Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Featured Saints
St. Isidore the farmer (†circa 1130). Optional Memorial in USA. Farm labourer from Madrid who, together with his wife, Blessed Maria de la Cabeza, visited churches before beginning his daily work and showed great generosity toward the poor.
St. Rheticus, bishop (†fourth century). Governed the diocese of Autun, France with wisdom and the gift of preaching.
St. Kaleb or Elesbaan, monk. (†c. 535). Ethiopian king who, to avenge the martyrs of Najran, engaged in battle against the enemies of Christ. Later, after sending his royal diadem to Jerusalem, he entered the monastic life.
St. Rupert, hermit (†eighth century). As a young nobleman, he built churches in his dukedom of Bingen, Germany. After a pilgrimage to Rome, he decided to consecrate himself to God and lived as a hermit in the vicinity of Mainz, until surrendering his soul to the Lord
at the age of twenty-one.
St. Witesind, martyr (†855). He died on the outskirts of Cordova, Spain, for refusing to participate in Muslim worship.
Blessed Andrew Abellon, priest (†1450). French Dominican religious, theology professor and painter. He restored monastic discipline in the convents in which he was superior.
Mass Readings
First Reading – Acts 18:23-28
After staying in Antioch some time, Paul left and traveled in orderly sequence through the Galatian country and Phrygia, bringing strength to all the disciples. A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent speaker, arrived in Ephesus. He was an authority on the Scriptures. He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord and, with ardent spirit, spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the Way of God more accurately. And when he wanted to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. After his arrival he gave great assistance to those who had come to believe through grace. He vigorously refuted the Jews in public, establishing from the Scriptures that the Christ is Jesus.
Responsorial Psalm – Ps47:2-3, 8-9, 10 (R. 8a)
R. God is king of all the earth.
or:
R. Alleluia.
All you peoples, clap your hands;
shout to God with cries of gladness.
For the LORD, the Most High, the awesome,
is the great king over all the earth. R.
For King of all the earth is God;
sing hymns of praise.
God reigns over the nations,
God sits upon his holy throne. R.
The princes of the peoples are gathered together
with the people of the God of Abraham.
For God’s are the guardians of the earth;
he is supreme. R.
Gospel – Jn 16:23b-28
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
whatever you ask the Father in my name He will give you.
Until now you have not asked anything in my name;
ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
“I have told you this in figures of speech.
The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures
but I will tell you clearly about the Father.
On that day you will ask in my name,
and I do not tell you that I will ask the Father for you.
For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved Me
and have come to believe that I came from God.
I came from the Father and have come into the world.
Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”
