Project BLACK MAMBA: Eastertide—Backlog, Part I

Saturday, 7 May was the feast of Saint Rose Venerini, Religious, M.P.V. (1656-1728), foundress of the Religious Teachers Venerini: Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duae, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link M.P.V.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter eighteen, verses twenty-three thru twenty-eight;
Psalm Forty-seven, verses two, three, & eight thru ten;
The Gospel according to John, chapter sixteen, verses twenty-three(b) thru twenty-eight.

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Sunday, 8 May was the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord: Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

"So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, & sat down at the right hand of God."

In those dioceses wherein the observance of the Ascension of the Lord was not transferred from Thursday, 5 May (in those dioceses, a holy day of obligation), to the following Sunday, 8 May was the Seventh Sunday of Easter: Paschal-link & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: My personal preference would be for Ascension to be observed on Thursday, but I happily bow to the authority of the Bishop of Lansing, the Most Reverend Earl Boyea, & I can clearly see the logic of moving such an important feast as Ascension to a Sunday, when more of the faithful are likely to be in attendance to receive the message.

Otherwise, 8 May would have been the feast of Saint Peter of Tarentaise, Bishop, O.Cist. (1102-1174): Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Week
Mass Readings—Ascension of the Lord
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter one, verses one thru eleven;
Psalm Forty-seven, verses two, three, & six thru nine;
The Letter to the Ephesians, chapter one, verses seventeen thru twenty-three;
or, the Letter to the Hebrews, chapter nine, verses twenty-four thru twenty-eight & chapter ten, verses nineteen thru twenty-three;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter twenty-four, verses forty-six thru fifty-three.

Mass Readings—Seventh Sunday of Easter
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter seven, verses fifty-five thru sixty;
Psalm Ninety-seven, verses one, two, six, seven, & nine;
The Book of Revelation, chapter twenty-two, verses twelve thru fourteen, sixteen, seventeen, & twenty;
The Gospel according to John, chapter seventeen, verses twenty thru twenty-six.

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Monday, 9 May was the feast of Saint Catherine of Bologna, Abbess, O.S.C. (1413-1463): Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duae, & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter nineteen, verses one thru eight;
Psalm Sixty-eight, verses two thru three(b), four, five(a,c,d), & six thru seven(b);
The Gospel according to John, chapter sixteen, verses twenty-nine thru thirty-three.