The Popish Plot
"Sister Mary Aquinas Kinskey: Teacher of N.A.S.A. (Science & Religion / Catholic Scientists)"
'Tis the Saturday of the Third Week of Easter (Latin: Pascha, meaning "Passover"): Pascha-link & Wikipedia-link Paschaltide.
'Tis the First Saturday o' the month: Wikipedia-link First Saturdays.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Saturday of the Third Week of Easter
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter nine, verses thirty-one thru forty-two;
Psalm One Hundred Sixteen (R/. twelve; or, "Alleluia"), verses twelve & thirteen, fourteen & fifteen, & sixteen & seventeen;
The Gospel according to John, chapter six, verses sixty thru sixty-nine.
Commentary: Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel, we learn that many disciples left the Lord because he said they had no life unless they were to eat his flesh and drink his blood.Video reflection by Deacon Bernard Nojadera (U.S. Conf. of Catholic Bishops): Paschal Reflection.
Why has the gift of the Eucharist been, from the beginning, a source of contention? Why have we, from Jesus’ time to the present day, been fighting over it? Shouldn’t it be the source of our unity and deepest joy? Well, yes. But we can’t overlook the fact that it has always divided—just as Jesus himself divided people: "Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters."
When they heard Jesus lay out the teaching in all of its power, many of them left. In fact, so many left that Jesus wondered aloud to his disciples, "Do you also want to leave?" You get the sense that the whole Church, the whole Christian project, was hanging in the balance.
How wonderful that Peter responds, as he did in the synoptic Gospels to another of Jesus’ probing questions, "Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." That is the great Catholic answer, the hinge, the cardinal point.
Video reflection by Doctor Tim Gray (Augustine Institute/Formed.org): Paschal Reflection.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Be careful to defend always & everywhere the just rights & true freedom of persons—without discrimination. Such discrimination occurs when we become sensitive only to those victims whose ideas or convictions we share."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope Saint Paul VI (1897-1978, r. 1963-1978; feast: 29 May)
"Soon we will have the intimate happiness of the family, & its beauty that brings us closer to Him."Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
—Saint Louis Martin (1823-1894, feast: 12 July)
"If we only 'say' prayers then naturally you may not be praying. To pray means to be completely united to Jesus in such a way as to allow Him to pray in us, with us, through us! This cleaving to each other, Jesus & I, is prayer. We are all called to pray like this."Archbishop Sheen Quote o' the Day
—Saint Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"Joy is the happiness of love—love aware of its own inner happiness. Pleasure comes from without, & joy comes from within, & it is, therefore, within reach of everyone in the world."
—Venerable Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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