Saturday of the Twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time

Letter to the Ephesians

4,7-16.

Brothers and sisters: Grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift.
Therefore, it says: "He ascended on high and took prisoners captive; he gave gifts to men."
What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended into the lower (regions) of the earth?
The one who descended is also the one who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.
And he gave some as apostles, others as prophets, others as evangelists, others as pastors and teachers,
to equip the holy ones for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
until we all attain to the unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the extent of the full stature of Christ,
so that we may no longer be infants, tossed by waves and swept along by every wind of teaching arising from human trickery, from their cunning in the interests of deceitful scheming.
Rather, living the truth in love, we should grow in every way into him who is the head, Christ,
from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, with the proper functioning of each part, brings about the body's growth and builds itself up in love.

Psalms

122(121),1-2.3-4a.4b-5.

I rejoiced because they said to me,
"We will go up to the house of the LORD."
And now we have set foot
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, built as a city
with compact unity.
To it the tribes go up,
To it the tribes go up,
the tribes of the LORD.
In it are set up judgment seats,
seats for the house of David.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

13,1-9.

Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.
He said to them in reply, "Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans?
By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!
Or those eighteen people who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them --do you think they were more guilty than everyone else who lived in Jerusalem?
By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!"
And he told them this parable: "There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard, and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none,
he said to the gardener, 'For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none. (So) cut it down. Why should it exhaust the soil?'
He said to him in reply, 'Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it;
it may bear fruit in the future. If not you can cut it down.'"

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St. John Paul II(pope from 1978 to 2005)

I Saint John Paul II (Karol Wotjyła) Pope from 1978 to 2005 (1920-2005) St. John Paul II stole many souls from the Devil’s clutches. He persevered during the brutal of Soviet regime and witnessed first-hand its secular materialism. He guarded the treasures of Our Lady and her foretelling of the terrible persecution of the Church. He steered heroically into an era of Christian liberation. Our intecessor forever, he is a rolemodel of courage and fidelity. Karol Józef Wojtyła was born in Wadowice (Poland) on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two children. At the age of nine, Karol made his first Holy Communion. Tragedy befell when his mother, Emilia Kaczorowska, passed away that year. Three years later, Karol’s older brother, Edmund, passed away. After receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation at eighteen, Karol graduated high school and enrolled in the Jagiellonian University at Cracow. Following the occupation by Nazi forces and the University’s closure in 1939, Karol worked in a mine to make ends meet. He also worked in the Solvay Chemical Factory to avoid deportation to Germany. In 1942, his father,Karol Wojtyła, passed away. The deaths of his beloved family members surely affected him. In 1942, Karol laid down his life by answering God's call to the priesthood. He beganattending courses in secret at the Major Seminary in Cracow, directed by Archbishop Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha. After the war, Karol continued his studies at Cracow's Major Seminary, which had been reopened, and then at the Faculty of Theology of the Jagiellonian University, until being ordained in Cracow on November 1, 1946. He was then sent to Rome by Cardinal Sapieha where he pursued a Doctorate in Theology (1948), with a thesis on the topic of faith in the works of St. John of the Cross. During that time, in vacation periods, he exercised his pastoral ministry among Polish immigrants in France, Belgium and Holland. In 1948, he returned to Poland as assistant priest in the parish of Niegowić, near Cracow, and then in the Church of Saint Florian in the same city. As University Chaplain until 1951, he continued to study both Philosophy and Theology. In 1953, he presented a thesis at the Catholic University of Lublin on the "Evaluation of the Possibility of Constructing a Christian Ethic on the Ethical System of Max Scheler." Later, he became Professor of Moral Theology and Ethics at the Major Seminary of Cracow and at the Theological Faculty of Lublin. On July 4, 1958, he was appointedAuxiliary Bishop of Cracow and Titular Bishop of Ombi by Pope Pius XII. On September 28, he was ordained Bishop in the Cathedral of Wawel (Cracow) by Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak. On January 13, 1964, he was nominated as Archbishop of Cracow by Pope Paul VI, who also later made him a Cardinal on June 26, 1967. Wojtyła also participated in the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), at which he made an important contribution to the preparation of the Constitution Gaudium et Spes. Preceding his Pontificate, Wojtyła would also take part in five assemblies of the Synod of Bishops. He was elected to the Papacy on October 16, 1978. On October 22nd, he began his ministry as Shepherd of the Universal Church. Pope John Paul II made 146 pastoral visits in Italy. As Pope, he visited 317 of Rome’s 332 parishes. His apostolic tripsexpressing pastoral care totaled 104. Among the primary documents he wrote are 14 Encyclicals, 15 Apostolic exhortations, 11 Apostolic Constitutions and 45 Apostolic Letters. He also authored five books: "Crossing the Threshold of Hope" (October 1994), "Gift and Mystery: on the Fiftieth Anniversary of My Priesthood" (November 1996), "Roman Triptych: editations" (March 2003), "Rise, Let us be on our way!" (May 2004), and "Memory and Identity" (February 2005). Pope John Paul II presided over 147 Beatifications, declaring 1,338 beatified and 51 canonizations, proclaiming a total of 482 saints. He also officiated in nine Consistories, thereby creating 231 (plus 1 "in pectore") Cardinals and presided at six plenary reunions of the College of Cardinals. Beginning 1978, he convoked 15 Assemblies of the Synod of Bishops: six Ordinary General Assemblies (1980, 1983, 1987, 1990; 1994 and 2001), one Extraordinary General Assembly (1985) and eight Special Assemblies (1980, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 [2] and 1999). On May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot by a terrorist in St. Peter's Square. He felt the maternal hand of the Mother of God steer the bullet clear of his heart. Following a long recovery, he met and forgave his attacker. Grateful for the gift of new life, he intensified his pastoral work with heroic generosity. His solicitude as pastor was expressed by establishing numerous dioceses and ecclesiastical circumscriptions, as well as by the promulgation of the Codes of Canon Law for the Latin Catholic and Eastern Catholic Churches. As an encouragement to the People of God, he also inaugurated moments of particular spiritual intensity such as the Year of the Redemption, the Marian Year, and the Eucharistic Year, as well as the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000. He also attracted younger generations by the celebration of World Youth Days. No other pope had ever encountered as many people as John Paul II: the number of pilgrims at the Wednesday General Audiences alone (more than 1,160 audiences) came to over 17 million pilgrims, to say nothing of the special audiences and other religious services (the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 alone saw the arrival of 8 million pilgrims), and the other millions of faithful that he met during apostolic visits in Italy or throughout the world. Numerous government officials were also received in audience: there were 38 official visits and a further 738 audiences or meetings with Heads of State, along with 246 visits with Prime Ministers. Pope John Paul II passed away in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace on Saturday, April 2, 2005 at 9:37 p.m., on the Vigil of the Sunday in Albis, also commemorated as Divine Mercy Sunday, a feast which he instituted.He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on May 1, 2011 and canonized by Pope Francis on April 27, 2014.

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St. Mary Salome()

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SAINT MARY SALOME(1st century) St. Mary Salome was one of the Three Marys who served Christ during his earthly ministry. She was the mother of St. James the Great and St. John the Apostle, and the wife of Zebedee. Mary Salome witnessed the Crucifixion and was among the women who were at the burial place on the day of the Resurrection (Mark 15, 40-41 & Mark 16, 1). Like Mary who announced Jesus' resurrection to the Apostles, Mary Salome's faithfulness elevated womanhood to the degree only witnessed in modern egalitarian societies. She is a patroness for all mothers and Christians.

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St. Mello(Bishop (3rd-4th centuries))

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SAINT MELLO Bishop (3rd-4th centuries) St. Mello is said to have been a native of Great Britain. After discerning his vocation to the priesthood, he was ordained; and practiced the sacred ministry. God blessed his labors with wonderful success. He was consecrated first bishop of Rouen in Normandy and worked there for forty years. He died in peace around the beginning of the fourth century.

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