Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, May 23 2017

Tuesday of the Sixth week of Easter

Tuesday of the Sixth week of Easter

1. Reading

Acts of the Apostles

16,22-34.

]The crowd in Philippi joined in the attack on Paul and Silas, and the magistrates had them stripped and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
]After inflicting many blows on them, they threw them into prison and instructed the jailer to guard them securely.
]When he received these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and secured their feet to a stake.
]About midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God as the prisoners listened,
]there was suddenly such a severe earthquake that the foundations of the jail shook; all the doors flew open, and the chains of all were pulled loose.
]When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew (his) sword and was about to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners had escaped.
]But Paul shouted out in a loud voice, "Do no harm to yourself; we are all here."
]He asked for a light and rushed in and, trembling with fear, he fell down before Paul and Silas.
]Then he brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
]And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you and your household will be saved."
]So they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house.
]He took them in at that hour of the night and bathed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized at once.
]He brought them up into his house and provided a meal and with his household rejoiced at having come to faith in God.

Psalm

Psalms

138(137),1-2ab.2cde-3.7c.8.

]I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart,
for you have heard the words of my mouth;
in the presence of the angels I will sing your praise;
]I will worship at your holy temple.
]I will give thanks to your name,
]because of your kindness and your truth.
]for you have made great above all things
]your name and your promise.
]When I called, you answered me;
you built up strength within me.
]Your right hand saves me.
]The LORD will complete what he has done for me;
your kindness, O LORD, endures forever;
forsake not the work of your hands.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

16,5-11.

]Jesus said to his disciples: "Now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you asks me, 'Where are you going?'
]But because I told you this, grief has filled your hearts.
]But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
]And when he comes he will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and condemnation:
]sin, because they do not believe in me;
]righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see me;
]condemnation, because the ruler of this world has been condemned."

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St. Desiderius(Bishop and Martyr († 608))

SAINT DESIDERIUS Bishop and Martyr ( 608) St. Desiderius, also known as Didier, was born in Autun, Gaul. After he became the bishop of Vienne, he enforced strict clerical discipline, dismantled simony, and denounced Queen Brunhildis' immoral court. His reforms earned him many enemies. St. Desiderius was accused of paganism byQueen Brunhildis. Thankfully, he was exonerated by Pope Gregory the Great. St. Desiderius was then banished by a synod organized by Brunhildis.He returned four years later; and was murdered by three of King Theodoric's followers whom he had publicly censured. St. Desiderius exemplified free speech, which is a pillar of Western Civilization. His sacrifice recalls the words from scripture: "Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit" (Jn. 12:24). We may take courage from the witness of the Lord and his servants.

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St. William of Rochester()

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