Project BLACK MAMBA: Eastertide

'Tis the feast of Saint Cædwalla (circa 659-689), King of Wessex: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine.

'Tis also the feast of Saint Agnes of Montepulciano, Abbess, O.P. (1268-1317): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

'Tis also the feast of Blessed Richard Sergeant, Priest & Martyr (circa 1558-1586, A.K.A. Richard Lea, Longe), martyred under the queen Elizabeth I, one of the Eighty-Five Martyrs of England & Wales: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link LXXXV.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter twelve, verse twenty-four thru chapter thirteen, verse five(a);
Psalm Sixty-seven, verses two, three, five, six, & eight;
The Gospel according to John, chapter twelve, verses forty-four thru fifty.

Personal Reading
The Gospel according to John, chapter ten, verses one thru twenty-one;
The Book of Numbers, chapter one (verses one thru fifty-four).

Commentary: The Good Shepherd (John, 10:1-21), the census (Numbers, 1:1-3), Moses's assistants (1:4-19a), count of the Twelve Tribes (1:19b-46), Levites omitted from the census (1:47-54).