Thursday,
May 03, 2012
Saints Philip and James, Apostles (Feast)hursday,
Saints Philip and James, Apostles (Feast)hursday,
FIRST READING
May 03, 2012
1
Corinthians 15: 1 – 8
1 Now
I would remind you, brethren, in what terms I preached to you the gospel, which
you received, in which you stand, 2 by which you are saved, if
you hold it fast -- unless you believed in vain. 3 For
I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ
died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, 4 that
he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the
scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6
Then
he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are
still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to
James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one
untimely born, he appeared also to me.
PSALM RESPONSES
Psalms 19: 2 – 5
2 Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge. 3 There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; 4 yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, 5 which comes forth like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and like a strong man runs its course with joy.
GOSPEL
John 14: 6 – 14
6 Jesus
said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to
the Father, but by me. 7 If you had known me, you would have known my
Father also; henceforth you know him and have seen him." 8 Philip
said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied." 9
Jesus
said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me,
Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, `Show us the
Father'? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father
in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the
Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that I am in the
Father and the Father in me; or else believe me for the sake of the works
themselves. 12 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes
in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he
do, because I go to the Father. 13 Whatever you ask in my name,
I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son; 14 if
you ask anything in my name, I will do it.
But
a soul that does not live by the love of God suffers in a different way. It is
not happy because it does not correspond generously enough to divine love; it
hears a call and feels an attraction to which it does not respond. God punishes
it by preventing it from being at peace in the quiet of laziness which it
creates for itself. How many times is God sent away in this manner! -- St.
Peter Emyard
