Saturday in the 6th Week of Easter
Optional Memorial of St. Bernardine of Siena, priest (†1444). Franciscan priest dedicated to popular missions in Italy. He propagated the devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus, encouraged religious vocations and on three different occasions declined Episcopal dignity.
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 – Ps 47:2-3, 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.”
Featured Saints
St. Lydia of Thyatira. A woman described in the New Testament as “a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God” (Acts 16:14). When she heard St. Paul preaching in Philippi of Macedonia, she converted and was baptized along with her family.
St. Austregisilus, Bispo (†624). After serving in the French court, he abandoned the world and became a priest, and then an abbot. He was later appointed Bishop of Bourges, and took part in the Council of Paris. He is revered as the patron of Bourges.
St. Archangel Tadini, priest (†1912). Parish priest of Botticino Sera, in the vicinity of Brescia, Italy, and founder of the Congregation of the Worker Sisters of the Holy House of Nazareth.
St. Protasius Chong Kuk-bo, martyr (†1839). Struck with remorse for having denied Christ under torture during the Korean persecutions, he reaffirmed his Faith before the judge, was reincarcerated, and this time tortured to death.
Blessed Louis Talamoni, priest (†1926). Founded the Congregation of Misericordine Sisters in Monza, Italy, especially dedicated to serving the sick.
Blessed Colomba of Rieti, virgin (†1501). Born of a noble family in Perugia, Italy, she became a religious of the Congregation of the Sisters of Penance of St. Dominic and promoted peace between the feuding factions in that city.
Blessed Maria Crescencia Pérez, virgem (†1932). Religious from the Congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Garden in Argentina who was a dedicated teacher catechist to children as well as caring for the sick. She died at the age of 35 in Vallenar, Chile.
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