Project BLACK MAMBA: Eastertide

'Tis the Optional Memorial of Saint Anselm of Canterbury, Bishop & Doctor of the Church, O.S.B. (circa 1033-1109): Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

Anselm composed dialogues & treatises with a rational & philosophical approach, sometimes causing him to be credited as the founder of Scholasticism. Despite his lack of recognition in this field in how own time, Anselm is now famed as the originator of the ontological argument for the existence of God & of the satisfaction theory of atonement.

'Tis also the feast of Blessed Thomas Pilchard, Priest & Martyr (1557-1587, A.K.A. Pilcher), martyred under the queen Elizabeth I, one of the Eighty-five Martyrs of England & Wales: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link LXXXV.

'Tis also the feast of Saint Conrad of Parzham, O.F.M. Cap. (1818-1894): Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter thirteen, verses thirteen thru twenty-five;
Psalm Eighty-nine, verses two, three, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-five, & twenty-seven;
The Gospel according to John, chapter thirteen, verses sixteen thru twenty;

or, for St. Anselm's memorial:
The Letter to the Ephesians, chapter three, verses fourteen thru nineteen;
Psalm Thirty-four, verse two, or nine;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter seven, chapter twenty-one thru twenty-nine.

Personal Reading
The Book of Numbers, chapter two (verses one thru thirty-four);
The Book of Numbers, chapter three (verses one thru fifty-one);
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter fourteen, verse twenty-one thru twenty-seven;
Psalm One Hundred Forty-five, verses eight thru thirteen;
The Book of Revelation, chapter twenty-one, verses one thru five(a);
The Gospel according to John, chapter thirteen, verses thirty-one thru thirty-three (a), thirty-four, & thirty-five;
Commentary to the Mass readings for the Fifth Sunday of Easter.

Commentary: Arrangement of the Tribes (Numbers, 2 inclusive), the sons of Aaron (3:1-4), Levites in place of the first-born (3:5-13), census of the Levites (3:14-20), duties of the Levitical clans (3:21-39), & census & ransom of the first-born (3:40-51).