Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, May 29 2026

Friday of the Eighth week in Ordinary Time

First Letter of Peter

Beloved: The end of all things is at hand. Therefore, be serious and sober for prayers.
Above all, let your love for one another be intense, because love covers a multitude of sins.
Be hospitable to one another without complaining.
As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God's varied grace.
Whoever preaches, let it be with the words of God; whoever serves, let it be with the strength that God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Beloved, do not be surprised that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as if something strange were happening to you.
But rejoice to the extent that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice exultantly.

Psalms

Say among the nations: The LORD is king.
He has made the world firm, not to be moved;
He governs the peoples with equity.
Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;
let the sea and what fills it resound;
let the plains be joyful and all that is in them.
Then shall all the trees of the forest exult before the LORD.
The LORD comes,
he comes to rule the earth.
He shall rule the world with justice
and the peoples with his constancy.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple area. He looked around at everything and, since it was already late, went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
The next day as they were leaving Bethany he was hungry.
Seeing from a distance a fig tree in leaf, he went over to see if he could find anything on it. When he reached it he found nothing but leaves; it was not the time for figs.
And he said to it in reply, "May no one ever eat of your fruit again!" And his disciples heard it.
They came to Jerusalem, and on entering the temple area he began to drive out those selling and buying there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.
He did not permit anyone to carry anything through the temple area.
Then he taught them saying, "Is it not written: 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples'? But you have made it a den of thieves."
The chief priests and the scribes came to hear of it and were seeking a way to put him to death, yet they feared him because the whole crowd was astonished at his teaching.
When evening came, they went out of the city.
Early in the morning, as they were walking along, they saw the fig tree withered to its roots.
Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered."
Jesus said to them in reply, "Have faith in God.
Amen, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it shall be done for him.
Therefore I tell you, all that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours.
When you stand to pray, forgive anyone against whom you have a grievance, so that your heavenly Father may in turn forgive you your transgressions."

St. Mother Ursula (Giulia) Ledóchowska(Religious (1865 - 1939))

M. Ursula (Giulia) Ledóchowska Religious (1865-1939) "If only I knew how to love, to burn and consume oneself in love," so Giulia Ledóchowska wrote at 24 years old. She then professed 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. She was raised in a large family where affectionate and disciplined love was given freely. The first three children, including Mother Ursula, 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. Mother Ursula lived at the convent in Krakow for 21 years. Her love for the Lord, educational talent and sensibility toward the needs of youngsters 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, Mother Ursula, with a steadily-growing community of nuns, soon 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, Mother 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 nuns 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, Mother 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 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. Mother 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. The Ursuline Congregation developed quickly in Poland. Communities were also established 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, the nuns accompanied girls in search of work and established themselves in France. Wherever possible, Mother Ursula founded educational and instructional work centers. She sent nuns to catechize and to work in poor areas. She wrote books and articles for children and youngsters. She initiated and sustained ecclesiastical organizations for children (Eucharistic Movement), for youngsters and for women. She actively 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 Mother Ursula on June 20, 1983, in Poznan. He canonized her on May 18, 2003, in Rome.

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