Mass Readings: 5/17/2012
First: Acts 18:1-8
Resp: Psalm 98:1-4
Gospel: John 16:16-20
Saint of the Day
St. Pascal Baylon (1540-1592)
Pascal was a shepherd before becoming a Franciscan lay-brother. He had a strong devotion to the Holy Eucharist, defending the Real Presence against the attacks of Calvinists. Despite his lack of education, many people, both rich and poor, sought his counsel.
St. Vincent de Paul Speaks
It is on humble souls that God pours down His fullest light and grace. He teaches them what scholars cannot learn, and mysteries that the wisest cannot solve He can make plain to them.
Scripture Verse of the Day
Matthew 5:5
"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."
The Words of St. Escriva
Formation
When I made you a present of that Life of Jesus, I wrote as an inscription. May you seek Christ: may you find Christ: may you love Christ.
Three perfectly clear stages. Have you tried, at least, to live the first?
(The Way, #382)
Catholic Catechism #2259
In the account of Abel's murder by his brother Cain, Scripture reveals the presence of anger and envy in man, consequences of original sin, from the beginning of human history. Man has become the enemy of his fellow man. God declares the wickedness of this fratricide: "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground. And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand."
