Catholic Missal of the day: Tuesday, May 29 2018
Tuesday of the Eighth week in Ordinary Time
Tuesday of the Eighth week in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingFirst Letter of Peter
1,10-16.]Beloved: Concerning this salvation, prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and investigated it,
]investigating the time and circumstances that the Spirit of Christ within them indicated when it testified in advance to the sufferings destined for Christ and the glories to follow them.
]It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you with regard to the things that have now been announced to you by those who preached the good news to you (through) the holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels longed to look.
]Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind, live soberly, and set your hopes completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
]Like obedient children, do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance
]but, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct,
]for it is written, "Be holy because I (am) holy."
Psalms
98(97),1.2-3ab.3cd-4.]Sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done wondrous deeds;
His right hand has won victory for him,
his holy arm.
]The LORD has made his salvation known:
in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.
]He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness
]toward the house of Israel.
]All the ends of the earth have seen
]the salvation by our God.
]Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
break into song; sing praise.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark
10,28-31.]Peter began to say to Jesus, "We have given up everything and followed you."
]Jesus said, "Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel
]who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come."
]But many that are first will be last, and (the) last will be first."
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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