Monday of the Third week of Easter

Acts of the Apostles

6,8-15.

Stephen, filled with grace and power, was working great wonders and signs among the people.
Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and people from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and debated with Stephen,
but they could not withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke.
Then they instigated some men to say, "We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God."
They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, accosted him, seized him, and brought him before the Sanhedrin.
They presented false witnesses who testified, "This man never stops saying things against (this) holy place and the law.
For we have heard him claim that this Jesus the Nazorean will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us."
All those who sat in the Sanhedrin looked intently at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Psalms

119(118),23-24.26-27.29-30.

Though princes meet and talk against me,
your servant meditates on your statutes.
Yes, your decrees are my delight;
they are my counselors.
I declared my ways, and you answered me;
teach me your statutes.
Make me understand the way of your precepts,
and I will meditate on your wondrous deeds.
Remove from me the way of falsehood,
and favor me with your law.
The way of truth I have chosen;
I have set your ordinances before me.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

6,22-29.

[After Jesus had fed the five thousand men, his disciples saw him walking on the sea.] The next day, the crowd that remained across the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not gone along with his disciples in the boat, but only his disciples had left.
Other boats came from Tiberias near the place where they had eaten the bread when the Lord gave thanks.
When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.
And when they found him across the sea they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"
Jesus answered them and said, "Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate the loaves and were filled.
Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him the Father, God, has set his seal."
So they said to him, "What can we do to accomplish the works of God?"
Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent."

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St. José Maria Rubio y Peralta()

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 in 1876 when only 12 years old. After his ordination in 1887, Fr. José was both a parish priest and professor at 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 this dream for many years in order to care for an elderly priest. Fr. José took his first vows as a Jesuit when he was 44. He became known as the “Apostle of Madrid.” People came from great distances to celebrate the sacrament of Penance with him, where they encountered the "Wonderful Counselor ... Prince of Peace" (Is. 9:6). Fr. José was deeply attached to poor people and preached about causes - rising to the occassion and serving their communities. Many lay people came to Fr. José to ask how they could help. He guided them to open tuition-free schools, clinics, housing for needy families, and jobs for the unemployed. Fr. José also provided for the spiritual needs of the poor by making the sacraments more available to them. At the center of the Priest’slife and ministry was his love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. He told the people he ministered that prayer must always come first.Beatified for his heroic virtues and the miracles proceeding from his intercession, St. José Maria Rubio y Peralta was canonized by Pope St. John Paul II in 1985.

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St. Athanasius(Bishop & Doctor of the Church (+ 373))

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SAINT ATHANASIUS Bishop & Doctor of the Church(+ 373) St. Athanasius was born in Egypt towards the end of the third century. In his youth, he cultivated piety, learning, and deep mastery of sacred writings. Athanasius' faithfulness and diligence befitted one whom God chose to be champion and defender against the Arian heresy. Though only a deacon, Athanasius accompanied his bishop to the Council of Nicæa in 325. His learning and ability saw him defend the Faith in compelling and inspired tongues. A few months later, Athanasius was appointed Patriarch of Alexandria. For forty-six years, he bore - often well-nigh alone - the whole brunt of the Arian assault. When Patr. Athanasius refused to restore Arius, the heretic, to Catholic communion, the emperor ordered Constantinople's Patriarch to do it. Arius took an oath that he always believed the Church's teachings. Patr. Athanasius, after using every effort to move the Emperor, had recourse to fasting and prayer, that God would avert the sacrilege. When the day came for Arius' solemn entrance in the great church of Sancta Sophia, he met with death while on the way, and the sacrilege was averted. Patr. Athanasius stood unmoved against four Roman emperors; although being exiled five times, the victim of perpetual calumny, and living in constant peril of death. Firm and adamant in his defense of the Faith, St. Athanasius was meek and humble, pleasant and winning in converse, beloved by his flock, unwearied in labors, in prayer, in mortifications, and in zeal for souls. In 373, Athanasius' stormy life closed in peace. He left the Church with the whole and ancient Faith, defended and explained in writings rich in thought and learning, clear, keen, and stately in expression.He is honored as one of the greatest Doctors of the Church.

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