Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, May 2 2016

Monday of the Sixth week of Easter

Monday of the Sixth week of Easter

1. Reading

Acts of the Apostles

16,11-15.

]We set sail from Troas, making a straight run for Samothrace, and on the next day to Neapolis,
]and from there to Philippi, a leading city in that district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We spent some time in that city.
]On the sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river where we thought there would be a place of prayer. We sat and spoke with the women who had gathered there.
]One of them, a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth, from the city of Thyatira, a worshiper of God, listened, and the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what Paul was saying.
]After she and her household had been baptized, she offered us an invitation, "If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home," and she prevailed on us.

Psalm

Psalms

149(148),1-2.3-4.5-6a.9b.

]Sing to the LORD a new song
of praise in the assembly of the faithful.
]Let Israel be glad in their maker,
let the children of Zion rejoice in their king.
]Let them praise his name in the festive dance,
let them sing praise to him with timbrel and harp.
]For the LORD loves his people,
and he adorns the lowly with victory.
]Let the faithful exult in glory;
let them sing for joy upon their couches;
]Let the high praises of God be in their throats.
]This is the glory of all his faithful. Alleluia!

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

15,26-27.16,1-4a.

]Jesus said to his disciples: "When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me.
]And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
]I have told you this so that you may not fall away.
]They will expel you from the synagogues; in fact, the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think he is offering worship to God.
]They will do this because they have not known either the Father or me.
]I have told you this so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you."

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St. José Maria Rubio y Peralta(Priest (1864-1929))

St. José Maria Rubio y PeraltaPriest (1864 - 1929) St. José was born in Spain in 1864 to a large family of farmers. He entered the seminary when he was 12 years old in 1876. After his ordination in 1887, he was a parish priest and professor at the seminary in Madrid. After a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Fr. José asked his bishop's permission to join the Society of Jesus. He had postponed that dream to care for an elderly priest. At 44 years old, he took his first vows as a Jesuit. He became known as the “Apostle of Madrid.” People came to him from great distances to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Fr. José ministered to the poor and preached their cause. He guided many laypersons and cooperators to open tuition-free schools, clinics, low-income housing and jobs for the unemployed. He directed parish life, administered the sacraments and provided souls with spiritual direction. At the center of Fr. José's life and ministry was his love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. He told the people that prayer must always come first. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1985.

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St. Athanasius(Bishop and Doctor of the Church († 373))

SAINT ATHANASIUS Bishop and Doctor of the Church( 373) St. Athanasius was born in Egypt toward the end of the third century. He was a deacon when he accompanied his bishop to the Council of Nicæa in 325. A few months later, he was appointed patriarch of Alexandria. For the next 46 years, he bore the full brunt of the Arian heresy. When Patr. Athanasius refused to restore the heretic Arius to Catholic communion, the emperor ordered Constantinople's patriarch to do it. Patr. Athanasius made every effort to move the emperor and had recourse to fasting and prayer. When the day came for Arius' solemn entrance into the great church of Sancta Sophia, he died from a ruptured colon and sacrilege was averted. Patr. Athanasius was unmoved by four Roman emperors despite being exiled five times. He was the victim of perpetual calumny and lived in constant peril of death.In 373, his stormy life closed in peace. He left the Church with the whole and ancient Faith, defended and explained in clear, keen and stately writings.He is honored as one of the great Doctors of the Church.

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