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Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/13/22 Gospel: John 14:1-6

Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter Optional Memorial of Saints Nereus and Achilleus, First Century martyrs; Pope St. Damasus wrote that they were soldiers in the Roman army who were converted by a "miracle of faith"; they threw down their weapons and escaped their camp; they were later martyred Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/12/22 Gospel: John 13:16-20

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Ignatius of Laconi, 1701-1781; vowed to become a Capuchin if he recovered from an illness, but failed to keep his promise; later had a riding accident, made the same promise, and kept it; known for self-denial and charity, he served as the official beggar for 40 years Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/11/22 Gospel: John 12:44-50

Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter Optional Memorial of St. Damien de Veuster of Molokai, 1840-1889; born in Belgium, he arrived in Hawaii in 1864; went to the leper colony on Molokai in 1873, and volunteered to remain permanently, caring for the people's physical, medical and spiritual needs; contracted Hansen's disease (formerly known as leprosy) himself, and died of its complications Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/10/22 Gospel: John 10:22-30

Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: st. Pachomius, 292-348; soldier turned monk; built a monastery on the banks of the Nile, and was quickly joined by a hundred followers; built more monasteries and nunneries, and by the time of his death, there were 7,000 monks in his houses Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/9/22 Gospel: John 10:1-10

Fourth Sunday of Easter - Good Shepherd Sunday Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/8/22 Gospel: John 10:27-30

Friday of the Third Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Petronax, 670-747; joined the Benedictines in 717, and was asked by Pope Gregory to examine the ruins of Monte Cassino, which had been damaged by the Lombards in 580; rebuilt, and he served as abbot for three decades Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/6/22 Gospel: John 6:52-59

Thursday of the Third Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Hilary of Arles, 401-449; became bishop of Arles, France, at the age of 29; did manual labor to earn money for the poor, sold sacred vessels to ransom captives, and became a great orator; he traveled everywhere on foot, wearing simple clothing Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/5/22 Gospel: John 6:44-51

Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Robert Lawrence; one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales; Carthusian at the time when King Henry VIII broke with Rome and dissolved monasteries; went with St. John Houghton to see Thomas Cromwell, who had them arrested; upon refusing to sign the Oath of Supremacy, they were tortured and killed, in 1535 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/4/22 Gospel: John 6:35-40

Feast of Saints Philip and James, apostles Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/3/22 Gospel: John 14:6-14

Monday of the Third Week of Easter Memorial of St. Athanasius, 296-373; the great champion of the faith against the widespread heresy of Arianism, which taught that Jesus was not truly divine; the vigor of his writings earned him the title of doctor of the Church Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/2/22 Gospel: John 6:22-29

Third Sunday of Easter Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/1/22 Gospel: John 21:1-19

Saturday of the Second Week of Easter Optional Memorial of Pope St. Pius V, 1504-1572; tasked with implementing the reforms of the Council of Trent; built hospitals, provided food for the hungry, gave money to poor Roman converts, ordered the founding of seminaries, published a new missal, breaviary, and catechism, and established Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classes for the young Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/30/22 Gospel: John 6:16-21

Friday of the Second Week of Easter Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena, 1347-1380; virgin and doctor of the Church; entered the Dominican Third Order at age 18; worked for the crusade against the Turks and for peace between Florence and the pope; worked for the unity of the Church during the Great Schism Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/29/22 Gospel: John 6:1-15

Thursday of the Second Week of Easter Optional Memorial of St. Peter Chanel, 1803-1841; born in France, with a desire to be a missionary; joined the Marists at age 28, and was sent to Futuna Island, northeast of Fiji; mastered the language, but had little apparent success aside from a few natives who were baptized; when the chieftain's son asked to be baptized, Fr. Chanel was clubbed to death; but two years later, the whole island became Catholic, and has remained so Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/28/22 Gospel: John 3:31-36

Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Zita, 1212-1272; became a servant at the age of twelve; known for giving away food and clothing to the poor, and for miracles; one tradition holds that the other servants once found an angel taking Zita's place in baking and cleaning; patroness of servants Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/27/22 Gospel: John 3:16-21

Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Cletus; third bishop of Rome, serving from 76 to 89 A.D., and succeeding St. Linus; known as a martyr; buried near St. Linus, on the Vatican Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/26/22 Gospel: John 3:7-15

Feast of St. Mark; author of the oldest and shortest of the four Gospels; known as a companion of both St. Peter and St. Paul; said to be the first bishop of Alexandria, Egypt; died 68 A.D.

Second Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy Sunday Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/24/22 Gospel: John 20:19-31

Saturday in the Octave of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Adalbert of Prague, 956-997; chosen bishop of Prague at the age of 27; exiled by those resisting his clerical reforms; returned to Prague, but was exiled again; preached near the Baltic Sea, where he was martyred by pagan priests Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/23/22 Gospel: Mark 16:9-15