Monday of the Sixth week of Easter

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.

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!

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. Desiderius(Bishop & Martyr (+ 608))

SAINT DESIDERIUS Bishop and Martyr (+ 608) St. Desiderius, also known as Didier, was born at Autun, Gaul. When he became bishop of Vienne, his enforcement of strict clerical discipline, attacks on simony and denunciation of Queen Brunhildis' immoral court made him many enemies. He was denounced by the queen for paganism to Pope Gregory the Great, but the Pope completely exonerated him. Bp. Desiderius was then banished by a synod controlled by Brunhildis.He returned four years later, but was murdered by three followers of King Theodoric whom he had publicly censured. Free speech as the foundation of Western Civilization was typified by St. Desiderius. "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). How much easier can we reform our ways knowing the witness of his Love?

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St. William of Rochester()

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