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May 2090

4 Thursday

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Thursday in the Third Week of Easter

Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."

Cycle II

[276] Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20; John 6:44-51.

Hours of the day.

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St José Maria Rubio, priest [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)

Optional

(From the Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints:
Common of Pastors: Readings outside Easter Time
I. Isa 6:1, 6-8; Ps 40(39):2+4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10+12; Luke 4:16a-22.
II. Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 67(66):2-3, 5, 7-8; John 17:20-26.
III. 1 Pet 5:1-4; Ps 23(22):1-3, 4, 5, 6; John 10:11-16.
Common of Pastors: Readings during Easter Time
I. Acts 20:28-38; Ps 145(144):8-9, 10-11, 12-13ab; John 14:23-29.)

Anniversary:

151^st anniversary of the death of F. Anthony Puff (78) d. 1939 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.

Anniversary:

137^th anniversary of the death of P. Richard Corish (65) d. 1953 at Leeds, England.

Anniversary:

100^th anniversary of the death of P. John Chula (58) d. 1990 at Lusaka, Zambia.

Anniversary:

85^th anniversary of the death of P. Norman MacDonald (79) d. 2005 at Lusaka, Zambia.

Anniversary:

84^th anniversary of the death of P. George Orr (87) d. 2006 at Pontypool, Cardiff, Wales.

Anniversary:

78^th anniversary of the death of P. Patrick Kelly (HIB) (92) d. 2012 at Dublin, Ireland.

Anniversary:

76^th anniversary of the death of P. José Belarmino de Araújo (72) d. 2014 at Lisbon, Portugal.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Saint José María Rubio, Priest (Optional Memorial)

José María Rubio (1864-1929) was born in Dalias, Spain. He joined the Society as a diocesan priest in 1906, at the age of forty-two. In 1911, he was appointed to the Professed House in Madrid, where he remained for the rest of his life. Rubio was fully engaged in preaching, spiritual direction and hearing confessions. He chose to work primarily among the poor. He built up teams of Catholic laity, founded on a strong Eucharistic spirituality, who collaborated in his numerous initiatives in the city’s slums and suburbs. He is acclaimed as the “Apostle of Madrid” and “Father of the Poor”.

1650

The archbishop of Sens in France, a friend of the Jansenists, ordered prayers in his diocese for the conversion of the Jesuits.

1881

The Society was expelled from the Republic of Nicaragua.

1902

Carlos Sommervogel, S.J. dies Historian of the Society of Jesus, bibliographer.

1938

Franco invites the Jesuits to return to Spain. They had been banned in 1932.

1971

The announcement of the opening of the Center of Concern in Washington, DC.

2003

St. Joseph Mary Rubio, S.J. Parish priest in Madrid. Optional Memorial. He died on May 2, 1929. On this day, in 2003 he was canonized.

VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2090

Dominical Letter	A
Golden Number	1
Epact	xxix
Solar Cycle	27
Letter of the Martyrology	N
Roman Year of Indiction	8
Julian Period	Year 6803
Years since the confirmation of the Society	550
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius	534
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province	69
Sunday Readings	Cycle B
Weekday Readings	Cycle II
Gregorian Easter	16 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter	23 April