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'Tis the Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter (Latin: Pascha, meaning "Passover"): Pascha-link & Wikipedia-link Paschaltide.
'Tis the Optional Memorial of Saints Marcellinus & Peter, Martyrs (died circa 304), martyred in the reign of the Roman emperors Diocetian & Maximian, victims of the Great Persecution.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter twenty-two, verse thirty & chapter twenty-three, verses six thru eleven;
Psalm Sixteen (R/. one; or, "Alleluia"), verses one, two(a), & five; seven & eight; nine & ten; & eleven;
The Gospel according to John, chapter seventeen, verses twenty thru twenty-six.
Commentary: Paschal Readings.
Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus prays for our unity with him and with each other. The Church is one because its founder is one. Jesus compels a choice precisely because he claims to speak and act in the very person of God. Jesus simply cannot be one teacher among many, and therefore those who walk in his way must be exclusively with him.Video reflection by Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers (U.S. Conf. of Catholic Bishops): Paschal Reflection.
Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) commented that the opening line of the Nicene Creed, "I believe in one God," is a subversive statement, because it automatically rules out any rival claimant to ultimate concern. To say that one accepts only the God of Israel and Jesus Christ is to say that one rejects as ultimate any human being, any culture, any political party, any artistic form, or any set of ideas.
A Christian, I would argue, is someone who, at the most fundamental level of his or her being, is centered on the one God of Jesus Christ. This helps to explain why, on the last night of his life on earth, while sitting at supper with his disciples, the core of the Church, Jesus prayed, "I pray not only for these, but also for thos
Video reflection by Doctor Tim Gray (Augustine Institute/Formed.org): Paschal Reflection.
Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of Saints Marcellinus & Peter
The Second Letter to the Corinthians, chapter six, verses four thru ten;
Psalm One Hundred Tenty-four (R/. seven), verses two & three, four & five, & seven(b) & eight;
The Gospel according to John, chapter seventeen, verses eleven(b) thru nineteen.
Commentary: Optional Readings.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Christians today, like Christians during the first centuries, must have courage & faith in God. They must distinguish themselves from the world about them. They do this not to condemn the world but to penetrate it with the light & the truth of the Gospel."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope Saint John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, r. 1978-2005; feast: 22 October)
"Do you want many graces? Go & visit the Blessed Sacrament often."Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
—Saint Dominic Savio (1842-1857, feast: 6 May)
"If you are hungry to hear the voice of God, you will hear. To hear, you have to cut out all other things."Archbishop Sheen Quote o' the Day
—Saint Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"The modern tendency is toward the affirmation of the ego, the exaltation of selfishness, riding roughshod over others in order to satisfy our own self-centeredness. It certainly has not produced much happiness, for the more the ego asserts itself, the more miserable it becomes."
—Venerable Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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