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'Tis the Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter (Latin: Pascha, meaning "Passover"): Pascha-link & Wikipedia-link Paschaltide.
'Tis the Optional Memorial of Saint Damien de Vuester, Priest, SS.CC. (1840-1889, of Moloka'i, the "Apostle to the Lepers;" A.K.A. Jozef de Veuster).
'Tis the Optional Memorial of Saint John of Ávila, Priest & Doctor of the Church (1499-1569, the "Apostle of Andalusia").
Mass Readings—Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter eleven, verses nineteen thru twenty-six;
Psalm Eighty-seven, verses one(b), two, & three; four & five; & six & seven
(R/. Psalm One Hundred Seventeen, verse one[a]; or, "Alleluia");
The Gospel according to John, chapter ten, verses twenty-two thru thirty.
Commentary: Daily Readings.
Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus declared that “the Father and I are one.” Jesus appeared two thousand years ago and announced that he had been sent by the Father. There was a strange “something more” regarding Jesus, for he spoke and acted in the very person of God.Video reflection by Father John M. McKenzie (U.S. Conf. of Catholic Bishops): Paschal Reflection.
The first Christians had to come to grips with this strange duality: somehow Jesus was Son of God, both sent and divine. He was other than the Father, but somehow at the same level as the Father. Things got more complicated when the Holy Spirit came upon them.
Therefore, there seemed to be a Father (the one who sent Jesus), a Son (the one who was both sent and God), and a Holy Spirit (the divine one whom both the Father and Son had sent). Three but yet all the one God of Israel.
We invoke the Trinity when we make the sign of the cross. This juxtaposition of Trinity and cross is by no means accidental. For the cross is the moment when the tensive unity of the three divine persons is on most vivid display.
Video reflection by Doctor Tim Gray (Augustine Institute/Formed.org): Paschal Reflection.
Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of Saint John of Ávila
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter thirteen, verses forty-six thru forty-nine;
Psalm Twenty-three (R/. one), verses one, two, & three(a); four; five; & six;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter five, verses thirteen thru nineteen.
Commentary: Optional Readings.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"The rearing & education of children should be the joint task of the father & mother, & there is certainly progress to be made in order that men should take their part in this task to a greater degree. But it is only too clear that the role of the woman remains an essential one."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope Saint Paul VI (1897-1978, r. 1963-1978; feast: 29 May)
"I feel a longing & a need to be a saint. I did not know it was easy to be one, but now I see that one can be holy & happy too. I feel I simply must be a saint."Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
—Saint Dominic Savio (1842-1857, feast: 6 May)
"Se the humility of God. He made Himself the hungry one to satisfy our hunger… See the unity between prayer & wholehearted free service. We meet Jesus in the Bread of Life in the Eucharist & the humanity of Christ in the distressing disguise of the poor We are called to unity both of these… Prayer by itself—No! Work by itself—No! These two belong together."Archbishop Sheen Quote o' the Day
—Saint Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"Our happiest times are those in which we forget ourselves, usually in being kind to someone else. That tiny moment of self-abdication is an act of true humility; the man who loses himself finds himself & finds his happiness."
—Venerable Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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