Sixth Sunday of Easter

Acts of the Apostles

Some who had come down from Judea were instructing the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the Mosaic practice, you cannot be saved."
Because there arose no little dissension and debate by Paul and Barnabas with them, it was decided that Paul, Barnabas, and some of the others should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and presbyters about this question.
Then the apostles and presbyters, in agreement with the whole church, decided to choose representatives and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. The ones chosen were Judas, who was called Barsabbas, and Silas, leaders among the brothers.
This is the letter delivered by them: "The apostles and the presbyters, your brothers, to the brothers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia of Gentile origin: greetings.
Since we have heard that some of our number (who went out) without any mandate from us have upset you with their teachings and disturbed your peace of mind,
we have with one accord decided to choose representatives and to send them to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
who have dedicated their lives to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
So we are sending Judas and Silas who will also convey this same message by word of mouth:
'It is the decision of the holy Spirit and of us not to place on you any burden beyond these necessities,
namely, to abstain from meat sacrificed to idols, from blood, from meats of strangled animals, and from unlawful marriage. If you keep free of these, you will be doing what is right. Farewell.'"

Psalms

May God have pity on us and bless us;
may he let his face shine upon us.
So may your way be known upon earth;
among all nations, your salvation.
May the nations be glad and exult
because you rule the peoples in equity;
the nations on the earth you guide.
May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you!
May God bless us,
and may all the ends of the earth fear him!

Book of Revelation

He took me in spirit to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God.
It gleamed with the splendor of God. Its radiance was like that of a precious stone, like jasper, clear as crystal.
It had a massive, high wall, with twelve gates where twelve angels were stationed and on which names were inscribed, (the names) of the twelve tribes of the Israelites.
There were three gates facing east, three north, three south, and three west.
The wall of the city had twelve courses of stones as its foundation, on which were inscribed the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God almighty and the Lamb.
The city had no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gave it light, and its lamp was the Lamb.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

Jesus answered and said to him, "Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.
Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; yet the word you hear is not mine but that of the Father who sent me.
I have told you this while I am with you.
The Advocate, the holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name--he will teach you everything and remind you of all that (I) told you."
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.
You heard me tell you, 'I am going away and I will come back to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I.
And now I have told you this before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe.

St. Bede the Venerable(Priest & Doctor of the Church (673-735))

SAINT BEDE THE VENERABLE Priest & 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 soul to eternity. 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 was a reformer who instituted the practices that are commonplace in the modern Church. He was born in Tuscany circa 1013 and baptized Hildebrand. He was educated in Rome, became a monk in Cluny, and filled high trusts of the Holy See before becoming pope. Gregory addressed the evils afflicting the Church before his papacy. As the legate of Victor II, he condemned simony at a council in Lyons. When he was elected pope in 1073, he codified priestly celibacy to extirpate concubinage. Pope Gregory was kidnapped by Cencius in 1075. The latter had practiced investiture in previous instances and attempted to influence papal elections. Cencius attacked Pope Gregory during the Christmas midnight Mass, wounded him and imprisoned him. Pope Gregory was rescued the next day by the populace. Pope Gregory excommunicated Emperor Henry IV of Germany when the latter gave his extended support for simony. Henry reconciled, but was excommunicated once again for refusing independent papal elections. Gregory set into canon law that only the College of Cardinals could elect a pope; whereupon Henry instated an antipope and besieged Pope Gregory at the castle of St. Angelo. On May 25, 1085, at the age of 72 and during the twelfth of his pontificate, Pope Gregory went to his eternal reward. He had fought for the Church's independence and the integrity and purity of the priesthood. He was canonized in 1748.

Bl. Mykola Tsehelskyi(Priest & 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 to the priesthood. Fr. Mykola was a zealous priest who took care of the spirituality, education and welfare of his parishioners. He was the parish priest in the village of Soroko, where he built a new church. After World War II, the era of total repression began. Fr. Mykola personally 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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