[362] 1 Kgs 18:41-46;Ps 65:10, 11, 12-13; Matt 5:20-26.
Hours of the day.
Outside the Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg [i.e. all non-SACBC territories]
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Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest
Feast
Mass of the feast. Gloria, Preface of the priesthood of Christ and of the Church. [In the Universal Calendar, this feast is celebrated on the Thursday after Pentecost, except for SACBC territories which will celebrate it next Thursday. In SACBC territories, the Feria from Ordinary Time should be used as above, or the optional Memorial below can be used.]
Yr A
Gen 22:9-18 or Heb 10:4-10; Ps 40 (39):7-8a, 10-11ab, 17 (â„Ÿ. 8a, 9a); Matt 26:36-42. Download the texts
Hours of the feast. Te Deum.
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Elisha, prophet (cf. 1 Kgs. 19:19) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Jubilee:
Diamond Jubilee of P. David MASIKINI who celebrates 60 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:
Diamond Jubilee of P. Godwin MULENGA who celebrates 60 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:
Golden Jubilee of S. Tafadzwa MADIMUTSA who celebrates 50 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Golden Jubilee of S. Sean Nicholas VAN STADEN who celebrates 50 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Golden Jubilee of S. Richard MUSONDA who celebrates 50 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Golden Jubilee of S. Jonatá Elias VALANE who celebrates 50 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Golden Jubilee of S. Evaristo B. MWANACHUNGA who celebrates 50 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Golden Jubilee of S. Reuben C. NAZOMBE who celebrates 50 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Golden Jubilee of S. Elphas Takudzwa NDLOVU who celebrates 50 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Golden Jubilee of S. Christopher Takudzwa TAMBURAYI who celebrates 50 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Golden Jubilee of S. Hassan A. PHIRI who celebrates 50 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Golden Jubilee of S. Mark ZULU who celebrates 50 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Golden Jubilee of S. Pedro Marcos BENATE who celebrates 50 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Golden Jubilee of S. Innocent G. KALULU who celebrates 50 years in the Society today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1521
Ignatius miraculously began to recover from his wounds on the eve of the feast of St. Peter.
1554
The construction of the Jesuit Church, Gesu, is entrusted to Michelangelo.
1670
At Paris died Father Francis Annat, confessor to Louis XIV for sixteen years. He introduced into France quinine or "Jesuit's bark," and was instrumental in saving Louis XIV's life.
1767
The arrival at Civita Vecchia of the first Spanish ship with the exiled members of the Castile province. They were not allowed to land, and the ship had to sail away to Corsica.
