Saints + Scripture: Tuesday w/in the Octave of Easter

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'Tis the Tuesday within the Octave of Easter: Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Tuesday within the Octave of Easter
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter two, verses thirty-six thru forty-one;
Psalm Thirty-three, verses four & five, eighteen & nineteen, & twenty & twenty-two;
The Gospel according to John, chapter twenty, verses eleven thru eighteen.

Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):

Friends, today’s Gospel reveals St. John’s report of Mary Magdalene’s encounter with the risen Jesus. An interesting lesson follows from the disquieting fact of the Resurrection, namely that this world is not it. What I mean is that this world is not all that there is. We live our lives with the reasonable assumption that the natural world as we’ve come to know it is the final framework of our lives and activities. And one of the most powerful and frightening features of the natural world is death. Every living thing dies and stays dead.

But what if death and dissolution did not have the final say? What if, through God’s power, and according to his providence, a "new heavens and a new earth" were being born? The Resurrection of Jesus from the dead shows as definitively as possible that God is up to something greater than we had imagined or thought possible.

And therefore we don’t have to live as though death were our master. In light of the Resurrection, we can begin to see this world as a place of gestation, a place of growth and maturation toward something higher, more permanent, and more splendid.

Video reflection by Sister Peggy Gorman, R.S.M.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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Otherwise, 3 April would be the festival of Saint Burgundofara, Abbess (circa 595-657, A.K.A. Fara), foundress of the Abbey of Faremoutiers: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Abbey.

Commentary: Sister of the bishop St. Faro of Meaux [28 October].

'Twould also be the festival of Saint Richard of Chichester, Bishop (circa 1197-1253, A.K.A. Richard de Wych): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine.

'Twould also be the festival of Blesseds Thurstan Hunt & Robert Middleton, S.J., Priests & Martyrs (died 1601), martyred in the reign of the English queen Elizabeth I, two of the Eighty-five Martyrs of England & Wales: Martyr-link Tango Hotel & Wikipedia-link Tango Hotel, Martyr-link Romeo Mike; Martyrs-link LXXXV & Wikipedia-link LXXXV.

Commentary: Bl. Robert was the nephew of the martyr St. Margaret Clitherow [25 March].

'Twould also be the festival of Blessed Piotr Edward Dankowski, Priest & Martyr (1908-1942), martyred in the reign of the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, one of the One Hundred Eight Blessed Polish Martyrs: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link (list: Priests, № 62); Martyrs-link CVIII & Wikipedia-link CVIII.

Papal Quote o' the Day

"How can we not sing? How can we not express the fullness of those feelings accumulated during our long Lenten journey & during the dramatic ritual of the Paschal Triduum?"
—Pope Bl. Paul VI (1897-1978, feast day: 26 September)

Little Flower Quote o' the Day

"What would become of me if God did not give me courage?"
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)

Saint Quote o' the Day

"As people, we are meant to have human joys: the joy of living, the joy of love & friendship, the joy of work well done. As Christians, we have cause for further joy: like Jesus, we know that we are loved by God our Father."
—Pope St. John Paul II (the Great, 1920-2005; feast day: 22 October)