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Year 2 Weekday Reading. (19/5/10)
Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Reading 1
At
Miletus, Paul spoke to the presbyters of the Church of Ephesus:
“Keep
watch over yourselves and over the whole flock
of which
the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers,
in which
you tend the Church of God
that he
acquired with his own Blood.
I
know that after my departure savage wolves will come among you,
and they
will not spare the flock.
And
from your own group, men will come forward perverting the truth
to draw
the disciples away after them.
So
be vigilant and remember that for three years, night and day,
I
unceasingly admonished each of you with tears.
And
now I commend you to God
and to
that gracious word of his that can build you up
and give
you the inheritance among all who are consecrated.
I
have never wanted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
You know
well that these very hands
have
served my needs and my companions.
In
every way I have shown you that by hard work of that sort
we must
help the weak,
and keep
in mind the words of the Lord Jesus who himself said,
‘It
is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
When
he had finished speaking
he knelt
down and prayed with them all.
They
were all weeping loudly
as they
threw their arms around Paul and kissed him,
for they
were deeply distressed that he had said
that they
would never see his face again.
Then they escorted him to the
ship.
Ps
68:29-30, 33-35a, 35bc-36ab
Responsorial Psalm
R.
(33a) Sing to God, O
kingdoms of the earth.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Show
forth, O God, your power,
the
power, O God, with which you took our part;
For
your temple in Jerusalem
let the
kings bring you gifts.
R.
Sing to God, O Kingdoms of the earth.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
You
kingdoms of the earth, sing to God,
chant
praise to the Lord
who rides
on the heights of the ancient heavens.
Behold,
his voice resounds, the voice of power:
“Confess
the power of God!”
R.
Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Over
Israel is his majesty;
his power
is in the skies.
Awesome
in his sanctuary is God, the God of Israel;
he gives
power and strength to his people.
R.
Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Gospel
Lifting
up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed, saying:
“Holy
Father, keep them in your name
that you
have given me,
so that
they may be one just as we are one.
When
I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me,
and I
guarded them, and none of them was lost
except
the son of destruction,
in order
that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
But
now I am coming to you.
I
speak this in the world
so that
they may share my joy completely.
I
gave them your word, and the world hated them,
because
they do not belong to the world
any more
than I belong to the world.
I do
not ask that you take them out of the world
but that
you keep them from the Evil One.
They
do not belong to the world
any more
than I belong to the world.
Consecrate
them in the truth.
Your
word is truth.
As
you sent me into the world,
so I sent
them into the world.
And
I consecrate myself for them,
so that they also may be consecrated in truth.”
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