Project BLACK MAMBA: Eastertide, Backlog Ed., Part I

Friday, 8 April was the feast of Saint Walter of Pontoise, Abbot, O.S.B. (circa 1030-1099): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

'Twas also the feast of Saint Julie Billiart, S.N.D. de N. (1751-1816), foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur: Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duae, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link S.N.D. de N..

Commentary: Wayback Machine.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter five, verses thirty-four thru forty-two;
Psalm Twenty-seven, verses one, four, thirteen, & fourteen;
The Gospel according to John, chapter six, verses one thru fifteen.

Personal Reading
The Book of Exodus, chapter thirty-three, verses seven thru twenty-three;
The Book of Exodus, chapter thirty-four (verses one thru thirty-five).

Commentary: Moses's intimacy with God (33:7-23), renewal of the tablets (34:1-9), religious laws (34:10-26), radiance of Moses's face (34:27-35).

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Saturday, 9 April was the feast of Saint Waltrude, Religious (died circa 688): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine.

'Twas also the feast of Saint Casilda of Toledo, Anchoress (died circa 1050): Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duae, & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter six, verses one thru seven;
Psalm Twenty-seven, verses one, four, thirteen, & fourteen;
The Gospel according to John, chapter six, verses sixteen thru twenty-one.

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Sunday, 10 April, was the Third Sunday of Easter: Paschal-link & Wikipedia-link.

Otherwise, 10 April would have been the feast of Saint Bademus, Martyr (died 376), martyred under the shah Shapur II: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.

'Twould also have been the feast of Saint Magdalene of Canossa, Virgin, F.D.C.C. (1774-1835), foundress of the Canossians, a diverse family of religious institutes: Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duae, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Canossians.

Commentary: Wayback Machine.

Scripture of the Week
Mass Readings
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter five, verses twenty-seven thru thirty-two & forty(b) thru forty-one;
Psalm Thirty, verses two, four thru six, & eleven thru thirteen;
The Book of Revelation, chapter five, verses eleven thru fourteen;
The Gospel according to John, chapter twenty-one, verses one thru nineteen;
(or, the Gospel according to John, chapter twenty-one, verses one thru fourteen).