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DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
April 22, 2001
volume 12, no. 112
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Liturgy for Divine Mercy Sunday and
Monday, April 22nd and 23rd
Sunday, April 22, 2001
Meditation
Second Sunday of Easter: DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
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Novus Ordo
Entrance:1 Peter 2: 2
First Reading: Acts 5: 12-16
Responsorial: 118: 2-4, 13-15, 22-24
Second Reading: Apoc/Rev 1: 9-13, 17-19
Alleluia: John 20: 29
Gospel Reading: John 20: 19-31
Communion: John 20: 27
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Ordinary of the Mass of the Catechumens*
Introit: 1 Peter 2: 2
Epistle: 1 John 5: 4-10
Alleluia One: Matthew 28: 7
Alleluia Two: John 20: 26
Gospel: John 20: 19-31
Offertory: Matthew 28: 2, 5-6
Communion: John 20: 27
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Monday, April 23, 2001
Meditation
Easter Weekday
Feast of Saint George, Martyr, and
Feast of Saint Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr
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Novus Ordo
Entrance: Romans 6: 9
First Reading: Acts 4: 23-31
Responsorial: Psalm 21: 1-9
Gospel Reading: John 3: 1-8
Communion: John 20: 19
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Ordinary of the Mass of the Catechumens*
Introit: Psalm 63: 3
Epistle: Timothy 2: 8-10; 3: 10-12
Alleluia: Psalm 88: 6; 20: 4
Gospel: John 15: 1-7
Offertory: Psalm 88: 6
Communion: Psalm 63: 11
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Feast of Saint George, Martyr
Born near the end of the third century, Saint George became a great Roman soldier, being elevated to tribune for his bravery by the Roman Emperor Diocletian. Though he had been born of Christian parents, George did not become a Christian until he realized the atrocities being done to the Christians by his emperor. George openly rebuked Diocletian and begged the emperor to follow Jesus. For his efforts George was thrown into prison and eventually beheaded by the evil emperor around 303 AD. He became the icon for the Christian cause as his courage reinforced fortitude in every Christian. He has always been depicted as the great dragon-slayer - defeating the devil in the same vein as Saint Michael except George was upon a horse, garbed in Roman armor. Legend of his exploits spread throughout Europe and many miracles were attributed to his intercession after his death by those pilgrims who visited his tomb. Devotion to St. George was one of the most ancient and wide spread in the early Church. His fame prompted England to choose him as her patron saint and his feast was declared a national holiday there in the 13th Century. He is the patron saint of soldiers and Boy Scouts.
Feast of Saint Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr
Born during the dark ages and the great turmoil in Rome, Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg became a
monk in the St. Maximin Monastery in Treves, Italy. With the demise of the Theophylact family
influence, the Holy Roman Empire was resurrected with the election of Otto I who dispatched
Adalbert to Russia to convert the Russian subjects of the newly-converted Russian princess Olga
who had been baptized in Constantinople. However her pagan son Svyatoslav rejected his
mother's faith and wrestled the crown from her in 961. He tried to kill the missionaries but most
escaped including Adalbert who fled west toward Kiev where some were captured and killed, but
Adalbert managed to elude his captors and returend to Mainz where he spent four years in Otto's
court. In 962 the Emperor appointed him the first archbishop of Magdeburg in Saxony where
Adalbert would have jurisdiction over the Slavs. For the next nineteen years Adalbert evangelized
and baptized the Slavic people as well as reforming religious congregations in his diocese. While
visiting Merseburg in 981, a group of pagans ganged up on the bishop and killed him, making
Adalbert a martyr of the Church.
* = The Latin Mass by Indult of Ecclesia Dei
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April 22, 2001
volume 12, no. 112
DAILY LITURGY
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