Torsdag den 4 juni
Läsning 2 Tim 2:8–15
Minns att Jesus Kristus, ättling till David, har uppstått från de döda, enligt mitt evangelium, för vars skull jag far illa och till och med har satts i fängelse som en förbrytare. Men Guds ord har inte fängslats. Jag uthärdar allt för de utvaldas skull, för att också de skall vinna frälsning genom Kristus Jesus och evig härlighet. Detta är ett ord att lita på. Ty har vi dött med honom, skall vi också leva med honom; härdar vi ut, skall vi också härska med honom; förnekar vi honom, skall han också förneka oss; är vi trolösa, förblir han ändå trogen, för han kan inte förneka sig själv.
Påminn alla om detta och besvär dem vid Gud att inte diskutera. Det för inget gott med sig utan blir förödande för åhörarna. Gör allt du kan för att bestå provet inför Gud, som en arbetare som inte har något att skämmas för, en som rätt utlägger sanningens ord.
Responsoriepsalm Ps 25:4b-5b, 8–10, 14, (R. 4a)
R. Herre, kungör mig dina vägar.
Herre, kungör mig dina vägar,
lär mig dina stigar.
Led mig i din sanning, och lär mig,
ty du är min frälsnings Gud. R.
Herren är god och rättfärdig,
därför undervisar han syndare om vägen.
Han leder de ödmjuka rätt,
de ödmjuka lär han sin väg. R.
Alla Herrens vägar är nåd och trofasthet
för dem som håller hans förbund och vittnesbörd.
De som fruktar Herren blir hans förtrogna,
han inviger dem i sitt förbund. R.
Halleluja Ps 119:34
V. Vår frälsare Kristus Jesus har utplånat döden
och dragit liv och oförgänglighet fram i ljuset
genom evangeliet.
Evangelium Mark 12:28b–34
Vid den tiden kom en av de skriftlärda fram till Jesus och frågade honom: »Vilket är det viktigaste budet av alla?« Jesus svarade: »Viktigast är detta: Hör, Israel, Herren vår Gud är den ende Herren, och du skall älska Herren din Gud av hela ditt hjärta, av hela din själ, av hela ditt förstånd och av hela din kraft. Sedan kommer detta: Du skall älska din nästa som dig själv. Något större bud än dessa finns inte.«
Den skriftlärde sade: »Du har rätt, mästare! Det är som du säger: han är den ende, det finns ingen annan än han. Att älska honom av hela sitt hjärta, av hela sitt förstånd och av hela sin kraft och att älska sin nästa som sig själv, det är mer än alla brännoffer och andra offer.« När Jesus hörde att mannen svarade klokt, sade han: »Du har inte långt till Guds rike.« Sedan vågade ingen fråga honom mera.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.” Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of… (Mention your Intention Here) Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.” Behold, in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of… (Mention your Intention Here) Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you. O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away.” Encouraged by Your infallible words I now ask for the grace of… (Mention your Intention Here) Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you. O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of You, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Your tender Mother and ours. Amen. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
THE EUCHARIST: THE SOURCE AND SUMMIT OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE If the Eucharist is only a symbol, then why did Christians spend centuries willing to die for it? For two thousand years, the Catholic Church has proclaimed a truth so extraordinary that it has shaped civilizations, inspired saints, built cathedrals, and transformed countless lives: Jesus Christ is truly present in the Holy Eucharist. Not symbolically. Not metaphorically. Not merely spiritually. But truly, really, and substantially present: Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. That is why the Catechism of the Catholic Church calls the Eucharist “the source and summit of the Christian life” (CCC 1324). Every sacrament points toward it. Every ministry serves it. Every act of Christian worship finds its fulfillment in it. Because the Eucharist is not simply a gift from Christ. The Eucharist is Christ Himself. THE EUCHARIST IS THE SOURCE Every living thing needs nourishment. The body needs food. The soul needs God. Catholic theology teaches that in the Eucharist, through the miracle of Transubstantiation, the appearances of bread and wine remain, but their substance becomes Jesus Christ Himself. This is why the Eucharist is the source of Christian life. It nourishes the soul with divine grace. It strengthens believers against sin. It deepens communion with God. It unites Christians into one Body. The Eucharist is not merely a reminder of Christ. It is an encounter with Christ. Every worthy reception of Holy Communion draws the believer into deeper union with the Lord who said: “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.” (John 6:56) THE EUCHARIST IS THE SUMMIT Every journey has a destination. Every mountain has a peak. The Eucharist is the highest point of Christian worship. At every Mass, Catholics do not simply remember Calvary. The Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross is made present sacramentally in an unbloody manner. The same Jesus who offered Himself for the salvation of the world is the Jesus offered upon the altar. This is why the Mass is the greatest act of worship on earth. Nothing surpasses it. No prayer is greater. No devotion is higher. No act of praise is more perfect. Every act of charity, every sacrifice, every prayer, every vocation ultimately finds its fulfillment in communion with Christ through the Eucharist. THE BIBLICAL FOUNDATION The Catholic belief in the Eucharist is rooted firmly in Scripture. In John Chapter 6, Jesus repeatedly declares: “My flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.” (John 6:55) When many disciples found this teaching difficult and walked away, Jesus did not call them back to explain that He was speaking symbolically. Instead, He allowed them to leave. At the Last Supper, He took bread and said: “This is my body.” He took the cup and said: “This is my blood.” He did not say, “This represents my body.” He said, “This is my body.” The Apostles believed Him. The early Church believed Him. The saints believed Him. The Church continues to believe Him today. THE TESTIMONY OF HISTORY The Real Presence was not invented centuries later. The earliest Christians testified to it. Around AD 107, St. Ignatius of Antioch described the Eucharist as the flesh of Jesus Christ. Around AD 155, St. Justin Martyr taught that the Eucharistic bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ. Long before theological debates arose, Christians already worshipped with this belief. The Council of Trent would later dogmatically define this teaching, not as a new doctrine, but as the defense of what Christians had always believed.
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The inspiring story of the Saint of the day, June 4th, St Francis Caracciolo, the nobleman who survived a life-threatening illness, founded a religious order, and became a model of Eucharistic devotion Saint Francis Caracciolo (also known as Pietro Francesco Caracciolo in some references) was an Italian Catholic priest and co-founder of the Order of Clerics Regular Minor (Adorno Fathers). Born Ascanio Caracciolo on October 13, 1563, into a noble family in Villa Santa Maria, Abruzzo (Kingdom of Naples), he grew up devout, with a love for prayer, the Rosary, and helping the poor. At age 22, he contracted a severe skin disease (often described as resembling leprosy) that nearly killed him. He vowed to dedicate his life to God if healed. He recovered miraculously, renounced his wealth and titles, and studied for the priesthood in Naples. He was ordained in 1587 and took the name Francis out of devotion to St. Francis of Assisi. A key story in his life involves a misaddressed letter: He received one intended for someone else, which called for founding a new religious order focused on Eucharistic adoration, penance, and pastoral work (especially for prisoners). He embraced this as divine will and, with John Augustine Adorno and others, co-founded the Clerics Regular Minor in 1588. The order added a fourth vow: refusing ecclesiastical dignities (to emphasize humility). He became known as the "Saint of the Eucharist" for his deep devotion, spending long hours in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament. He lived simply, practiced severe penances, and worked tirelessly in mercy and reform after the Council of Trent. He died on June 4, 1608, at age 44 in Agnone, with the names of Jesus and Mary on his lips. He was beatified in 1769, canonized by Pope Pius VII in 1807, and his feast day is June 4. He is a patron of Naples and (since 1996) of Italian cooks. His brief life exemplifies conversion through suffering, humility, and zealous service centered on the Eucharist. St. Francis Caracciolo Prega per noi
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THE GOLDEN ARROW PRAYER MAY THE MOST HOLY, MOST SACRED, MOST ADORABLE, MOST INCOMPREHENSIBLE AND UNUTTERABLE NAME OF GOD BE ALWAYS PRAISED, BLESSED, LOVED, ADORED AND GLORIFIED, IN HEAVEN, ON EARTH AND UNDER THE EARTH, BY ALL THE CREATURES OF GOD, AND BY THE SACRED HEART OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, IN THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR. AMEN.
SAINT RITA OF CASCIA PATRONESS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE AND THE DESPERATE Born: c. 1381, Roccaporena, Umbria, Italy Died: May 22, 1457, Cascia, Umbria, Italy Feast Day: May 22 Canonized: May 24, 1900 by Pope Leo XIII CHAPTER ONE A CHILD PROMISED TO GOD BEFORE SHE COULD SPEAK She was born in the tiny mountain village of Roccaporena, in the hills of Umbria, central Italy, around the year 1381. Her parents, Antonio and Amata Lotti, were elderly when Rita came into the world, and they had long prayed for a child. To them, she was already a miracle before she performed one. From infancy, the signs were extraordinary. A swarm of white bees was seen circling her cradle without harming her. A laborer who accidentally struck her head with a scythe found no wound. The bees flew away toward the Augustinian monastery in Cascia, as if pointing toward the life that awaited her. Rita’s desire for religious life began before she could fully articulate it. As a child she retreated regularly to prayer, fasted voluntarily, and spoke of entering a convent with the same quiet certainty that other children speak of ordinary futures. Her parents, themselves known locally as peacemakers who reconciled feuding families, recognized something holy in their daughter. But they were aging and frail. They needed her near. This tension between Rita’s calling and her circumstances is the first great lesson of her life. She is not a saint who escaped suffering by finding an easy path to the cloister. She is a saint who found God precisely in the suffering the world forced upon her, and who emerged from it more radiant than any convent could have made her. God did not require favorable circumstances from Rita. He required surrender. And she gave it, completely, from the very beginning. CHAPTER TWO THE MARRIAGE SHE DID NOT CHOOSE AND THE HOLINESS SHE BUILT WITHIN IT When Rita was in her early teens, her parents arranged her marriage to a man named Paolo Mancini. Historical accounts describe Paolo as harsh tempered, quick to anger, and deeply involved in the blood feuds that consumed much of fifteenth century Umbrian village life. Rita accepted this marriage in obedience to her aging parents. She set aside her dream of the convent. She picked up her cross. What followed was one of the most quietly heroic chapters in the history of Christian marriage. Rita did not merely endure Paolo. She converted him. Not through confrontation, not through preaching, not through withholding affection, but through the most powerful instrument of evangelization that has ever existed: the witness of a life lived in genuine holiness. She rose before dawn to pray. She cared for Paolo with unfailing patience. She bore him two sons, Giangiacomo and Paolino. She endured his harshness with gentleness. And over the course of approximately eighteen years of marriage, Paolo Mancini changed. Contemporary accounts describe him in his final years as a man softened, repentant, and affectionate. He began accompanying Rita to Mass. He sought reconciliation with his enemies. He had become, through the patient love of his wife, a different man. This is the domestic church in action, and it is why Rita speaks so powerfully to millions of people in difficult marriages today. The cloister she could not enter, she built inside her own home. St. Augustine wrote: “Our heart is restless until it rests in You.” Rita’s heart found its rest not in a monastery but in a kitchen, a prayer corner, a husband slowly becoming a saint.
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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name; thy Kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread; forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.Three hearts, one family, one love. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I give you my life!
Pray your Rosary today, let Mother Mary, lead you to JesusI don't care how hard my life gets, I'm not losing my faith IN God!!
Monthly First Saturdays of Reparation June 7th 2026 - Month dedicated to the Sacred Heart - The Crucifixion of Our Blessed Lord - 5th Sorrowful Mystery - John 19:17-30 So they took Jesus, and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called the place of the skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. Pilate also wrote a title and out it on the cross; it read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” Many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek. The chief priests of of the Jews then said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,' but, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews,'” Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.” When the soldiers had crucified Jesus they took his garments and made four parts, one for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was without seam, woven from top to bottom; so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” This was to fulfil the Scripture, “They parted my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did this. But standing by the cross of Jesus were his Mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his Mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his Mother, “Woman behold your son!” The he said to the disciple, “Behold, your Mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. After this Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfil the Scripture), “I thirst.” A bowl fill of vinegar stood there; so they put a song full of vinegar on hyssop and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished”; and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. Some thoughts from a spiritual father of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri The Hail Mary is the heart of the Rosary. And the heart of the Hail Mary is Jesus Christ, the fruit of Our Lady's womb. His Sacred Heart, opened on the Cross, is poured out for the salvation of souls and for the thirsty who do not yet know Him. From that pierced Heart flow the living waters of grace and the fire of divine love. His Sacred Heart beats still for each of us, calling us to rest in Him, to be healed, and to love as He loves. He is Found at every Altar, Tabernacle and in the soul who has received him in Holy Communion. Our Lady's Immaculate Heart is never far from His. She who carried Him in her womb now holds Him in her heart, and she holds us there too. Her heart is the gateway through which the fruit of her womb comes to us in every Hail Mary. Her heart, free from sin, reflects the meekness and purity of His Sacred Heart. Where His Heart pours out mercy, hers receives it and gives it back to us, teaching us to say “yes” with her. Pride can only be taken away by the true love which is displayed in the compassion and mercy of the heart of Jesus. It is the truth of the love of the Sacred Heart that can banish pride and help people to grow in virtue. So when we pray the Hail Mary, we move from her heart to His, and from His Heart back to hers. Some reflective questions from a Sister of Mary Morning Star 1. When I pray the Rosary or single Hail Marys, how do I receive this prayer and ponder on it? Do I say it by heart, automatically, or do I pray it with my whole heart, being transformed by Her maternal presence, encountering more deeply God the Father, with the Son and the Spirit overshadowing Her? 2. As we meditate on the Crucifixion, we are given to contemplate Our Lord's Sacred Heart and Our Lady's Immaculate Heart. After this Easter Season and this Month of May consecrated to our Lady, I ask myself: Today, where is my heart? Is it more configured to Christ's Sacred Heart, a Heart meek and humble, accepting any sufferings for us? Is my heart closer to Mary's Immaculate Heart, a heart filled with compassion and tenderness? Or is my heart still caught up into worldly interests and worries? What do I need to adjust? 3. What am I actively doing in my daily life so that Our Lady's Immaculate Heart can triumph not in the end but today?!!! I hope that you find this Meditation text helpful and also the Reflective Questions to aid the Meditation. Our Blessed Mother specifically asks us to spend 15 minutes keeping her company whilst meditating on one or more mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary -each First Saturday. We are also invited to go to Confession, Pray the Rosary and make a Communion of Reparation all with the intention of making Reparation for sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It would be a blessing to hear from more of you and to know where you are in the UK or elsewhere across the world!! Ave Maria! Dear Friends, I look forward to being united in prayer with you all for the First Saturday devotions. If you are unable to join a First Saturday Group locally to you - you might consider joining us at St. John's Cathedral in Portsmouth via the livestream ….at least for the Rosary and the Meditation. Live Stream Mass - St John's Catholic Cathedral, Portsmouth https://www. We start at 10.30am with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament ….followed by Rosary and the 15 minute meditation with Mass at 12.15pm Confessions available. United in prayer for the peace of the world and for the salvation of souls in most need of God's Mercy. Antonia |
Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary O Mary, Virgin most powerful and Mother of Mercy, Queen of Heaven and Refuge of Sinners, |
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