Second Week of Easter - Friday
Second Week of Easter - Friday
First Reading Acts 5:34-42
A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles
The Apostles went out rejoicing that they had been found
worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.
A Pharisee in the Sanhedrin named Gamaliel, a teacher of
the law, respected by all the people, stood up, ordered
the Apostles to be put outside for a short time, and said
to the Sanhedrin, “Fellow children of Israel, be careful
what you are about to do to these men. Some time ago,
Theudas appeared, claiming to be someone important, and
about four hundred men joined him, but he was killed,
and all those who were loyal to him were disbanded and
came to nothing. After him came Judas the Galilean at
the time of the census. He also drew people after him,
but he too perished and all who were loyal to him were
scattered. So now I tell you, have nothing to do with
these men, and let them go. For if this endeavor or
this activity is of human origin, it will destroy
itself. But if it comes from God, you will not be able
to destroy them; you may even find yourselves fighting
against God.” They were persuaded by him. After
recalling the Apostles, they had them flogged, ordered
them to stop speaking in the name of Jesus, and
dismissed them. So they left the presence of the
Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been found worthy to
suffer dishonor for the sake of the name. And all day
long, both at the temple and in their homes, they did
not stop teaching and proclaiming the Christ, Jesus.
The Word of the Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia Mt 4:4b - One does not live
on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from
the mouth of God. Alleluia, alleluia
Gospel Jn 6:1-15
Jesus distributed to those who were reclining as much
as they wanted.
A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John
Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee. A large crowd
followed him, because they saw the signs he was
performing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain,
and there he sat down with his disciples. The Jewish
feast of Passover was near. When Jesus raised his eyes
and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, he said
to Philip, “Where can we buy enough food for them to
eat?” He said this to test him, because he himself
knew what he was going to do. Philip answered him,
“Two hundred days’ wages worth of food would not be
enough for each of them to have a little.” One of his
disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said
to him, “There is a boy here who has five barley
loaves and two fish; but what good are these for so
many?” Jesus said, “Have the people recline.” Now
there was a great deal of grass in that place. So
the men reclined, about five thousand in number.
Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and
distributed them to those who were reclining, and
also as much of the fish as they wanted. When they
had had their fill, he said to his disciples,
“Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will
be wasted.” So they collected them, and filled twelve
wicker baskets with fragments from the five barley
loaves that had been more than they could eat. When
the people saw the sign he had done, they said,
“This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come
into the world.” Since Jesus knew that they were
going to come and carry him off to make him king,
he withdrew again to the mountain alone.
The Gospel of the Lord.
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