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Year 2 Weekday Reading. (16/4/10)
Friday of the Second Week of Easter
Reading 1
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.
Responsorial Psalm
R.
(see 4abc) One thing I
seek: to dwell in the house of the Lord.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
The
LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom
should I fear?
The
LORD is my life’s refuge;
of whom
should I be afraid?
R.
One thing I seek: to dwell in the house of the Lord.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
One
thing I ask of the LORD
this I
seek:
To
dwell in the house of the LORD
all the
days of my life,
That
I may gaze on the loveliness of the LORD
and
contemplate his temple.
R.
One thing I seek: to dwell in the house of the Lord.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
I
believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD
in the
land of the living.
Wait
for the LORD with courage;
be
stouthearted, and wait for the LORD.
R.
One thing I seek: to dwell in the house of the Lord.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Gospel
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.
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