22 May – Memorial for St Rica of Cascia, Religious Rita (1386-1457) was the daughter of Antonio and Amata Lotti, a couple known as the Peacemakers of Jesus; they had Rita late in life. From her early youth, Rita visited the Augustinian nuns at Cascia, Italy, and showed interest in a religious life. However, when [...]
21 May – Memorial for Ss Christopher Magallanes, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs Cristóbal Magallanes Jara (1869-1927) was the son of Mexican farmers. As parish priest for his home town of Totatiche, he helped found schools and carpentry shops and the planning of hydrological works including the La Candelaria dam. He took special interest in the [...]
20 May – Memorial for St Bernardine of Siena, Priest Bernadine (1381-1444) was a Friar Minor, a priest, an itinerant preacher, and a theological writer. His preaching skills were so great, and the conversions so numerous, that he has become associated with all areas of speaking, advertising, public relations, etc. Bernadine’s charismatic preaching filled the [...]
19 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 which the Holy Spirit has made you the overseers, to feed the Church of God which he bought with his own blood. I [...]
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 while he left the Catholics alone, but in later life he became suspicious of everyone, imagining conspiracies and [...]
17 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, ‘Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?’ they answered, ‘No, we were never even told there was such a thing [...]
16 May – Seventh Sunday of Easter; 44th World Communication Sunday The Spirit And The Bride The Church is wedded to Christ in the love of the Spirit and looks forward to the final fulfilment of that love in the glory of heaven – The Sunday Missal _____________________ Acts of the Apostles 7:55-60 Stephen, filled [...]
15 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 [...]
13 May – Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Christ’s Eternal Glory We celebrate today Christ’s ascension to His eternal glory in heaven and express our Christian hope that where He, our Head, has gone before us, we, His Body, will one day follow, to live for ever in the Kingdom of our Father. [...]
12 May – Memorial for Ss 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 [...]
