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28 May ____________________ _ 1 Peter 1:3-9 Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy has given us a new birth as his sons, by raising Jesus Christ from the dead, so that we have a sure hope and the promise of an inheritance that can never be spoilt ...
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27 May – Pentecost Sunday The Day of Pentecost Today we celebrate the great day of Pentecost when Christ filled the Church with the power of his spirit and sent it out into the world to bring his peace, joy and forgiveness to all mankind. - The Sunday Missal ____________________ _ Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11 ...
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26 May – Memorial for St. Philip Neri, Priest Philip Neri (1515-1595) came from a poor family, though he was related to Italian nobility. His father, Francisco Neri, worked as a nota …
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25 May – Memorial for St. Bede the Venerable, Priest and Worker; Memorial for St. Gregory VII, Pope; Memorial for St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, Virgin Bede (672-735) was born around the time England was finally completely Christianized. He was raised from age seven in the abbey of Sts. Peter and Paul at Wearmouth-Jarrow, and ...
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24 May ____________________ _ Acts of the Apostles 22:30;23:6-11 Since the tribune wanted to know what precise charge the Jews were bringing, he freed Paul and gave orders for a meeting of the chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin; then he brought Paul down and stood him in front of them. Now Paul was well aware ...
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23 May ____________________ _ Acts of the Apostles 20:28-38 Paul addressed these words to the elders of the church of Ephesus: ‘Be on your guard for yourselves and for all the flock of whi …
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21 May – Memorial for St. Bernadine of Siena, Priest Bernadine (1381-1444) was a Friar Minor, a priest, an itinerant preacher, and a theological writer. His preaching skills were so …
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21 May ____________________ _ Acts of the Apostles 19:1-8 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul made his way overland as far as Ephesus, where he found a number of disciples. When he asked, ‘ …
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20 May – 7th Sunday of Easter; World Communications Sunday Christ Forgives Our Sins Today we say Yes to the Lord who comes to forgive us our sins, and we praise him who shows such mercy to the poor and the weak. - The Sunday Missal ____________________ _ Acts of the Apostles 1:15-17.20-26 One day Peter ...
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19 May ____________________ _ Acts of the Apostles 18:23-28 Paul came down to Antioch, where he spent a short time before continuing his journey through the Galatian country and then through Phrygia, encouraging all the followers. An Alexandrian Jew named Apollos now arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, with a sound knowledge of the ...
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18 May – Memorial for St. John I, Pope and Martyr John (d. 526) was a priest in Rome, and became the 53rd pope in 523. Italy’s ruler then, Theodoric the Goth, was an Arian. For a whi …
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17 May – Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord ____________________ _ Acts of the Apostles 1:1-11 In my earlier work, Theophilus, I dealt with everything Jesus had done and taught from the beginning until the day he gave his instructions to the apostles he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken up to ...
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16 May ____________________ _ Acts of the Apostles 17:15.22-18:1 Paul’s escort took him as far as Athens, and went back with instructions for Silas and Timothy to rejoin Paul as soon as th …
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15 May ____________________ _ Acts of the Apostles 16:22-34 The crowd joined in and showed their hostility to Paul and Silas, so the magistrates had them stripped and ordered them to be flogged. They were given many lashes and then thrown into prison, and the gaoler was told to keep a close watch on them. So, ...
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14 May – Feast of St Matthias, Apostle Matthias (d. 80) was an Apostle. As he could bear witness to the Resurrection of Jesus, he was chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. He preached the Gospel for more than 30 years in Judaea, Cappadocia, Egypt, and Ethopia. He is remembered for preaching the need for mortification ...
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13 May – Sixth Sunday of Easter Jesus, Friend Of Outcasts To bring help to outcasts, Jesus himself had to become an outcast and ‘stay outside in places where nobody lived’. - The Sunday Missal ____________________ _ Acts of the Apostles 10:25-26.34-35.44-48 As Peter reached the house Cornelius went out to meet him, knelt at his ...
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12 May – Memorial for Sts. Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs; Memorial for St. Pancras, Martyr Nereus and Achilleus (d. 98) were soldiers in the imperial Roman army, and members of the Praetorian Guard. They were converts to Christianity and baptized by St. Peter the Apostle. They were exiled for their faith, suffered with St. Flavia ...
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11 May ____________________ _ Acts of the Apostles 15:22-31 The apostles and elders decided to choose delegates to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; the whole church concurred with t …
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10 May ____________________ _ Acts of the Apostles 15:7-21 After the discussion had gone on a long time, Peter stood up and addressed the apostles and the elders. ‘My brothers,’ he said ‘y …
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09 May ____________________ _ Acts of the Apostles 15:1-6 Some men came down from Judaea and taught the brothers, ‘Unless you have yourselves circumcised in the tradition of Moses you cann …
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