Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Saint Isidore the Farmer (Optional Memorial)
Saint Isidore the Farmer (Optional Memorial)
FIRST READING
Acts 16: 22
– 34
22 The crowd joined in attacking them; and the
magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods.
23 And
when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison,
charging the jailer to keep them safely. 24 Having received this charge,
he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. 25
But
about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the
prisoners were listening to them, 26 and suddenly there was a
great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and
immediately all the doors were opened and every one's fetters were unfastened.
27 When
the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and
was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But
Paul cried with a loud voice, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all
here." 29 And he called for lights and rushed in, and
trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas, 30 and
brought them out and said, "Men, what must I do to be saved?" 31
And
they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your
household." 32 And they spoke the word of the Lord to him
and to all that were in his house. 33 And he took them the same
hour of the night, and washed their wounds, and he was baptized at once, with
all his family. 34 Then he brought them up into his house, and
set food before them; and he rejoiced with all his household that he had
believed in God
PSALM RESPONSES
Psalms 138: 1 -
3, 7 – 8
1 I give thee thanks, O LORD, with my whole
heart; before the gods I sing thy praise; 2 I bow down toward thy holy
temple and give thanks to thy name for thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness;
for thou hast exalted above everything thy name and thy word. 3 On
the day I called, thou didst answer me, my strength of soul thou didst
increase.
7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou dost preserve
my life; thou dost stretch out thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and
thy right hand delivers me. 8 The LORD will fulfil his purpose for me;
thy steadfast love, O LORD, endures for ever. Do not forsake the work of thy
hands.
GOSPEL
John 16: 5 –
11
5 But now I am going to him who sent me; yet
none of you asks me, `Where are you going?' 6 But because I have
said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts. 7 Nevertheless
I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not
go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to
you. 8 And
when he comes, he will convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and
judgment: 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10
concerning
righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more; 11
concerning
judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
Unless
you strive after virtues and practice them, you will never grow to be more than
dwarfs. -- St. Theresa of Avila
The Holy Eucharist
