Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, May 29 2016
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ - Solemnity
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ - Solemnity
1. ReadingBook of Genesis
14,18-20.]In those days, Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine, and being a priest of God Most High, he blessed Abram with these words:
]Blessed be Abram by God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth;
]And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your foes into your hand." Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
Psalms
110(109),1.2.3.4.]The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand
till I make your enemies your footstool.”
]The scepter of your power the LORD will stretch forth from Zion:
“Rule in the midst of your enemies.”
]“Yours is princely power in the day of your birth, in holy splendor;
before the daystar, like the dew, I have begotten you.”
]The LORD has sworn, and he will not repent:
“You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
First Letter to the Corinthians
11,23-26.]Brothers and sisters: I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread,
]and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, "This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me."
]In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."
]For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke
9,11b-17.]Jesus spoke to the crowds about the kingdom of God, and he healed those who needed to be cured.
]As the day was drawing to a close, the Twelve approached him and said, "Dismiss the crowd so that they can go to the surrounding villages and farms and find lodging and provisions; for we are in a deserted place here."
]He said to them, "Give them some food yourselves." They replied, "Five loaves and two fish are all we have, unless we ourselves go and buy food for all these people."
]Now the men there numbered about five thousand. Then he said to his disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of (about) fifty."
]They did so and made them all sit down.
]Then taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing over them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
]They all ate and were satisfied. And when the leftover fragments were picked up, they filled twelve wicker baskets.
St. Ursula (Giulia) Ledóchowska(Religious (1865 - 1939))
St. Ursula (Giulia) Ledóchowska Religious (1865-1939) "If only I knew how to love, to burn and consume oneself in love." Giulia Ledóchowska wrote those words at 24 years old before professing vows as a novice at the Ursuline convent in Krakow. She took the name "Maria Ursula of Jesus," and the words she wrote became the guidelines of her entire life. In her mothers' family of Swiss nationality, from the dynasty of the Salis, and her father's Polish family, there were many politicians, military men and ecclesiastics. They were involved in the history of Europe and the Church. St. Ursula was raised in a large family where affectionate and disciplined love was given freely. The first three children, included her, chose the consecrated life: Maria Teresa (beatified in 1975) founded the Society of S. Peter Claver, and the younger brother, Vladimiro, became the father general of the Jesuits. St. Ursula lived at the convent in Krakow for 21 years. Her love for the Lord, educational talent and sensibility toward the youth put her at the center of attention. When women won the right to study in universities, she organized the first boarding house in Poland for female students. The students found a safe place to live and study and received a solid religious preparation. Her passion, together with Pope Pio X's blessing, gave her the strength to move to Russia, which was hostile toward the Church and prohibited religious life. When she left with another sister for Petersburg, she did not know that the Holy Spirit would lead her on unforeseen paths. In Petersburg, St. Ursula, with a steadily-growing community of nuns, established an autonomous structure of the Ursulines. They lived discreetly, under constant surveillance by the secret police. They brought forward an intense educational and religious project that also encouraged friendship between Poles and Russians. When war broke out in 1914, St. Ursula departed Russia for Stockholm. During her travels to Sweden, Denmark and Norway, she concentrated on education, the life of the local Church, giving aid to war victims and ecumenical work. The house where she lived with her sisters became a point of reference for people of different political and religious orientations. Her strong love for country was equal to her love of diversity and acceptance of others. Once asked to speak of her political orientation, she promptly answered, "My policy is love." In 1920, St. Ursula, her sisters and a large number of immigrants' orphaned children returned to Poland. The Apostolic Headquarters transformed its autonomous convent to the Ursulines of the Sacred Agonizing Heart of Jesus. Their spirituality concentrated on contemplating of the salvific love of Christ and participation in His mission by means of educational projects and service to others, particularly to the suffering, the lonely and the abandoned. They also established communities on the country's eastern frontiers. In 1928, the Generalate was established in Rome along with a boarding house for underprivileged girls. The Sisters also began working in Rome's poor suburbs. In 1930, they accompanied girls in search of work and established themselves in France. St.Ursula educated her sisters to love God above everything else and to find God in every human being and in all creation. By means of her smile, serenity and capacity to live the ordinary, everyday routine as a privileged road toward holiness, she gave a particularly credible testimony to the personal bond with Christ. She participated in the life of the Church and State and received great acknowledgement and decorations from both. When she passed away in Rome on May 29, 1939, people said she died a saint. Pope John Paul II beatified her on June 20, 1983, in Poznan; and canonized her on May 18, 2003, in Rome.
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