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Year 2 Weekday Reading. (14/4/10)
Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter
Reading 1
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.
Responsorial Psalm
R.
(7a) The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
I
will bless the LORD at all times;
his
praise shall be ever in my mouth.
Let
my soul glory in the LORD;
the lowly
will hear me and be glad.
R.
The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Glorify
the LORD with me,
let us
together extol his name.
I
sought the LORD, and he answered me
and
delivered me from all my fears.
R.
The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Look
to him that you may be radiant with joy,
and your
faces may not blush with shame.
When
the poor one called out, the LORD heard,
and from
all his distress he saved him.
R.
The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
The
angel of the LORD encamps
around
those who fear him, and delivers them.
Taste
and see how good the LORD is;
blessed
the man who takes refuge in him.
R.
The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Gospel
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.
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