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Year 2 Weekday Reading. (20/4/10)
Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter
Reading 1
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.
Ps
31:3cd-4, 6 and 7b and 8a, 17 and 21ab
Responsorial Psalm
R.
(6a) Into your hands, O
Lord, I commend my spirit.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Be
my rock of refuge,
a
stronghold to give me safety.
You
are my rock and my fortress;
for your
name’s sake you will lead and guide me.
R.
Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Into
your hands I commend my spirit;
you will
redeem me, O LORD, O faithful God.
My
trust is in the LORD;
I
will rejoice and be glad of your mercy.
R.
Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Let
your face shine upon your servant;
save me
in your kindness.
You
hide them in the shelter of your presence
from the plottings of men.
R.
Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Gospel
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.”
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