Third Week of Easter - Tuesday
Third Week of Easter - Tuesday
First Reading Acts 7:51-8:1a
A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles
Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Stephen said to the people, the elders, and the
scribes: “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in
heart and ears, you always oppose the Holy Spirit;
you are just like your ancestors. Which of the
prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They
put to death those who foretold the coming of the
righteous one, whose betrayers and murderers you
have now become. You received the law as transmitted
by angels, but you did not observe it.”
When they heard this, they were infuriated, and they
ground their teeth at him. But Stephen, filled with
the Holy Spirit, looked up intently to heaven and
saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the
right hand of God, and Stephen said, “Behold, I
see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing
at the right hand of God.” But they cried out in a
loud voice, covered their ears, and rushed upon
him together. They threw him out of the city, and
began to stone him. The witnesses laid down their
cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. As
they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord
Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he fell to his
knees and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do
not hold this sin against them”; and when he said
this, he fell asleep.
Now Saul was consenting to his execution.
The Word of the Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia Jn 6:35ab - I am the
bread of life, says the Lord; whoever comes to
me will never hunger. Alleluia, alleluia
Gospel Jn 6:30-35
It was not Moses, but my Father who gives you the
true bread from heaven.
A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John
The crowd said to Jesus: “What sign can you do, that
we may see and believe in you? What can you do? Our
ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written:
He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”
So Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, it
was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my
Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the
bread of God is that which comes down from heaven
and gives life to the world.”
So they said to Jesus, “Sir, give us this bread
always.” Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life;
whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever
believes in me will never thirst.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
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