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Year 2 Weekday Reading. (6/5/10)
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Reading 1
After
much debate had taken place,
Peter
got up and said to the Apostles and the presbyters,
“My
brothers, you are well aware that from early days
God
made his choice among you that through my mouth
the
Gentiles would hear the word of the Gospel and believe.
And
God, who knows the heart,
bore
witness by granting them the Holy Spirit
just as
he did us.
He
made no distinction between us and them,
for by
faith he purified their hearts.
Why,
then, are you now putting God to the test
by
placing on the shoulders of the disciples
a yoke
that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?
On
the contrary, we believe that we are saved
through
the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they.”
The
whole assembly fell silent,
and they
listened
while
Paul and Barnabas described the signs and wonders
God
had worked among the Gentiles through them.
After
they had fallen silent, James responded,
“My
brothers, listen to me.
Symeon
has described how God first concerned himself
with acquiring
from among the Gentiles a people for his name.
The
words of the prophets agree with this, as is written:
After
this I shall return
and
rebuild the fallen hut of David;
from its ruins I shall rebuild it
and
raise it up again,
so
that the rest of humanity may seek out the Lord,
even all the Gentiles on whom my name is invoked.
Thus
says the Lord who accomplishes these things,
known from of old.
It
is my judgment, therefore,
that we
ought to stop troubling the Gentiles who turn to God,
but tell
them by letter to avoid pollution from idols,
unlawful
marriage, the meat of strangled animals, and blood.
For
Moses, for generations now,
has had
those who proclaim him in every town,
as he has been read in the synagogues every sabbath.”
Responsorial Psalm
R.
(3) Proclaim God’s
marvelous deeds to all the nations.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Sing
to the LORD a new song;
sing to
the LORD, all you lands.
Sing
to the LORD; bless his name.
R.
Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Announce
his salvation, day after day.
Tell
his glory among the nations;
among all
peoples, his wondrous deeds.
R.
Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Say
among the nations: The LORD is king.
He
has made the world firm, not to be moved;
he
governs the peoples with equity.
R.
Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Gospel
Jesus
said to his disciples:
“As
the Father loves me, so I also love you.
Remain
in my love.
If
you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,
just as I
have kept my Father’s commandments
and
remain in his love.
“I
have told you this so that
my joy
might be in you and
your joy might be complete.”
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