Archive for May 13th, 2007
Sixth Week of Easter - Monday
First Reading Acts 16:11-15
The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what
Paul taught.
A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles
We set sail from Troas, making a straight run for Samothrace,
and on the next day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi,
a leading city in that district of Macedonia and a Roman
colony. We spent some time in that city. On the sabbath we
went outside the city gate along the river where we thought
there would be a place of prayer. We sat and spoke with the
women who had gathered there. One of them, a woman named
Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth, from the city of Thyatira,
a worshiper of God, listened, and the Lord opened her heart
to pay attention to what Paul was saying. After she and her
household had been baptized, she offered us an invitation,
“If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay
at my home,” and she prevailed on us.
The Word of the Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia Jn 15:26b, 27a - The Spirit of
truth will testify to me, says the Lord, and you also
will testify. Alleluia, alleluia
Gospel Jn 15:26-16:4a
The Spirit of truth will testify to me.
A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John
Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Advocate comes
whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth
who proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me. And
you also testify, because you have been with me from the
beginning.
“I have told you this so that you may not fall away. They
will expel you from the synagogues; in fact, the hour is
coming when everyone who kills you will think he is offering
worship to God. They will do this because they have no
known either the Father or me. I have told you this so that
when their hour comes you may remember that I told you.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
May 13th, 2007
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May 13th, 2007
Fifth Week of Easter - Saturday
First Reading Acts 16:1-10
Come over to Macedonia and help us.
A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles
Paul reached also Derbe and Lystra where there was a
disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was
a believer, but his father was a Greek. The brothers in
Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him, and Paul wanted
him to come along with him. On account of the Jews of that
region, Paul had him circumcised, for they all knew that
his father was a Greek. As they traveled from city to
city, they handed on to the people for observance the
decisions reached by the Apostles and presbyters in
Jerusalem. Day after day the churches grew stronger in
faith and increased in number.
They traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian territory
because they had been prevented by the Holy Spirit from
preaching the message in the province of Asia. When they
come to Mysia, they tried to go on into Bithynia, but the
Spirit of Jesus did not allow them, so they crossed through
Mysia and came down to Troas. During the night Paul had a
vision. A Macedonian stood before him and implored him
with these words, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
When he had seen the vision, we sought passage to Macedonia
at once concluding that God had called us to proclaim the
Good News to them.
The Word of the Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia Col 3:1 - If then you were raised
with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated
at the right hand of God. Alleluia, alleluia
Gospel Jn 15:18-21
You do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you
out of the world.
A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John
Jesus said to his disciples: “If the world hates you,
realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the
world, the world would love its own; but because you do
not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the
world, the world hates you. Remember the word I spoke to
you, ‘No slave is greater than his master.’ If they
persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they
kept my word, they will also keep yours. And they will do
all these things to you on account of my name, because
they do not know the one who sent me.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
May 13th, 2007
