24 August SAINT BARTHOLOMEW ApostleFeast St. Bartholomew was one of the twelve who were called to the apostolate by our blessed Lord Himself. Several learned interpreters of the Holy Scripture take this apostle to have been the same as Nathaniel, a native of Cana, in Galilee, a doctor in the Jewish law, and one of the seventy-two disciples of Christ, to whom he was conducted by St. Philip, and whose innocence and simplicity of heart deserved to be celebrated with the highest eulogium by the divine mouth of Our Redeemer. He is mentioned among the disciples who were met together in prayer after Christs ascension, and he received the Holy Ghost with the rest. Being eminently qualified by the divine grace to discharge the functions of an apostle, he carried the Gospel through the most barbarous countries of the East, penetrating into the remoter Indies. He then returned again into the northwest part of Asia, and met St. Philip, at Hierapolis, in Phrygia. Hence he travelled into Lycaonia, where he instructed the people in the Christian Faith; but we know not even the names of many of the countries in which he preached. St. Bartholomews last removal was into Great Armenia, where, preaching in a place obstinately addicted to the worship of idols, he was crowned with a glorious martyrdom. The modern Greek historians say that he was condemned by the governor of Albanopolis to be crucified. Others affirm that he was flayed alive, which might well enough consist with his crucifixion, this double punishment being in use not only in Egypt, but also among the Persians. Lives of the Saints, by Alban Butler, Benziger Bros. ed. [1894] In other years: Saint Bartholomew, ApostleHe was born at Cana and brought by the Apostle Philip to meet Jesus. Nothing further is known for certain. Eusebius speaks of him in India, but the Roman Martyrology has him martyred in Armenia, skinned alive according to the Persian custom. Because his relics were enshrined on the island in the Tiber that is principally used as a hospital, he has become a patron saint of the sick. Monsignor Ronald Knox (1888 - 1957) Ronald Arbuthnott Knox was born into a Church of England family (his father later became Bishop of Manchester and his grandfather was Bishop of Lahore), and had a brilliant career at Oxford and afterwards in the Church of England. He was received into the Catholic Church in 1917, after having inspired many of his friends to do the same. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s he was one of the Church’s great apologists both in the newspapers and in books, making his points with equal parts of wit, charity, and cogency. Several of his opponents joined the Church in their turn, not coerced or converted by him, but inspired by his example and with their difficulties removed. He was the Catholic Chaplain at Oxford from 1926 to 1939, where he equipped several generations of young men for the difficult transition from Catholic schools, where the faith was taken for granted, to the wider world, where it was met with indifference or outright hostility. He translated the entire Bible into English, both the Old and the New Testaments, in a heroic single-handed project undertaken at the request of the English Catholic bishops; but it is by his spiritual writings (especially A Retreat for Lay People) and by his apologetic and doctrinal works that he is most worthily remembered. A BBC broadcast by Ronald Knox can be heard here (RealAudio format). A programme about that broadcast can be heard on the BBC web site here, with a brief textual description here. You will see these texts in a more readable format and with a better layout (especially for verse) if you use the free Catholic Calendar app from Universalis. Catholic Calendar is free. You may also be interested in the full Universalis app. The official Grail translation of the Psalms. The readings at Mass are in both the Jerusalem Bible/Grail and the NAB translations. The Mass Today page contains the exact liturgy for today all in one place, both the Order of Mass and the prayers, antiphons and readings. A perpetual liturgical calendar covering all years. Local liturgical calendars for over 20 countries and dioceses. A choice of views: either scrolling like a web page or page-turning like an e-book. Access to all texts for all dates, past, present and future. Complete independence from the Internet. Everything is stored within the application itself. Universalis costs £9.99 / $13.99 / €12.99 from the App Store. Alternatively you can pay nothing to start with and then subscribe for £0.69 / $0.99 / €0.89 per month. To do this, get the free Catholic Calendar app and press the Try or buy button in the calendar.
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