Saints and the Liturgical Year

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April 22, 2014 - Tuesday within the Octave of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):

“O God, who have bestowed on us paschal remedies,
endow your people with heavenly gifts,
so that, possessed of perfect freedom,
they may rejoice in heaven
over what gladdens them now on earth.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-22
 
April 23, 2014 - Wednesday within the Octave of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):

“O God, who gladden us year by year
with the solemnity of the Lord’s Resurrection,
graciously grant,
that, by celebrating these present festivities,
we may merit through them to reach eternal joys.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-23

April 23 - St. George, Martyr (Optional Memorial outside of Octave of Easter):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Extolling your might, O Lord,
we humbly implore you,
that, as Saint George imitated the Passion of the Lord,
so he may lend us ready help in our weakness.
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.”

“Popular symbolism presents St. George (d.303) as a knight killing a dragon: the triumph of faith over the forces of evil. Born into an illustrious family in Cappadocia, at a young age he ministered during Emperor Diocletian’s reign. When the emperor promulgated an edict against Christians, St. George professed his faith publicly, for which he was martyred. He is the patron saint of England, Portugal, Germany, Aragon, Genoa, and Venice. His tomb is in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

April 23 - Saint Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr (Optional Memorial outside of Octave of Easter):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who bestowed the crown of martyrdom
on the Bishop Saint Adalbert,
as he burned with zeal for souls,
grant, we pray, by his prayers,
that the obedience of the flock may never fail the shepherds,
nor the care of the shepherds be ever lacking to the flock.
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. Adalbert (956-997) was consecrated Bishop of Prague, whence he encouraged the evanlization of the Magyars. For having given sanctuary to a noblewoman convicted of adultery - and having excommunicated those involved in her being dragged from the church and murdered - he was exiled by the nobles of Prague. He preached the Gospel in Poland, Hungary, Russia, and Prussia, where he was martyred.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on Saints George and Adalbert, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/G/stgeorge.asp
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/A/stadalbertofprague.asp
 
April 24, 2014 - 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-24

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

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 other saints of the day, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/F/stfidelisofsigmaringen.asp
 
April 25, 2014 - 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-25
 
April 26, 2014 - 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-26
 
April 27, 2014 - Second Sunday of Easter or 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-27

“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’, click on the Decree of Indulgence for the conditions to gain the Indulgence.
 
After our 2013 Lenten Journey with Christ, ardent thanksgiving should expectedly be among the major dispositions we ought to have towards Our Lord. The Holy Mass or our Eucharistic Celebration is the means par excellence to express our thanksgiving.

We know that the word ‘eucharist’ comes from the Greek word meaning ‘thanksgiving’. In Hebrew, the parallel word for thanksgiving is ‘todah’. However, ‘todah’ in the Hebrew culture means more than merely saying a verbal ‘Thank you!’ In addition to gratitude expressed verbally, todah includes joyful praise and it connotes a thank offering or a thank sacrifice being offered by a person who, as it were, has been saved from serious danger.

We all know that the Lord Jesus has saved us from eternal damnation. By His sacrificial death on Calvary, He saved us from eternal death by suffering a most brutal, violent and inhuman death on the Cross.

Thus, our thanksgiving - our todah - should fittingly be more than merely a verbal 'Thank You, Lord! We ought to offer Him our todah accompanied by a thank offering consisting of something from our life, something from ourselves and from the blessings we have received from Him.

During this Octave of Easter, let us ask the Lord:
Lord, what is that particular thing in my life that you wish me to offer you as my todah offering?

Here I am Lord!
youtube.com/watch?v=GINNh15cT08

More information on todah from:
catholiceducation.org/articles/apologetics/ap0124.html
 
April 28, 2014 - 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

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

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who for the spreading of yur 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=2014-04-28
 
April 29, 2014 - Tuesday, 2nd Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Enable us, we pray, almighty God,
to proclaim the power of the risen Lord,
that we, who have received the pledge of his gift,
may come to possess all he gives
when it is fully revealed.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

April 29 - 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.”

“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=2014-04-29
 
April 30, 2014 - 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

April 30 - Saint Pius V, Pope (Optional Memorial):

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 and Blessed Marie de l’Incarnacion, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/P/stpiusv.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-04-30
 
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.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“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=2014-05-01

May l, 2014 - 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.”
 
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“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=2014-05-02
 
May 3 - 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“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, Sts. Alexander I, Eventius & Theodolus, St. Juvenal **, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/J/stjamesthelesser.asp
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/P/stphilip.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-05-03
 
May 04, 2014 - 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-05-04
 
May 5, 2014 - 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For information on St. Jutta (Judith) of Russia, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-05-05
 
May 6, 2014 - Tuesday, 3rd Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who open wide the gates of the heavenly Kingdom
to those reborn of water and the Holy Spirit,
pour out on your servants
an increase of the grace you have bestowed,
that, having been purged of all sins,
they may lack nothing
that in your kindness you have promised.
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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For information on St. John before the Latin Gate and St. Evodius, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-05-06
 
May 07, 2014 - Wednesday, 3rd Week of Easter:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Be present to your family, O Lord, we pray,
and graciously ensure
those you have endowed with the grace of faith
an eternal share in the Resurrection of your Only Begotten 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For information on St. Stanislaus, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-05-07
 
May 08, 2014 - 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For information on St. Acathius and the Apparition of St. Michael, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-05-08
 
May 09, 2014 - 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For information on St. Gregory Nazianzen and St. Pachomius, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-05-09
 
May 10, 2014 - 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:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

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 St. John of Avila, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/D/stdamienofmolokai.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-05-10
 
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