Tuesday, March 30
ST. PEDRO REGALADO (Spain, 1390-1456), Franciscan, Reformer, Mystic
He lived at a time of great historical transitions: In 1418, the Council of Constance settled the Great Western
Schism and ended the Avignon papacy; France and England were fighting the Hundred Years' War; the Muslim
Turks finally ended the Byzantine Empire in 1453, Gutenberg had just invented the printing press, and
the century would end with Columbus reaching America. In Villadolid, Spain, young Pedro entered the Order
of the Franciscans, went on to became superior of a convent, actively engaged in reform of the Franciscan
order, and by 1442, was head of the Reformed Franciscans in Spain. His charism was in service to the poor,
and tradition says that when he fed them, he never ran out of food to share. He was immediately the object
of a cult after his death, and 36 years later, when Spain's 'Catholic Queen' Isabella ordered his body
exhumed to be transferred to a better tomb, the body was found to be incorrupt. He was canonized in 1746.
Readings for today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/nab/readings/033010.shtml
OR for 3/29-3/30/10:
Benedict XVI celebrates Palm Sunday and World Youth day in St. Peter's Square:
'Jesus Christ is the right way to be a man'
He also calls on authorities to keep the peace in Jerusalem
Other Page 1 stories: A commentary on new Israeli housing in east Jerusalem puts the burden on Israel; terrorists strike two subway stations in the heart of Moscow; and the civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo brings continued civilian massacres. In the inside pages, French commentator Bernard Lecomte writes a eulogy on John Paul II, "The Pope who went against the current", and a most interesting and admiring review of a new book by an Israeli professor examining Jesus Christ in the context of his Jewishness, based on the work of Jewish scholars of the 20th century; they concluded, among other things, that Jesus belonged to the Pharisees, a sect long reviled throughout history.
THE POPE'S DAY
Normally the Holy Father has no scheduled events in Holy Week other than the liturgies. Today was an exception.
He met with Cardinal Stanislas Dsiwisz, Archbishop of Cracow, who is in Rome for the fifth anniversary of
John Paul II's death.
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 30/03/2010 17:54]