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Today we remember Saint Bénézet (c. 1163-1184), the miraculous bridge builder: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day (Today)
Personal Reading
The First Letter to the Thessalonians, chapter three.

Mass Readings
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter four, verses thirty-two thru thirty-seven;
Psalm Ninety-three, verses one & two, five;
The Gospel according to John, chapter three, verses seven(B) thru fifteen.

Commentary: Today's first reading, Acts, 4:32-37, is the same as Sunday's, Acts, 4:32-35, except for two additional verses, 36-37.

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Had 12 April not been the Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday), we would have remembered Pope Saint Julius I (d. 352), foe of the Arian heresy: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

We would also have remembered Saint Sabbas the Goth (334-372, A.K.A. the Lector), martyred under the Gothic prince Atharid: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day (Sunday)
Mass Readings
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter four, verses thirty-two thru thirty-five;
Psalm One Hundred Eighteen, verses two thru four, thirteen thru fifteen, twenty-two thru twenty-four;
The First Letter of John, chapter five, verses one thru six;
The Gospel according to John, chapter twenty, verses nineteen thru thirty-one.

Mass Journal: Week 16
Sunday, 12 April 2015
Reflection by Matthew Kelly

For the first Christians, Christianity was a lifestyle. They shared a common life. Living in a common community, they often worked together, prayed together, & studied the Scriptures together. Their faith was the center of their lives; it affected everything they did. They shared meals together, played together, & cared for each other in sickness. They allowed the principles of the Gospel to guide them in the activities of their daily lives. They comforted each other in their afflictions & challenged each other to live the Gospel more fully There was unity & continuity between their professional lives & their family lives, between their social lives & their lives as members of the Church. They allowed the Holy Spirit to guide them in all they did. Then, at the pinnacle of their common life, they celebrated the Eucharist together.