who arrested Jesus.
]He was numbered among us and was allotted a share in this ministry.
]For it is written in the Book of
Psalms: 'Let his encampment become desolate, and may no one dwell in it.'
]And: 'May another take his office.'
]Therefore, it is necessary that one of the men who accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus came and went among us,
]beginning from the baptism of John until the day on which he was taken up from us, become with us a witness to his resurrection."
]So they proposed two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus, and Matthias.
]Then they prayed, "You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen
]to take the place in this apostolic ministry from which Judas turned away to go to his own place."
]Then they gave lots to them, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was counted with the eleven apostles.Psalm
Psalms
103(102),1-2.11-12.19-20ab.]Bless the LORD, O my soul;
and all my being, bless his holy name.
]Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits.
]For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so surpassing is his kindness toward those who fear him.
]As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he put our transgressions from us.
]The LORD has established his throne in heaven,
and his kingdom rules over all.
]Bless the LORD, all you his angels,
]you mighty in strength, who do his bidding.
First Letter of John
4,11-16.]Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another.
]No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us.
]This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us, that he has given us of his Spirit.
]Moreover, we have seen and testify that the Father sent his Son as savior of the world.
]Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him and he in God.
]We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us. God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John
17,11b-19.]Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed, saying: "Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are.
]When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me, and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled.
]But now I am coming to you. I speak this in the world so that they may share my joy completely.
]I gave them your word, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
]I do not ask that you take them out of the world but that you keep them from the evil one.
]They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
]Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth.
]As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world.
]And I consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated in truth."
Bl. Julian of Norwich(Religious (1342-1420))
Julian of NorwichAnchorite (c. 1342 - 1420) British men and women who became hermits in the 14th century were known as anchorites. Their hermitage was a small room attached to a local church. They received Communion through one window and food through another. Hence, their hearts were always open to Christ and to the world. Julian became an anchorite at the Church of St. Edmund and St. Julian in Norwich, 100 miles northeast of London. When she was 30 years old, she contracted a severe illness. On her deathbed, she had a series of intense visions of Jesus,which ended by the time she recovered on May 13, 1373. She wrote about her visions immediately, entitled Revelations of Divine Love. It is believed to be the earliest surviving book written in English by a woman. Twenty to thirty years later, perhaps in the early 1390s, Julian began writing a theological exploration of the meaning of the visions, known as The Long Text. This work seems to have gone through many revisions before it was finished in the first or second decade of the fifteenth century.Until her passing around 1420 at the age of 78, Julian stayed in her simple room. She prayed, fasted, sewed clothes, read books and gave spiritual advice. In Revelations of Divine Love, Julian described her sixteen visions of Jesus. Her book is about God’s great compassion for us. She developed a special vocabulary, calling the Creator our mother and our father. She called Jesus the Redeemer our brother. Revelations is a celebrated work in Catholicism and Anglicanism because of the clarity and depth of Julian's visions of God. She is now recognized as one of England's most important mystics. Julian's optimistically spoke about God's love in terms of joy and compassion as opposed to law and duty. When the Black Death and peasant uprisings shaped popular theology that God inflicts suffering, Julian believed that God loves and wants to save everyone. Suffering is not a punishment, and behind the reality of hell is a greater mystery of God's love. She has been classified as a proto-universalist, although she only hoped everyone could be saved. At the time of Julian’s death, people of every nationality traveled to her cell and asked for advice. The Church never formally declared her a saint, but through the ages, people have called her Blessed. She is quoted saying,“If there is anywhere on earth a lover of God is always kept safe, I know nothing of it, for it was not shown to me. But this was shown: that in falling and rising again we are always kept in that same precious love.”
St. John the Silent(Bishop (454 - c. 558))
SAINT JOHN THE SILENT Bishop (454 - c. 558) St. John was born in 454 to a ruling family in Nicopolis, Armenia. He received faith from his parents. When they passed away, he and ten companions built a church in honor of the Blessed Virgin and also a monastery, all by the age of 18. He was quiet, contemplative and discreet. St. John was consecrated bishop of Colonia, Armenia, by the archbishop of Sebaste in 482. In this dignity, he preserved his spirit of recollection and monastic discipline. One night in prayer, he saw a bright cross. A voice said, "If you desire to be saved, follow this light." The vision pointed to St. Sabas' monastery where 150 monks lived. St. John abdicated his episcopal office and began a novitiate there at 38 years old. At the monastery, St. John routinely fetched water, carried stones and performed manual labor. When he was presented to Patriarch Elias for consecration, his priestly character was discovered. He then departed and St. Sabas could not prevail on him to stay. In 503, St. John withdrew to a neighboring wilderness. He returned after seven years and lived for forty years in holy solitude. St. John, by his example and counsels, conducted many fervent souls to God. He emulated the angels as much as his nature allowed. Soon after the year 558, he passed from this world and joined the Church Triumphant in Heaven. He lived in holy solitude for 76 years with the exception of 9 spent in the episcopal see.
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