Tuesday 23 April 2024 (other days)
Saint Vojtech (Adalbert of Prague), Bishop, Martyr
on Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide
on Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide
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Year: B(II). Psalm week: 4. Liturgical Colour: Red.
St Adalbert of Prague (956 - 997)
(His name is Vojtech in Czech and Wojciech in Polish). He became bishop of Prague in 983. He met with intense opposition from the nobility. He withdrew to Rome but was sent back to his diocese by Pope John XV. He encouraged the evangelization of the Magyars, and founded the great abbey of Brevnov, but the opposition continued and he was at length forced into exile. He went as a missionary to Pomerania to preach the Gospel to the heathen Prussians, and it was there that he was martyred at the age of 41. See the articles in Wikipedia and the Catholic Encyclopaedia.
Other saints: Bl Teresa Maria of the Cross (1846-1910)
23 Apr (where celebrated)
She was born at Campi Bisenzio, Florence, where in 1874 she founded the Congregation of Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa, whom she also sent to Lebanon and the Holy Land. She lived joyfully, body and soul, the mystery of the Cross in full conformity to the will of God, and she was outstanding for her love for the Eucharist, and her maternal care for children and for the poor. She died at Campi Bisenzio on 23rd April, 1910.
| Carmelite Breviary |
Liturgical colour: red
Red is the colour of fire and of blood. Liturgically, it is used to celebrate the fire of the Holy Spirit (for instance, at Pentecost) and the blood of the martyrs.
| Mid-morning reading (Terce) | Acts 4:11-12 © |
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This Jesus is ‘the stone rejected by you the builders, but which has proved to be the keystone.’ For of all the names in the world given to men, this is the only one by which we can be saved.
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| Noon reading (Sext) | (1 Peter 3:21-22) © |
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Now you are saved by baptism. This is not the washing off of physical dirt but a pledge made to God from a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has entered heaven and is at God’s right hand.
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| Afternoon reading (None) | Colossians 3:1-2 © |
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Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is, sitting at God’s right hand. Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth.
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Dates
Today
(Automatic)Mon 22 April
Monday of the 4th week of EastertideThu 25 April
Saint Mark, EvangelistFri 26 April
Friday of the 4th week of EastertideSat 27 April
Saturday of the 4th week of EastertideSun 28 April
5th Sunday of EasterMon 29 April
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