Thursday (May 1): ‘Prophets are not without honour except in their own country and in their own house.’

Mabuhay at Mabuting Balita!
Month of the Holy Eucharist
Thursday of the Second Week of Easter

Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, and embracing them, let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children.  — St. Bernard of Clairvaux  http://origin.ewtn.com/devotionals/inspiration_05may2014.asp#1

First Reading:  Genesis 1:26 — 2:3 or Colossians 3:14-15, 17, 23-24
Psalm 90:2-4, 12-14, 16: 
Gospel:  Matthew 13:54-58

He came to his home town and began to teach the people in their synagogue, so that they were astounded and said, ‘Where did this man get this wisdom and these deeds of power? Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all this?’ And they took offence at him. But Jesus said to them, ‘Prophets are not without honour except in their own country and in their own house.’ And he did not do many deeds of power there, because of their unbelief.  http://bible.oremus.org/

Saint of the Day:  St. Joseph the Worker
Apparently in response to the “May Day” celebrations for workers sponsored by Communists, Pius XII instituted the feast of St. Joseph the Worker in 1955. But the relationship between Joseph and the cause of workers has a much longer history.

In a constantly necessary effort to keep Jesus from being removed from ordinary human life, the Church has from the beginning proudly emphasized that Jesus was a carpenter, obviously trained by Joseph in both the satisfactions and the drudgery of that vocation. Humanity is like God not only in thinking and loving, but also in creating. Whether we make a table or a cathedral, we are called to bear fruit with our hands and mind, ultimately for the building up of the Body of Christ.  http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saints/saint.aspx?id=1370&calendar=1

 More Saints of the Day

• St. Peregrine Laziosi
• St. Marculf
• St. Andeolus
• St. Augustus Schoffler
• St. Aceolus
• St. Acius
• St. Aldebrandus
• St. Amator
• St. Arigius
• St. Asaph
• St. Benedict of Szkalka
• St. Bertha of Kent
• St. Bertha of Val d’Or
• St. Brieuc
• St. Buriana
• St. Ultan
• St. Theodard
• St. Ceallach
• St. Cominus
• St. Evermarus
• St. Grata
• St. Isidora
• St. John-Louis Bonnard
• St. Orentius
• St. Orentius and Patientia
• St. Panacea
• St. Isidora the Simple
• St. Riccardo Pampuri

 Let me be the change I want to be. Even if I am not the light, I can be the spark. ram