Seventh Sunday of Easter

Acts of the Apostles

But he, filled with the holy Spirit, looked up intently to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,
and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."
But they cried out in a loud voice, covered their ears, and rushed upon him together.
They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him. The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.
As they were stoning Stephen, he called out, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
Then he fell to his knees and cried out in a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them"; and when he said this, he fell asleep.

Psalms

The LORD is king; let the earth rejoice;
let the many islands be glad.
Justice and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
The heavens proclaim his justice,
and all peoples see his glory.
Who glory in the things of nought;
You, O LORD, are the Most High over all the earth,
exalted far above all gods.

Book of Revelation

"Behold, I am coming soon. I bring with me the recompense I will give to each according to his deeds.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."
Blessed are they who wash their robes so as to have the right to the tree of life and enter the city through its gates.
"I, Jesus, sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the root and offspring of David, the bright morning star."
The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." Let the hearer say, "Come." Let the one who thirsts come forward, and the one who wants it receive the gift of life-giving water.
The one who gives this testimony says, "Yes, I am coming soon." Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: "I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.
And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one,
I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me.
Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me.
I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them."

St. Mother Orsola (Giulia) Ledóchowska (1865 - 1939)()

M. Orsola (Giulia) Ledóchowska Religious (1865-1939) "If only I knew how to love, to burn and consume oneself in love," so the twenty-four-year-old Giulia Ledóchowska wrote before taking religious vows, novice in the Ursuline convent of Krakow. On the day of religious profession, she took the name 'Maria Ursula of Jesus,' and the words stated above 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 who were involved in the history of Europe and the Church. She was raised in a large family where affectionate and disciplined love was dominant. The first three children, including M. Ursula, chose the consecrated life: Maria Teresa (beatified in 1975) founded the future 'Society of S. Peter Claver' and the younger brother, Vladimiro, became the Father General of the Jesuits. M. Ursula lived in the convent at Krakow for twenty one years. Her love for the Lord, educational talent, and sensibility towards the needs of youngsters in the changing social, political and moral conditions of those times, put her at the center of attention. When women earned the right to study in universities, she succeeded in organizing the first boarding-house in Poland for female students; where they not only found a safe place to live and study, but also received a solid religious preparation. This passion, together with the blessing of Pope Pio X, gave her the strength to move into the heart of Russia, which was hostile toward the Church. When, in civilian dress, she left with another Sister for Petersburg, where religious life was prohibited, she did not know that she was headed toward an unknown destination and that the Holy Spirit would lead her on unforeseen paths. In Petersburg, the Mother, with the steadily growing community of nuns, soon established an autonomous structure of the Ursulines. They lived discreetly, under constant surveillance by the secret police, and brought forward an intense educational and religious project that also encouraged friendship between Poles and Russians. When war broke out in 1914, M. Ursula had to leave Russia. She headed for Stockholm, and during her travels to Sweden, Denmark and Norway, her activity concentrated on education, the life of the local Church, giving aid to war victims, and on ecumenical work. The house where she lived with her nuns became a point of reference for people of different political and religious orientations. Her strong love for country was equalled by 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, M. Ursula, her sisters and a vast number of orphan children of immigrants returned to Poland. The Apostolic Headquarters transformed its autonomous convent to the Ursulines of the Sacred Agonising Heart ofJesus. The spirituality of the congregation is concentrated on the contemplation of the salvific love of Christ and participation in His mission by means ofeducational projects and service to others, particularly to the suffering, the lonely and the abandoned. M. 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 and serenity of soul, she gave a particularly credible testimony to the personal bond with Christ and to being an efficient instrument of both evangelical and educational influence. Her humility and capacity to live the ordinary, everyday routine as a privileged road towards holiness made her a clear example of this lifestyle. The congregation developed quickly in Poland; and on the eastern frontiers of the country, communities of the Ursuline nuns were established. In 1928, the Generalate was established in Rome along with a boarding house for girls who were economically less well-off, in order to give them the possibility to come into contact with the spiritual and religious richness of the heart of the Church and Western Civilization. The Sisters began to work in the poor suburbs of Rome. In 1930, the nuns accompanied girls in search of work and established themselves in France. Wherever possible, M.Ursula founded educational and instructional work centers. She sent nuns to Catechise and to work in the poor parts of town. She wrote books and articles for children and youngsters. She initiated and sustained ecclesiastical organisations for children (Eucharistic Movement), for youngsters and for women. She actively participated in the life of the Church and State, thus receiving great acknowledgement and decorations from both the State and the Church. When she passed away in Rome on May 29, 1939, people said that she died a saint. Pope St. John Paul II beatified M. Ursula on June 20, 1983 in Poznan and canonized her on May 18, 2003 in Rome.

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