Entrance Antiphon: Because of the Lord’s covenant and the ancestral laws, the Saints of God persevered in loving brotherhood, for there was always one spirit in them, and one faith.Gospel Verse, Jn 15:9b, 5b: Remain in my love, says the Lord; whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit. Communion Antiphon, Mt 10:39: Whoever loses his life for my sake, will find it in eternity, says the Lord.Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Josaphat (1580-1643), a Catholic of the Ruthenian rite. He was an apostle of the return of the Orthodox schismatics to the Church of Rome. Born in the then Polish region of Lithuania of Orthodox parents, he became a Catholic and a Ukrainian Basilian monk. Chosen bishop, he worked faithfully for the unity of the Church until he suffered martyrdom at the hands of an angry mob in Russia in 1623 at the age of forty-three. He is one of the patrons of Poland.