Second Week of Easter - Wednesday
Second Week of Easter - Wednesday
First Reading Acts 5:17-26
A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles
The men whom you put in prison are in the temple area
and are teaching the people.
The high priest rose up and all his companions, that is,
the party of the Sadducees, and, filled with jealousy,
laid hands upon the Apostles and put them in the public
jail. But during the night, the angel of the Lord opened
the doors of the prison, led them out, and said, “Go
and take your place in the temple area, and tell the
people everything about this life.” When they heard
this, they went to the temple early in the morning and
taught. When the high priest and his companions arrived,
they convened the Sanhedrin, the full senate of the
children of Israel, and sent to the jail to have them
brought in. But the court officers who went did not
find them in the prison, so they came back and reported,
“We found the jail securely locked and the guards
stationed outside the doors, but when we opened them,
we found no one inside.” When the captain of the
temple guard and the chief priests heard this report,
they were at a loss about them, as to what this would
come to. Then someone came in and reported to them,
“The men whom you put in prison are in the temple
area and are teaching the people.” Then the captain
and the court officers went and brought them, but
without force, because they were afraid of being
stoned by the people.
The Word of the Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia Jn 3:16 - God so loved the
world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that
everyone who believes in him might have eternal
life. Alleluia, alleluia
Gospel Jn 3:16-21
God sent his Son that the world might be saved through
him.
A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John
God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten
Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not
perish but might have eternal life. For God did not
send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but
that the world might be saved through him. Whoever
believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever
does not believe has already been condemned, because
he has not believed in the name of the only-begotten
Son of God. And this is the verdict, that the light
came into the world, but people preferred darkness
to light, because their works were evil. For everyone
who does wicked things hates the light and does not
come toward the light, so that his works might not
be exposed. But whoever lives the truth comes to the
light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done
in God.
The Gospel of the Lord.
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