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Year 2 Weekday Reading. (7/5/10)
Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Reading 1
The
Apostles and presbyters, in agreement with the whole Church,
decided
to choose representatives
and to
send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas.
The
ones chosen were Judas, who was called Barsabbas,
and
Silas, leaders among the brothers.
This
is the letter delivered by them:
“The
Apostles and the presbyters, your brothers,
to the
brothers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia
of
Gentile origin: greetings.
Since
we have heard that some of our number
who went out
without any mandate from us
have
upset you with their teachings
and
disturbed your peace of mind,
we have
with one accord decided to choose representatives
and to
send them to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
who have
dedicated their lives to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
So
we are sending Judas and Silas
who will
also convey this same message by word of mouth:
‘It
is the decision of the Holy Spirit and of us
not to
place on you any burden beyond these necessities,
namely,
to abstain from meat sacrificed to idols,
from
blood, from meats of strangled animals,
and from
unlawful marriage.
If
you keep free of these,
you will
be doing what is right. Farewell.’“
And
so they were sent on their journey.
Upon
their arrival in Antioch
they
called the assembly together and delivered the letter.
When the people read it, they
were delighted with the exhortation.
Responsorial Psalm
R.
(10a) I will give you
thanks among the peoples, O Lord.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
My
heart is steadfast, O God; my heart is steadfast;
I
will sing and chant praise.
Awake,
O my soul; awake, lyre and harp!
I
will wake the dawn.
R.
I will give you thanks among the peoples, O Lord.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
I
will give thanks to you among the peoples, O LORD,
I
will chant your praise among the nations.
For
your mercy towers to the heavens,
and your
faithfulness to the skies.
Be
exalted above the heavens, O God;
above all
the earth be your glory!
R.
I will give you thanks among the peoples, O Lord.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Gospel
Jesus
said to his disciples:
“This
is my commandment: love one another as I love you.
No
one has greater love than this,
to lay
down one’s life for one’s friends.
You
are my friends if you do what I command you.
I no
longer call you slaves,
because a
slave does not know what his master is doing.
I
have called you friends,
because I
have told you everything I have heard from my Father.
It
was not you who chose me, but I who chose you
and
appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain,
so that
whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.
This I command you: love one
another.”
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