Catholic Missal of the day: Saturday, May 25 2019
Saturday of the Fifth week of Easter
Saturday of the Fifth week of Easter
1. ReadingActs 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.
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.
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."
St. Bede the Venerable(Priest and Doctor of the Church (673-735))
SAINT BEDE THE VENERABLE Priest and Doctor of the Church (673-735) Venerable Bede is a saint from the Anglo-Saxon Church and the first English historian. At 7 years old, he was consecrated to God and entrusted to the care of St. Benedict Biscop in Wearmouth. He became a monk in the sister-house of Jarrow and trained no less than six hundred scholars. To the toils of teaching and the exact observance of his rule, Bede added long hours of private prayer and study. He was familiar with Latin, Greek and Hebrew. In the treatise that he compiled for his scholars, he put together all that the world had stored in history, chronology, physics, music, philosophy, poetry, arithmetic and medicine. In his Ecclesiastical History, he recorded the lives of Anglo-Saxon Saints and Holy Fathers, and his commentaries on Holy Scripture are still in use by the Church. He is generally accepted as the father of English history. Venerable Bede translated the Gospel of St. John from Greek up to the hour of his death on Ascension Day, 735. "He spent that day joyfully," writes one of his scholars. After his attendant had written one last sentence, he said, "Consummatum est. Take my head and face me toward the old praying-place..." Laying on the floor, he sang, "Glory be to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost," and breathed his last. His translations of Sacred Scripture spread Christendom throughout England. He was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII in 1899.
St. Gregory VII(Pope (c. 1013-1085))
SAINT GREGORY VII Pope (c. 1013 - 1085) Pope Gregory VII, born Hildebrand, was from southern Tuscany. He was educated at a monastery and was appointed deacon and legate by four successive popes. As the legate of Victor II, he condemned simony at a council in Lyons. He also successfully opposed the Roman aristocracy's appointment of an antipope, Benedict X. He was elected pope in 1073 by popular support. He then codified priestly celibacy and banned simony. Pope Gregory's reforms were unpopular among churchmen associated with Emperor Henry IV of Germany. The Emperor was at war with Catholic princes; and the pope's denunciation of certain clergymen provoked his anger. The first threat against Pope Gregory's life came from Cencio Frangipane. The latter, who practiced investiture and attempted to influence papal elections, wounded Pope Gregory during the Christmas midnight Mass of 1075 and imprisoned him. Pope Gregory was rescued the next day by the populace. Pope Gregory's conflict with Emperor Henry escalated when the latter convened a council to depose the elected pope. The populace and the majority of German princes opposed Henry's move; and the latter was forced to reconcile. However, further military victories against Catholic princes emboldened Henry, who captured Rome in 1084. Henry then instated an antipope and besieged Pope Gregory at the castle of St. Angelo. Pope Gregory set into canon law that only the College of Cardinals could elect a pope. In addition, only the pope could invest bishops with authority. The reforms were deeply unpopular overseas, including France and England. His reforms were the first to secure the independence of the Church and integrity of the priesthood. On May 25, 1085, at the age of 72, during the twelfth year of his pontificate, he went to his eternal reward. He was canonized in 1748.
Bl. Mykola Tsehelskyi(Priest and Martyr (1896-1951))
Blessed Mykola Tsehelskyi Greek-Catholic Priest and Martyr (1896-1951) Mykola Tsehelskyi was born on December 17, 1896, in the village of Strusiv, Ternopil District, Ukraine. He completed his course at the theological faculty of Lviv University in 1923. On April 5, 1925, Metropolitan Andriy Sheptytsky ordained him a priest. Fr. Mykola zealously raised up the spirituality, education and welfare of his parishioners. He ministered in the village of Soroko, where he built a new church. After World War II, the era of total repression began. Fr. Mykola experienced intimidation, threats and beatings. On October 28, 1946, Fr. Mykola was arrested. On January 27, 1947, he was sentenced to ten years in prison. Although he had a wife, two sons and two daughters, he was deported to labor camps in Mordovia. He lived in extremely horrid conditions at a camp that was notoriously strict and cruel. Fr. Mykola suffered from severe pain and died a martyr on May 25, 1951. Miracles from his intercession and proof of his heroic virtues show that he gained the beatific vision. He was beatified with 24 other Greek Catholics by Pope John Paul II on June 27, 2001, in Lliv.
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