Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, May 19 2026

Tuesday of the Seventh week of Easter

Acts of the Apostles

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

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

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. Peter Celestine(Pope (1221-1296))

SAINT PETER CELESTINE V Pope (1221-1296) During childhood, Peter had visions of Our Lady, the angels and saints. They accompanied him in prayer and helped him transcend his character defects. His mother was a poor widow who sent him to school believing he would one day be a saint. At 20 years old, Peter left his home in Apulia and lived in a mountainous solitude. He spent three years there; and like many saints, was assailed by evil spirits. The demons used physical attacks and temptations to prevent him from praying. His prayers were fruitful and pleasing to God amid spiritual dryness. When Peter's seclusion was interrupted by disciples who refused to be turned away, he set a rule of life that became the foundation of the Celestine Order. Angels assisted in the church that he built: Unseen bells rang peals of surpassing sweetness and heavenly music filled the sanctuary during the Holy Sacrifice. When Peter was elected to the papacy, he found himself abruptly torn from his beloved solitude. He took the name of Celestine to remind himself of the heaven he was leaving and for which he sighed. He was consecrated at Aquila; but four months later, he summoned the cardinals and solemnly resigned his trust. Peter built a boarded cell in his palace and continued his hermit's life. In addition, he was placed under guard lest his simplicity be taken advantage of. He said, "I desired nothing but a cell, and a cell they have given me." He enjoyed his former loving intimacy with the saints and angels and sang divine praises. At length, on Whit-Sunday, Peter told his guards that he would die within the week. He immediately fell ill and received the last rites. On Saturday, as he finished the concluding verse of Lauds, "Let every spirit bless the Lord," he closed his eyes to this world and opened them to Heaven.

St. Yvo(Priest (1253-1303))

SAINT YVO Priest (1253-1303) St. Yvo Helori was born near Treguier, Brittany. At 14 years old, he went to Paris and Orleans to study. His mother encouraged him to act in a manner that becomes a saint, to which he replied, "I hope to be." His resolution spurred him to virtue and checked the shadows of venial sin. Yvo prayed regularly, but also made time for professional development and study. He also visited hospitals and attended and comforted the sick. After receiving matchmaking proposals, he made a private vow of perpetual chastity - likely after discerning a religious vocation. While Yvo meditated on monastic and clerical states, his desire to serve his neighbors made him choose the latter. He preferred to remain in the lesser orders, but his bishop convinced him to receive holy orders. He qualified for ordination through purity of mind and body, and with long, fervent preparation. Yvo was eventually appointed ecclesiastical judge for the diocese of Rennes. He protected orphans and widows, defended the poor and administered justice to all. His impartiality and tenderness gained the good will of even those who lost. He was called "the advocate" and "lawyer of the poor." He built a house near his own and used it as a hospital for the poor and sick. He washed their feet, cleansed their ulcers and served them at table. Yvo distributed his corn, or the price for which he sold it, among the poor immediately after the harvest. When a certain person tried persuading him to keep it all and sell it at a better price, he answered, "I know not whether I shall be alive then to give it." Another time, the same person said to him, "I have gained a fifth by keeping my corn." "But I," replied the Saint, "a hundredfold by giving it immediately away." During the Lent of 1303, Fr. Yvo felt his strength failing. Far from abating his austerities, he fervently redoubled his efforts. On the eve of the Ascension, he preached and celebrated Mass while being held upright by two persons. Afterward, he advised everyone who besought him. He then laid on his bed, which was a hurdle of twigs plaited together, and received the last rites. He passed away on May 19, 1303, at 50 years old.

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