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Fifth Week of Easter - Tuesday

May 7th, 2007

Fifth Week of Easter - Tuesday

First Reading Acts 14:19-28

They called the Church together and reported what God had
done with them.

A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles

In those days, some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived and
won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of
the city, supposing that he was dead. But when the disciples
gathered around him, he got up and entered the city. On the
following day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

After they had proclaimed the good news to that city and
made a considerable number of disciples, they returned to
Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch. They strengthened the
spirits of the disciples and exhorted them to persevere in
the faith, saying, “It is necessary for us to undergo many
hardships to enter the Kingdom of God.” They appointed
presbyters for them in each Church and, with prayer and
fasting, commended them to the Lord in whom they had put
their faith. Then they traveled through Pisidia and reached
Pamphylia. After proclaiming the word at Perga they went
down to Attalia. From there they sailed to Antioch, where
they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they
had now accomplished. And when they arrived, they called the
Church together and reported what God had done with them and
how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. Then
they spent no little time with the disciples.

The Word of the Lord.

Alleluia, alleluia See Lk 24:46, 26 - Christ had to
suffer and to rise from the dead, and so enter into his
glory. Alleluia, alleluia

Gospel Jn 14:27-31a

My peace I give to you.

A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John

Jesus said to his disciples: “Peace I leave with you; my
peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to
you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. You heard
me tell you, ‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’
If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the
Father; for the Father is greater than I. And now I have
told you this before it happens, so that when it happens
you may believe. I will no longer speak much with you, for
the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over me,
but the world must know that I love the Father and that I
do just as the Father has commanded me.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

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