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Year 2 Weekday Reading. (24/4/10)
Saturday of the Third Week of Easter
Reading 1
The
Church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria
was at
peace.
She
was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord,
and with
the consolation of the Holy Spirit she grew in numbers.
As
Peter was passing through every region,
he went
down to the holy ones living in Lydda.
There
he found a man named Aeneas,
who had
been confined to bed for eight years, for he was paralyzed.
Peter
said to him,
“Aeneas,
Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed.”
He
got up at once.
And
all the inhabitants of Lydda and Sharon saw him,
and they
turned to the Lord.
Now
in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha
(which translated is Dorcas).
She
was completely occupied with good deeds and almsgiving.
Now
during those days she fell sick and died,
so after
washing her, they laid her out in a room upstairs.
Since
Lydda was near Joppa,
the
disciples, hearing that Peter was there,
sent two
men to him with the request,
“Please
come to us without delay.”
So
Peter got up and went with them.
When
he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs
where all
the widows came to him weeping
and
showing him the tunics and cloaks
that Dorcas had made while she was with them.
Peter
sent them all out and knelt down and prayed.
Then
he turned to her body and said, “Tabitha, rise up.”
She
opened her eyes, saw Peter, and sat up.
He
gave her his hand and raised her up,
and when
he had called the holy ones and the widows,
he
presented her alive.
This
became known all over Joppa,
and many came to believe in the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
R.
(12) How shall I make a return to the Lord for all the good he has done
for me?
or:
R.
Alleluia.
How
shall I make a return to the LORD
for all
the good he has done for me?
The
cup of salvation I will take up,
and I
will call upon the name of the LORD
R.
How shall I make a return to the Lord for all the good he has done for
me?
or:
R.
Alleluia.
My
vows to the LORD I will pay
in the
presence of all his people.
Precious
in the eyes of the LORD
is the
death of his faithful ones.
R.
How shall I make a return to the Lord for all the good he has done for
me?
or:
R.
Alleluia.
O
LORD, I am your servant;
I am
your servant, the son of your handmaid;
you have
loosed my bonds.
To
you will I offer sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and I
will call upon the name of the LORD.
R.
How shall I make a return to the Lord for all the good he has done for
me?
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Gospel
Many
of the disciples of Jesus who were listening said,
“This
saying is hard; who can accept it?”
Since
Jesus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this,
he said
to them, “Does this shock you?
What
if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
It
is the Spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail.
The
words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life.
But
there are some of you who do not believe.”
Jesus
knew from the beginning the ones who would not believe
and the
one who would betray him.
And
he said, “For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me
unless it
is granted him by my Father.”
As a
result of this,
many of
his disciples returned to their former way of life
and no
longer walked with him.
Jesus
then said to the Twelve, “Do you also want to leave?”
Simon
Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go?
You
have the words of eternal life.
We
have come to believe
and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.”
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