Today, May 28
Feast of the Day
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Readings of the Day
First Letter of Peter 2,2-5.9-12.
Beloved, like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk so that through it you may grow into salvation, for you have tasted that the Lord is good. Come to him, a living stone, rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in the sight of God, and, like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. But you are "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises" of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were "no people" but now you are God's people; you "had not received mercy" but now you have received mercy. Beloved, I urge you as aliens and sojourners to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against the soul. Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that if they speak of you as evildoers, they may observe your good works and glorify God on the day of visitation.
Psalms 100(99),2.3.4.5.
Sing joyfully to the Lord all you lands, serve the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful song. Know that the LORD is God; he made us, his we are; his people, the flock he tends. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise; give thanks to him; bless his name. The LORD is good: his kindness endures forever, and his faithfulness, to all generations.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 10,46-52.
As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, son of David, have pity on me." And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he kept calling out all the more, "Son of David, have pity on me." Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take courage; get up, he is calling you." He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus. Jesus said to him in reply, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man replied to him, "Master, I want to see." Jesus told him, "Go your way; your faith has saved you." Immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.
Daily Reflection
I am the light of the world. — John viii, 12. Indeed, He is the light of the world, even of the material universe, for He gives the sun its light, and the moon and stars; He is the light of our bodily eyes; He is especially the beautiful light of reason shining in our souls. And to this light, to God our Saviour, the ource of all light, must the light in every creature return again or it will lapse into utter darkness; and He that is the light of the world hateth darkness. Now, Jesus says to thee : I am the true light, and I will give thee My eternal light to expel thy darkness, and with My light I will give thee My being, My life, My glory and My joy. And now let us consider the true way, and the shortest way leading into the very focus of this heavenly light. Briefly, it is unfeigned self-denial joined to boundless love of God — one's own self in not a single particular and God's honor in all things. Let there be no crooked, but all straight ways in thee; whatever comes to thee, accept it as immediately out of the hand of God, sweet or bitter, and refer it all back again into the same loving hand, in entire abandonment to His holy will. This is the straight road to perfection