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Year 2 Weekday Reading. (29/4/10)
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Reading 1
From
Paphos, Paul and his companions
set sail
and arrived at Perga in Pamphylia.
But
John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
They
continued on from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia.
On
the sabbath they entered into
the synagogue and took their seats.
After
the reading of the law and the prophets,
the
synagogue officials sent word to them,
“My
brothers, if one of you has a word of exhortation
for the
people, please speak.”
So
Paul got up, motioned with his hand, and said,
“Fellow
children of Israel and you others who are God-fearing, listen.
The
God of this people Israel chose our ancestors
and
exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt.
With
uplifted arm he led them out,
and for
about forty years he put up with them in the desert.
When
he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan,
he gave
them their land as an inheritance
at the
end of about four hundred and fifty years.
After
these things he provided judges up to Samuel the prophet.
Then
they asked for a king.
God
gave them Saul, son of Kish,
a man
from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
Then
he removed him and raised up David as their king;
of him he
testified,
I
have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart;
he
will carry out my every wish.
From
this man’s descendants God, according to his promise,
has
brought to Israel a savior, Jesus.
John
heralded his coming by proclaiming a baptism of repentance
to all
the people of Israel;
and as
John was completing his course, he would say,
‘What
do you suppose that I am? I am not he.
Behold,
one is coming after me;
I am not worthy to unfasten
the sandals of his feet.’”
Responsorial Psalm
R.
(2) For ever I will
sing the goodness of the Lord.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
The
favors of the LORD I will sing forever;
through
all generations my mouth shall proclaim your faithfulness.
For
you have said, “My kindness is established forever”;
in heaven
you have confirmed your faithfulness.
R.
For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
“I
have found David, my servant;
with my
holy oil I have anointed him,
That
my hand may be always with him,
and that
my arm may make him strong.”
R.
For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
“My
faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him,
and
through my name shall his horn be exalted.
He
shall say of me, ‘You are my father,
my God,
the Rock, my savior.’”
R.
For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Gospel
When
Jesus had washed the disciples’ feet, he said to them:
“Amen,
amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master
nor any
messenger greater than the one who sent him.
If
you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.
I am
not speaking of all of you.
I
know those whom I have chosen.
But
so that the Scripture might be fulfilled,
The
one who ate my food has raised his heel against me.
From
now on I am telling you before it happens,
so that
when it happens you may believe that I AM.
Amen,
amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send
receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent
me.”
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