Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Cædwalla, Confessor (circa 658-689; also spelt Cadwallon, etc.; A.K.A. Peter), King of Wessex: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Agnes of Montepulciano, Abbess, O.P. (1268-1317): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Blesseds James Bell, Priest, & John Finch, Martyrs (died 1584), martyred in the reign of the English queen Elizabeth I: Martyr-link Juliett Bravo & Wikipedia-link Juliett Bravo, Martyr-link Juliett Foxtrot & Wikipedia-link Juliett Foxtrot.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Maurice MacKenraghty, Priest & Martyr (circa 1500-1585, also spelt Muiris mac Ionrachtaigh), martyred in the reign of the English queen Elizabeth I, one of the Irish Martyrs: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Martyr-link Irish & Wikipedia-link Irish.
'Tis also the festival of Blesseds Richard Sergeant & William Thomson, Priests & Martyrs (died 1586), martyred in the reign of the English queen Elizabeth I, two of the Eighty-five Martyrs of England & Wales: Martyr-link Romeo Sierra & Wikipedia-link, Martyr-link Whiskey Tango; Martyr-link LXXXV & Wikipedia-link LXXXV.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Easter Weekday
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter nine, verses one thru twenty;
Psalm One Hundred Seventeen, verses one(b/c) & two;
The Gospel according to John, chapter six, verses fifty-two thru fifty-nine.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, today’s Gospel declares that the Word really became flesh. Why has the Incarnation been resisted from the very beginning? Why is the extension of the Incarnation, which is the Eucharist, still such a source of division?Video reflection by Father Praveen Lakkisetti: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
I think it has to do with flesh. God became one of us, as close to us as blood and muscle and bone. It is no longer correct to say simply that God is in his heaven and we are on the earth. It is not correct to say simply that God is spirit and we are matter. Matter has been invaded by spirit. In Jesus, God became flesh, and, more to the point, he invites us to eat his Body and drink his Blood. But that means that he wants us to take him into ourselves.
"Now, wait a minute!" many people think. That’s a little too close for comfort, for it means that he wants to be Lord of my flesh and my bones, that he wants to move into every nook and cranny of my life. My work, my recreation, my sexual life, my life of play—all those fleshy things that I do—he wants to be Lord of all of that! That’s precisely right.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"The true problem of our time is the 'Crisis of God,' the absence of God, disguised by an empty religiosity."Little Flower Quote o' the Day
—Pope Benedict XVI (born 1927, reigned 2005-2013)
"It is true that His Cross has been with me from the cradle, but for that Cross He has given me a passionate love."Saint Quote o' the Day
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
"You have made us for Yourself, Lord, & our hearts are restless until they rest in You."
—St. Augustine of Hippo, Doctor of the Church (354-430, feast day: 28 August)
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