Saints and the Liturgical Year

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**April 19, 2017 - **Day 6 - Novena to the Divine Mercy
(Wednesday within the Octave of Easter):
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/novena.htm#6

Note: During this Novena which leads to the Divine Mercy Sunday on April 23, 2017,
the Chaplet of Divine Mercy is also offered each day for the day’s intention.
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/dmmap.htm

For the Divine Mercy Sunday Indulgence, please see link:
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/indulgence.htm

For “those who cannot go to Church or the seriously ill”,
the Decree of Indulgence from the above link explains the conditions to obtain the Indulgence.
 
April 20, 2017 - Thursday within the Octave of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):

“O God, who have united the many nations
in confessing your name,
grant that those reborn in the font of Baptism
may be one in the faith of their hearts
and the homage of their deeds.
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=2017-04-20

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
www.dailytvmass.com
 
**April 20, 2017 - **Day 7 - Novena to the Divine Mercy
(Thursday within the Octave of Easter):
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/novena.htm#7

Note: During this Novena, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy is also offered each day for the day’s intention.
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/dmmap.htm

Divine Mercy Sunday Indulgence:
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/indulgence.htm

For “those who cannot go to Church or the seriously ill”,
the Decree of Indulgence from the above link explains the conditions to obtain the Indulgence.
 
**April 21, 2017 - **Day 8 - Novena to the Divine Mercy
(Friday within the Octave of Easter):
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/novena.htm#8

Note: During this Novena, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy is also offered each day for the day’s intention.
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/dmmap.htm

Divine Mercy Sunday Indulgence:
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/indulgence.htm

For “those who cannot go to Church or the seriously ill”,
the Decree of Indulgence from the above link explains the conditions to obtain the Indulgence.
 
April 21, 2017 - Friday within the Octave of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
who gave us the Paschal Mystery
in the covenant you established
for reconciling the human race,
so dispose our minds, we pray,
that what we celebrate by professing the faith
we may express in deeds.
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/
catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-04-21

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

April 21 - Calendar feast of Saint Anselm, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Optional Memorial), which gives way to the Octave of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who led the Bishop Saint Anselm
to seek out and teach the depths of your wisdom,
grant, we pray,
that our faith in you may so aid our understanding,
that what we believe by your command
may give delight to our hearts.
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. Anselm (1033-1109) was born in Aosta, Italy, and died in England. He was in the Benedictine monastery of Le Bec in Normandy for about thirty years. In 1093 he was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury and named Primate of England. In his defense of the Church he suffered much, including exile. He is called the Father of Scholastic Theology, and his doctrinal works are among the most noteworthy examples of theology and medieval mysticism.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Anselm, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/A/stanselm.asp
 
April 22, 2017 - Saturday within the Octave of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who by the abundance of your grace
give increase to the peoples who believe in you,
look with favor on those you have chosen
and clothe with blessed immortality
those reborn through the Sacrament of Baptism.
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=2017-04-22

Daily Holy Mass from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, Canada:
www.dailytvmass.com
 
**April 22, 2017 - **Day 9 - Novena to the Divine Mercy
(Saturday within the Octave of Easter):
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/novena.htm#9

Note: During this Novena, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy is also offered each day for the day’s intention.
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/dmmap.htm

Divine Mercy Sunday Indulgence:
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/indulgence.htm

For “those who cannot go to Church or the seriously ill”,
the Decree of Indulgence from the above link explains the conditions to obtain the Indulgence.
 
April 23, 2017 - Second Sunday of Easter
Today, the Octave of Easter, is also Divine Mercy Sunday.

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“God of everlasting mercy,
who in the very recurrence of the paschal feast
kindle the faith of the people you have made your own,
increase, we pray, the grace you have bestowed,
that all may grasp and rightly understand
in what font they have been washed,
by whose Spirit they have been reborn,
by whose Blood they have been redeemed.
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=2017-04-23

“Today, the Octave of Easter, is also Divine Mercy Sunday. The Congregation for Divine Worship decreed (23 May 2000) that ‘throughout the world, the second Sunday of Easter will receive the name Divine Mercy Sunday, a perennial invitation to the Christian World to face, with confidence in divine benevolence, the difficulties and trials that humankind will experience in the years to come.’ Devotion to the Divine Mercy was promoted by St. Faustina Kowalska, canonized by Blessed John Paul II, 31 April 2000.” (Ordo.)

Link to Divine Mercy Sunday Indulgence:
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/indulgence.htm

For “those who cannot go to Church or the seriously ill”, see “Decree of Indulgence” in the link above for the conditions to gain the Indulgence.
 
grateful_child said:
April 23, 2017 - Second Sunday of Easter
Today, the Octave of Easter, is also Divine Mercy Sunday.

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“God of everlasting mercy,
who in the very recurrence of the paschal feast
kindle the faith of the people you have made your own,
increase, we pray, the grace you have bestowed,
that all may grasp and rightly understand
in what font they have been washed,
by whose Spirit they have been reborn,
by whose Blood they have been redeemed.
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=2017-04-23

“Today, the Octave of Easter, is also Divine Mercy Sunday. The Congregation for Divine Worship decreed (23 May 2000) that ‘throughout the world, the second Sunday of Easter will receive the name Divine Mercy Sunday, a perennial invitation to the Christian World to face, with confidence in divine benevolence, the difficulties and trials that humankind will experience in the years to come.’ Devotion to the Divine Mercy was promoted by St. Faustina Kowalska, canonized by Blessed John Paul II, 31 April 2000.” (Ordo.)

Link to Divine Mercy Sunday Indulgence:
www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/indulgence.htm

For “those who cannot go to Church or the seriously ill”, see “Decree of Indulgence” in the link above for the conditions to gain the Indulgence.
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Here’s Scott Hahn’s reflection for Divine Mercy Sunday, from the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.

HIS MERCY ENDURES.

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Sharing this reflection on DIVINE MERCY, from the Euchalette, April 23, 2017, Divine Mercy Sunday, P.4.:

"TRUSTING CHRIST’S DIVINE MERCY"

"St. Faustina Kowalska was a Polish nun who died on October 5, 1938 at only 33 years of age. She had lived a very simple life proclaiming an extremely simple message: the Heart of Jesus is overflowing with divine mercy toward sinners and wants all to come to him with trust-filled love.

This invitation is powerfully expressed in the classic painting of the Risen Christ, which an artist executed under the guidance of Sr. Faustina herself who, on 22 February 1931, had seen him with red and pale rays of light emanating from his chest. Those rays of light recalled the blood and water that flowed down from the pierced heart of Christ on the cross and symbolized the inexhaustible richness of his merciful love made present and available to all through the Sacraments.

Jesus himself had instructed Sr. Faustina to have the sentence “JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU” written at the bottom of that painting. This sentence expresses the response of humble faith on the part of the sinner to the endless mercy with which God views mankind and constantly brings about the salvation of the world."
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April 24, 2017 - Monday, 2nd Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that we, who have been renewed by paschal remedies,
transcending the likeness of our earthly parentage,
may be transformed in the image of our heavenly maker.
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:
www.dailytvmass.com

April 24 - Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest and Martyr (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who were pleased to award
the palm of martyrdom to Saint Fidelis
as, burning with love for you, he propagated the faith,
grant, we pray, through his intercession,
that, grounded in charity,
we may merit to know with him
the power of the Resurrection of Christ.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“Born in Germany, St. Fidelis (1577-1622) belonged to the Capuchin Order. He led a life of deep contemplation. As an evangelist and catechist, he was known as an advocate of the poor. Called the Apostle of Switzerland, he was martyred in that country.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen and St. Euphrasia Pelletier, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/F/stfidelisofsigmaringen.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-04-24
 
April 25 - Monday, Saint Mark, Evangelist (Feast):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who raised up Saint Mark, your Evangelist,
and endowed him with the grace to preach the Gospel,
grant, we pray,
that we may so profit from his teaching
as to follow faithfully in the footsteps of Christ.
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:
www.dailytvmass.com

“St. Mark was the son of a woman called Mary in whose house St. Peter sought refuge after having been freed from prison. He accompanied St. Paul and his own cousin St. Barnabas in the evangelization of Cyprus before he became the companion and secretary of St. Peter in Rome. He wrote a Gospel that emphasizes the miraculous powers of the Savior.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Mark, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/M/stmark.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-04-25
 
April 26, 2017 - Wednesday, 2nd Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“As we recall year by year the mysteries
by which, through the restoration of its original dignity,
human nature has received the hope of rising again,
we earnestly beseech your mercy, Lord,
that what we celebrate in faith
we may possess in unending love.
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/

Read about Our Lady of Good Counsel, St. Cletus I, St. Marcellinus and St. Raphael Arnaiz Baron:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-04-26
 
April 27, 2017 - Thursday, 2nd Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who for the salvation of the world
brought about the paschal sacrifice,
be favorable to the supplications of your people,
so that Christ our High Priest, interceding on our behalf,
may by his likeness to ourselves
bring us reconciliation,
and by his equality with you
free us from our sins.
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 Our Lady of Montserrat and St. Zita:
catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-04-27
 
April 28, 2017 - Friday, 2nd Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, hope and light of the sincere,
we humbly entreat you to dispose our hearts
to offer you worthy prayer
and ever to extol you
by dutiful proclamation of your praise.
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/

April 28 - Saint Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who for the spreading of your Church
crowned Saint Peter Chanel with martyrdom,
grant that, in these days of paschal joy,
we may so celebrate the mysteries of Christ’s Death and Resurrection
as to bear worthy witness 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.”

“St. Peter (1803-1841) was born in France and martyred on the island of Futuna when, because of his preaching, the chief’s son desired Baptism. He is called the Apostle of Oceania and was the first martyr there. He belonged to the Society of Mary (Marists).” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

April 28 - Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort, Priest (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who willed to direct the steps of the Priest Saint Louis
along the way of salvation and of the love of Christ,
in the company of the Blessed Virgin,
grant us, by his example,
that, meditating on the mysteries of your love,
we may strive tirelessly for the building up of your Church.
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. Louis (1673-1716) was born to a poor family at Montfort-La Cane in Brittany. Ordained at twenty-seven, he was devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, as illustrated by his book, The Secret of the Rosary, the first work to describe a method of praying the Rosary. He founded an order of priests (Company of Mary) and a religious institute of women devoted to the poor (Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Wisdom).” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on Saints Peter Chanel, Louis de Montfort and Gianna Molla, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/P/stpeterchanel.asp
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/L/stlouisdemontfort.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-04-28
 
April 29, 2017, Saturday - Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who set Saint Cathrine of Siena on fire with divine love
in her contemplation of the Lord’s Passion
and her service of your Church,
grant, through her intercession,
that your people,
participating in the mystery of Christ,
may ever exult in the revelation of his glory.
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/

“St. Catherine (1347-1380) was instrumental in the return of Pope Gregory XI from Avignon to Rome. In word and deed, she showed her love for God’s Church and the Roman Pontiff. Her short life is an example of courage. Imprinted with the stigmata, she died in Rome at thirty-three years of age. She was proclaimed patroness of Italy on June 18, 1939, and in 1970 Pope Paul VI proclaimed her a Doctor of the Church.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on Saints Catherine of Siena, Peter of Verona, and Hugh of Cluny, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/C/stcatherineofsiena.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-04-29
 
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

April 30 - Optional Memorial of Saint Pius V. Pope, which gives way to the Sunday Liturgy :

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who in your providence
raised up Pope Saint Pius the Fifth in your Church
that the faith might be safeguarded
and more fitting worship be offered to you,
grant, through his intercession,
that we may participate in your mysteries
with lively faith and fruitful charity.
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.”

“Pius V, +1572; O.P. implemented the reforms of the Council of Trent; promulgated the Roman Catechism, the Roman Missal, and the Roman Breviary used until Vatican II.” (Ordo.)

For more on St. Pius V, see link:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/P/stpiusv.asp
 
grateful_child said:
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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Here’s Scott Hahn’s reflection for the Third Sunday of Easter, from the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.

EMMAUS AND US

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May 01, 2017 - Monday, 3rd Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that, putting off our old self with all its ways,
we may live as Christ did,
for through the healing paschal remedies
you have conformed us to his nature.
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 1 - Saint Joseph the Worker (Memorial [Optional in some areas]):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, Creator of all things,
who laid down for the human race the law of work,
graciously grant
that by the example of Saint Joseph and under his patronage
we may complete the works you set us to do
and attain the rewards you promise.
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.”

“This feast was instituted in 1955 by Pope Pius XII and is celebrated on May 1, which corresponds to the day labor is honored in many countries. In the Gospel Christ was called ‘the son of the carpenter.’ Human labor, no matter how ordinary, can be sanctified, which in turn can sanctify oneself and others, making each of the faithful a participant in Christ’s work of redemption.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Joseph the Worker and St. Peregrine, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-01
 
May 2 - Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
who raised up the Bishop Saint Athanasius
as an outstanding champion of your Son’s divinity,
mercifully grant,
that, rejoicing in his teaching and his protection,
we may never cease to grow in knowledge and love of 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 reflections:
usccb.org/bible/reflections/

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

“St. Athanasius (297-373), Bishop of Alexandria, Egypt, was a great champion of the Faith against the Arian heresy at the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. He suffered persecution, including seventeen years of intermittent exile, for resisting to compromise in the essentials of the Faith. He wrote many outstanding apologetical works.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Athanasius, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/A/stathanasius.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-05-02
 
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