May 14 - St. Matthias
(Acts 1:15-17,20-26; Ps.113:1-8; Jn.15:9-17) "It was I who chose you to go forth and bear fruit." Since "the saying in Scripture uttered long ago by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of David was destined to be fulfilled in Judas" and he "went the way he was destined to go," now the word of the Lord must be accomplished: "May another take his office." And though "Peter stood up in the center of the brothers" and declared the need expressed in Scripture, and though the one hundred and twenty brothers gathered together "nominated two," the prayer of the disciples, as well as their actions…
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