Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, May 20 2017

Saturday of the Fifth week of Easter

Saturday of the Fifth week of Easter

1. Reading

Acts of the Apostles

16,1-10.

]Paul reached (also) Derbe and Lystra where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.
]The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him,
]and Paul wanted him to come along with him. On account of the Jews of that region, Paul had him circumcised, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
]As they traveled from city to city, they handed on to the people for observance the decisions reached by the apostles and presbyters in Jerusalem.
]Day after day the churches grew stronger in faith and increased in number.
]They traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian territory because they had been prevented by the holy Spirit from preaching the message in the province of Asia.
]When they came to Mysia, they tried to go on into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them,
]so they crossed through Mysia and came down to Troas.
]During (the) night Paul had a vision. A Macedonian stood before him and implored him with these words, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."
]When he had seen the vision, we sought passage to Macedonia at once, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

Psalm

Psalms

100(99),1-2.3.5.

]Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
]serve the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful song.
]Know that the LORD is God;
he made us, his we are;
his people, the flock he tends.
]The LORD is good:
his kindness endures forever,
and his faithfulness, to all generations.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

15,18-21.

]Jesus said to his disciples: "If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.
]If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.
]Remember the word I spoke to you, 'No slave is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
]And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me."

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St. Bernardine of Siena(Priest (1380-1444))

SAINT BERNARDINE OF SIENA Franciscan Priest (1380-1444) In 1408, St. Vincent Ferrer paused his sermon and declared that among his listeners would arise a greater preacher than himself. That unknown Franciscan friar was St. Bernardine. He had cared for a blind, elderly relative in his youth; and her utterance of Jesus' Holy Name taught him a simple yet profound prayer. He thus gained a devotion to the Holy Name and made its preaching his life's mission. Due to a speech impediment, St. Bernardine's success seemed unlikely. However, Our Lady's prayers removed his speech impediment. He thus began a preaching apostolate that lasted 38 years. Using inspired words and displaying the Holy Name of Jesus on a tablet at the end of his sermons, he obtained miraculous conversions and reformed the greater part of Italy. St. Bernardine's success was exalted by the cross. He was denounced as a heretic and his devotion was branded as idolatrous. After many trials, he lived to see his innocence proven and a lasting memorial of his work established in the Church. The Feast of the Holy Name commemorates at once St. Bernardine's sufferings and his triumph. St. Bernardine passed away on Ascension Eve in 1444. One narrator wrote that the antiphon was chanted: "Father, I have manifested Thy Name to men." His example fulfilled Jesus' words: "Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in Heaven" (Matthew 10:32).

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