Tuesday in the 5th Week of Easter
Mass Readings
First Reading – Acts 14:19-28
In those days, some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. But when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and entered the city. On the following day he left with Barnabas for Derbe. After they had proclaimed the good news to that city and made a considerable number of disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch. They strengthened the spirits of the disciples and exhorted them to persevere in the faith, saying, “It is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God.” They appointed presbyters for them in each Church and, with prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord in whom they had put their faith. Then they traveled through Pisidia and reached Pamphylia. After proclaiming the word at Perga they went down to Attalia. From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now accomplished. And when they arrived, they called the Church together and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. Then they spent no little time with the disciples
Responsorial Psalm – 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 21 (R.see 12)
R. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of Your Kingdom.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
and let your faithful ones bless You.
Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom
and speak of your might. R.
Making known to men your might
and the glorious splendor of your Kingdom.
Your Kingdom is a kingdom for all ages,
and your dominion endures through all generations. R.
May my mouth speak the praise of the LORD,
and may all flesh bless His holy name forever and ever. R.
Gospel – Jn 14:27-31a
Jesus said to his disciples: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. You heard me tell you, ‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you this before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe. I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over me, but the world must know that I love the Father and that I do just as the Father has commanded Me.”
Featured Saints
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.
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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