Catholic Missal of the day: Wednesday, May 2 2018

Wednesday of the Fifth week of Easter

Wednesday of the Fifth week of Easter

1. Reading

Acts of the Apostles

15,1-6.

]Some who had come down from Judea were instructing the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the Mosaic practice, you cannot be saved."
]Because there arose no little dissension and debate by Paul and Barnabas with them, it was decided that Paul, Barnabas, and some of the others should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and presbyters about this question.
]They were sent on their journey by the church, and passed through Phoenicia and Samaria telling of the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.
]When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, as well as by the apostles and the presbyters, and they reported what God had done with them.
]But some from the party of the Pharisees who had become believers stood up and said, "It is necessary to circumcise them and direct them to observe the Mosaic law."
]The apostles and the presbyters met together to see about this matter.

Psalm

Psalms

122(121),1-2.3-4a.4b-5.

]I rejoiced because they said to me,
"We will go up to the house of the LORD."
]And now we have set foot
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
]Jerusalem, built as a city
with compact unity.
]To it the tribes go up,
]To it the tribes go up,
the tribes of the LORD.
]In it are set up judgment seats,
seats for the house of David.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

15,1-8.

]Jesus said to his disciples: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
]He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.
]You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.
]Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.
]I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.
]Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned.
]If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.
]By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples."

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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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