The Popish Plot: vEaster
"The Virtues: Charity"
Death without the Eucharist: Day 38
He was thirty-eight days dying & not yet dead.
'Tis the Optional Memorial of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest & Martyr, O.F.M. Cap. (1577-1622, the "Poor Man's Lawyer," A.K.A. Mark Rey), martyred by Swiss proponents of the Calvinist heresy: Martyr-link ūnus, Martyr-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Heresy-link & Wikipedia-link Heresy.
Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Mary Salome (floruit 33): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Kinswoman of the Virgin Mary [many, many feast days] & mother of the Apostles Ss. James the Greater [25 July] & John [27 December], the sons of Zebedee.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Mary of Cleophas (floruit 33, A.K.A. of Clopas): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Kinswoman of the Virgin Mary [many, many feast days] & mother of the Apostle St. James the Less [3 May].
'Tis also the festival of Saint Diarmid of Armagh, Bishop (died 852), Bishop of Armagh (834-852): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Diocese-link & Wikipedia-link Armagh.
'Tis also the festival of Saint William Firmatus of Tours, Priest & Hermit (1026-1103): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, Religious (1796-1868, A.K.A. Rose Virginie Pelletier), foundress of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd (1835, R.G.S.): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link R.G.S.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Friday of the Second Week of Easter
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter five, verses thirty-four thru forty-two;
Psalm Twenty-seven (R/. see: four[a/b/c]), verses one, four, & thirteen & fourteen;
The Gospel according to John, chapter six, verses one thru fifteen.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, today’s Gospel tells of the feeding of the five thousand, which is a type of the Mass. Jesus is interested not only in instructing the crowds but also in feeding them. Copying this rhythm, the Mass moves from the Liturgy of the Word to the Liturgy of the Eucharist.Video reflection by Jem Sullivan, Ph.D. (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops): Daily Reflection.
The disciples supply a poor pittance—five barley loaves and two fish. Jesus makes the customary Eucharistic moves in regard to the bread: taking, giving thanks, and distributing. And everyone is fed.
During the sacred liturgy, the priest, on behalf of the people, offers to God a small pittance: some wafers of bread and some wine and water. But because God has no need of these gifts, they come back infinitely multiplied for the benefit of the people.
Through the power of Christ’s word, those gifts become his very Body and Blood, the only food capable of feeding the deepest hunger of the human heart. This liturgical rhythm is beautifully conveyed by the laconic lines: "Jesus took the bread, gave thanks to God, and distributed it to the people who were sitting there . . . and they all had as much as they wanted."
Video reflection by Dr. John Bergsma (St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology): Reflection.
Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen
The Letter to the Colossians, chapter one, verses twenty-four thru twenty-nine;
Psalm Thirty-four (R/. five), verses two & three, four & five, six & seven, & eight & nine;
The Gospel according to John, chapter seventeen, verses twenty thru twenty-six.
Scripture Study—The 3:16 Project
The Second Letter to Timothy, chapter three, verse sixteen.
All Scripture is inspired by God & profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, & for training in righteousness…Papal Quote o' the Day
"Let no one in your land be at ease while there is anyone whose human & Christian dignity is not respected & loved. This is true whether than person is a man, a woman, a child, an elderly or sick person, or any child of God!"Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, r. 1978-2005; feast: 22 October)
"You cannot help here or there like the physician, the nurse, the priest. You can be at all fronts, wherever there is grief, in the power of the cross. Your compassionate love takes you everywhere, this love from the divine heart"Archbishop Sheen Quote o' the Day
—St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942, feast: 9 August)
"Look into your own heart. I've looked into mine. I've had a great deal of suffering in the eighty-three years of my life—physical suffering & other suffering. It should never have happened, & it has lasted for many years. Yet, as I look back, I know very well that I have never received the punishment that I deserved. God has been easy with me. He has not laid on me burdens that were equal to my failures. If we look into our own souls, I think that we will also come to the same conclusion, for God speaks to us in various ways. As C. S. Lewis put it, 'God whispers to us in our pleasures, He speaks to us in our conscience, & He shouts to us in our pain.' Pain is God's megaphone. And unlike the ripples that are made in a brook or that you see when you throw a stone in a pond, the ripples of pain, instead of going out to distant shores, narrow & narrow & come to a central point where there is less of the outside of the circle & more of the center. Not the ego, but the real person & the real self. And one begins to find oneself alone with God. That is what happens in pain."
—Ven. Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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