Project BLACK MAMBA: Eastertide

'Tis the Memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin & Doctor of the Church, T.O.S.D. (1347-1380): Doctor-link ūna, Doctor-link duae, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

St. Catherine… was given the stigmata, but it was visible only to herself. She is credited with composing over four hundred letters, her Dialogue, which is her definitive work, & her prayers. These works are so influential that St. Catherine would later be declared a Doctor of the Church.

'Tis also the feast of Saint Hugh of Cluny, Priest & Abbot, O.S.B. (1024-1109, A.K.A. the Great): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter fifteen, verses twenty-two thru thirty-one;
Psalm Fifty-seven, verses eight thru ten & twelve;
The Gospel according to John, chapter fifteen, verses twelve thru seventeen;

or, for St. Catherine's Memorial
The First Letter of John, chapter one, verse five thru chapter two, verse two;
Psalm One Hundred Three, verse one;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter eleven, verses twenty-five thru thirty.

Personal Reading
The Book of Numbers, chapter thirteen (verses one thru thirty-three);
The Book of Numbers, chapter fourteen (verses one thru forty-five).

Commentary: The twelve scouts (13:1-24), their return (13:25-33), threats of revolt (14:1-10), the Lord's sentence (14:11-38), & unsuccessful invasion (14:39-45).