Saints and the Liturgical Year

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April 30, 2017 - Third Sunday of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“May your people exult for ever, O God,
in renewed youthfulness of spirit,
so that, rejoicing now in the restored glory of our adoption,
we may look forward in confident hope
to the rejoicing of the day of resurrection.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-04-30
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A* down-to-earth reflection *- on the Gospel episode about the two disciples on their way to Emmaus:

In the Breaking of the Bread
(ncregister.com, by Marge Fenelon, 4/19/15)

ncregister.com/site/article/in-the-breaking-of-the-bread
 
May 3 - Wednesday - Saints Philip and James, Apostles (Feast):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who gladden us each year
with the feast day of the Apostles Philip and James,
grant us, through their prayers,
a share in the Passion and Resurrection
of your Only Begotten Son,
so that we may merit to behold you for eternity.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-03

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

“Like Sts. Peter and Andrew, St. Philip was from Bethsaida, in Galilee. According to tradition he was crucified at Hierapolis in Phrygia, where he had preached the Gospel. He introduced St. Bartholomew (Nathanael) to Christ. Christ declared to St. Philip, 'Whoever has seen me has seen the Father … I am in the Father and the Father is in me (Jn 14:8, 11).” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

“St. James was a cousin of Our Lord. He is often called St. James the Less because of St. Mark’s reference to him as ‘the younger’ (Mk 15:40). As Bishop of Jerusalem, St. James wrote an Epistle of the New Testament. He was thrown from the terrace of the Temple and then stoned to death. Sts. Philip and James are named in the Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I).” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on Saints Philip and James and information on the Finding of the Holy Cross and St. Juvenal, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/J/stjamesthelesser.asp
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/P/stphilip.asp
 
May 04, 2017 - Thursday, 3rd Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
let us feel your compassion more readily
during these days when, by your gift,
we have known it more fully,
so that those you have freed from the darkness of error
may cling more firmly to the teachings of your truth.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

Read about St. Florian:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-04
 
May 05, 2017 - Friday, 3rd Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that we, who have come to know
the grace of the Lord’s Resurrection,
may, through the love of the Spirit,
ourselves rise to newness of life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

Read about St. Jutta:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-05
 
May 06, 2017 - Saturday, 3rd Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who in the font of Baptism
have made new those who believe in you;
keep safe those reborn in Christ,
that, defeating every onslaught of error,
they may faithfully preserve the grace of your blessing.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

Read about St. John Before the Latin Gate and St. Evodius:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-06
 
May 07, 2017 - Fourth Sunday of Easter:
Today is also Good Shepherd Sunday and World Day of Prayer for Vocations.

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
lead us to share in the joys of heaven,
so that the humble flock may reach
where the brave Shepherd has gone before.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-07
 
grateful_child said:
May 07, 2017 - Fourth Sunday of Easter:
Today is also Good Shepherd Sunday and World Day of Prayer for Vocations.

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
lead us to share in the joys of heaven,
so that the humble flock may reach
where the brave Shepherd has gone before.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-07
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Here’s Scott Hahn’s reflection for the FOURTH Sunday of Easter, from the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.

WHAT ARE WE TO DO?

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May 08, 2017 - Monday, 4th Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, perfect light of the blessed,
by whose gift we celebrate the paschal mysteries on earth,
bring us, we pray,
to rejoice in the full measure of your grace
for ages unending.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

Read about the Apparition of St. Michael and St. Acathius:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-08
 
May 09, 2017 - Tuesday, 4th Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that, celebrating the mysteries of the Lord’s Resurrection,
we may merit to receive the joy of our redemption.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

Read about St. Gregory Nazianzen and St. Pachomius:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-09
 
May 10, 2017 - Wednesday, 4th Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, life of the faithful,
glory of the humble, blessedness of the just,
listen kindly to the prayers
of those who call on you,
that they who thirst for what you generously promise
may always have their fill of your plenty.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

May 10 - St. Damien de Veuster, Priest (Optional Memorial in the Dioceses of the United States).

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Father of mercy,
who gave us in Saint Damien
a shining witness of love for the poorest and most abandoned,
grant that, by his intercession,
as faithful witnesses of the heart of your Son Jesus,
we too may be servants of the most needy and rejected.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“Born in Belgium Bl. Damien (1840-1889) joined the Fathers of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in 1860. In 1873, he requested to go to the leper colony at Molokai, where he spent the rest of his life; four years later he contracted leprosy.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on Saint Damien and information on St. John of Avila, St. Antoninus, and Sts. Gordian & Epimachus, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/D/stdamienofmolokai.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-10
 
May 11, 2017 - Thursday, 4th Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who restore human nature
to yet greater dignity than at its beginnings,
look upon the amazing mystery of your loving kindness,
and in those you have chosen to make new
through the wonder of rebirth
may yoy preserve the gifts
of your enduring grace and blessing.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

Read about Mary,Queen of Apostles and St. Francis di Girolamo:
catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-11
 
May 12, 2017 - Friday, 4th Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, author of our freedom and of our salvation,
listen to the voice of our pleading
and grant that those you have redeemed
by the shedding of your Son’s Blood
may have life through you
and, under your protection,
rejoice for ever unharmed.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

May 12 - Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that we, who know the great courage
of the glorious Martyrs Nereus and Achilleus
in confessing you,
may experience their loving intercession for us in your presence.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“Sts. Nereus and Achilleus were Roman soldiers during the reign of the Emperor Trajan in the first century AD. According to tradition they were martyred when they embraced the true Faith and consequently left the military.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

May 12 - Saint Pancras, Martyr (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“May your Church rejoice, O God,
confident in the intercession of the Martyr Saint Pancras,
and by his glorious prayers
may she persevere in devotion to you
and stand ever firm.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“At fourteen, St. Pancras (d.304) was martyred during the reign of Diocletian. He was buried on the Via Aurelia, where Pope Symmachus erected a basilica over his tomb.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on Saints Nereus, Achilleus and Domitilla, Saint Pancras, and Blessed Imelda Lambertini, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/P/stpancras.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-12
 
May 13, 2017 - Saturday, 4th Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who in the celebration of Easter
graciously give to the world
the healing of heavenly remedies,
show benevolence to your Church,
that our present observance
may benefit us for eternal life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

May 13 - Our Lady of Fatima (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who chose the Mother of your Son to be our Mother also,
grant us that, persevering in penance and prayer
for the salvation of the world,
we may further more effectively each day the reign of Christ.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in Portugal in 1917. The message of Fatima includes conversion of heart, repentance from sin, and dedication to the Blessed Virgin Mary, especially by praying the Rosary.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more information on Our Lady of Fatima and on Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/O/ourladyoffatima.asp
www.ewtn.com/fatima/apparitions/BVM.htm
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-13
 
May 14, 2017 - Fifth Sunday of Easter:
Today is also Mothers’ Day.

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
constantly accomplish the Paschal Mystery within us,
that those you were pleased to make new in Holy Baptism
may, under your protective care, bear much fruit
and come to the joys of life eternal.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-14

May 14 - Feast of Saint Matthias, Apostle which gives way to the Sunday Liturgy:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who assigned Saint Matthias
a place in the college of Apostles,
grant us, through his intercession,
that, rejoicing at how your love has been allotted to us,
we may merit to be numbered among the elect.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“After the Ascension of Our Lord, St. Peter proposed the disciples select an Apostle to take the office of Judas Iscariot. The choice was St. Matthias (d.64). He worked for the faith in Palestine and was stoned to death.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Matthias, see link:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/M/stmatthias.asp
 
grateful_child said:
May 14, 2017 - Fifth Sunday of Easter:
Today is also Mothers’ Day.

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
constantly accomplish the Paschal Mystery within us,
that those you were pleased to make new in Holy Baptism
may, under your protective care, bear much fruit
and come to the joys of life eternal.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-14
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Here’s Scott Hahn’s reflection for the FIFTH Sunday of Easter, from the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.

BUILDING HIS HOUSE

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May 15, 2017 - Monday, Fifth Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“May your right hand, O Lord, we pray,
encompass your family with perpetual help,
so that, defended from all wickedness
by the Resurrection of your Only Begotten Son,
we may make our way by means of your heavenly gifts.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

May 15 - Saint Isidore (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Lord God, to whom belongs all creation,
and who call us to serve you
by caring for the gifts that surround us,
inspire us by the example of Saint Isidore
to share our food with the hungry
and to work for the salvation of all people.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“St. Isidore (1070-1130) was a Spanish laborer who worked near Madrid as a ploughman for a nobleman. Despite his long workday, he never failed to attend daily Mass and to spend time praying before the Blessed Sacrament. He married a maidservant, St. Maria de la Cabeza. Always willing to help their neighbors, they worked with the poor in the slums.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Isidore, the Farmer and St. Dymphna, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/I/stisidorethefarmer.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-15
 
May 16, 2017 - Tuesday, 5th Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who restore us to eternal life
in the Resurrection of Christ,
grant your people constancy in faith and hope,
that we may never doubt the promises
of which we have learned from you.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
dailytvmass.com/

Read about St. Ubaldus, St. Simon Stock and St. Brendan from:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-16
 
grateful_child said:
May 14, 2017 - Fifth Sunday of Easter:
Today is also Mothers’ Day.

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
constantly accomplish the Paschal Mystery within us,
that those you were pleased to make new in Holy Baptism
may, under your protective care, bear much fruit
and come to the joys of life eternal.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-14
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Sharing this reflection on the readings of the 5th Sunday of Easter, from the Euchalette, May 14, 2017, p.4:

"GOD’S GUESTS IN THE ETERNAL MANSIONS"

"When we reflect on what Jesus is in himself and for us, we cannot but be amazed at the richness of the meaning of his titles as we can derive them from today’s Biblical readings.

St. Peter speaks of him as the “LIVING STONE” and the “CORNERSTONE” upon whom the building of the Church rests. (See Second Reading.) As the original “living stone,” Jesus is the source of our life and the reason for our presence and role in the Church. Without him there would be no Church as a spiritual edifice. There would be no other smaller “living stones” used by God to construct the Temple of His wonderful plan.

The image of Jesus as “Cornerstone,” instead, connotes both solidity and primacy. No house would stand without a strong foundation. Likewise, without Christ as its cornerstone, there would be no enduring Church. Persecutions and defections would have soon reduced it to nothing. But the Church has survived for two thousand years – a clear sign that it rests on a most solid cornerstone!

In the Gospel Jesus gives the three classical defi nitions of himself as “THE WAY, THE TRUTH, and THE LIFE.”

As “The Way,” he reminds us of the “eternal mansions” and “dwelling places” he has prepared for all his friends at the cost of his life. It would be useless to know about their existence and their having been prepared for us, if we did not know how to get there. Jesus does not leave things halfdone. He is not only the designer, the architect and the constructor of the mansions. He is also the sure, straight, and tested way that leads to them.

Jesus is also “The Truth” in all its fullness – the truth about God, and the truth about man. He is the truth that really matters and that gives meaning to all other truths from which we derive our certitudes in life. Without Jesus as the “foundational truth,” we would be submerged in an ocean of doubts and fleeting theories that change from one moment to another and which would shroud our lives in endless uncertainty.

Finally, Jesus is “The Life”: the original and lasting Life, without beginning or end; the Life from which all living beings derive their existence and on which they depend for their continuation. From him, as the source of our life, flow all worthy initiatives and enterprises, all the inspiration and creativity that constantly renew and improve our life on earth. Invulnerable to all attacks of decay and death, Jesus as the fullness of Life is the ultimate aspiration of all hearts.

Jesus is all this to us, and much more. Our response to him can only be what he himself suggests at the beginning of today’s Gospel passage: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me.” For, if we really believe in him and put all our trust in him, we shall never be disappointed, and nothing – absolutely nothing – will ever be able to trouble us."
 
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