Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, May 29 2017
Monday of the Seventh week of Easter
Monday of the Seventh week of Easter
1. ReadingActs of the Apostles
19,1-8.]While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior of the country and came down to Ephesus where he found some disciples.
]He said to them, "Did you receive the holy Spirit when you became believers?" They answered him, "We have never even heard that there is a holy Spirit."
]He said, "How were you baptized?" They replied, "With the baptism of John."
]Paul then said, "John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus."
]When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
]And when Paul laid (his) hands on them, the holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
]Altogether there were about twelve men.
]He entered the synagogue, and for three months debated boldly with persuasive arguments about the kingdom of God.
Psalms
68(67),2-3.4-5ac.6-7ab.]God arises; his enemies are scattered,
and those who hate him flee before him.
]As smoke is driven away, so are they driven;
as wax melts before the fire.
]But the just rejoice and exult before God;
they are glad and rejoice.
]Sing to God, chant praise to his name;
]whose name is the LORD.
]The father of orphans and the defender of widows
is God in his holy dwelling.
]God gives a home to the forsaken;
]he leads forth prisoners to prosperity.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John
16,29-33.]The disciples said to Jesus, "Now you are talking plainly, and not in any figure of speech.
]Now we realize that you know everything and that you do not need to have anyone question you. Because of this we believe that you came from God."
]Jesus answered them, "Do you believe now?
]Behold, the hour is coming and has arrived when each of you will be scattered to his own home and you will leave me alone. But I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
]I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world."
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.
St. Raymond and companions()
Category: Mass by Year / Catholic Missal 2017 / Catholic Missal of may 2017
Published: 2026-07-14T18:16:17Z | Modified: 2026-07-14T18:16:17Z