Wednesday, May 16, 2012
St. Margaret of Cortona, III Order (Memorial)
St. Margaret of Cortona, III Order (Memorial)
FIRST READING
Acts 17: 15,
22 – 34
15 Those who conducted Paul brought him as far
as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon
as possible, they departed.
22 So Paul, standing in the middle of the
Are-op'agus, said: "Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are
very religious. 23 For as I passed along, and observed the
objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, `To an
unknown god.' What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. 24
The
God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth,
does not live in shrines made by man, 25 nor is he served by human
hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all men life and
breath and everything. 26 And he made from one every nation of men
to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and
the boundaries of their habitation, 27 that they should seek God,
in the hope that they might feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from
each one of us, 28 for `In him we live and move and have our
being'; as even some of your poets have said, `For we are indeed his
offspring.' 29 Being then God's offspring, we ought not to
think that the Deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, a representation by the
art and imagination of man. 30 The times of ignorance God overlooked,
but now he commands all men everywhere to repent, 31 because
he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man
whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all men by raising
him from the dead." 32 Now when they heard of the resurrection
of the dead, some mocked; but others said, "We will hear you again about
this." 33 So Paul went out from among them. 34 But
some men joined him and believed, among them Dionys'ius the Are-op'agite and a
woman named Dam'aris and others with them.
PSALM RESPONSES
Psalms 148: 1 -
2, 11 – 14
1 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the
heavens, praise him in the heights! 2 Praise him, all his angels,
praise him, all his host!
11 Kings of the earth and all peoples,
princes and all rulers of the earth! 12 Young men and maidens
together, old men and children! 13 Let them praise the name of
the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his glory is above earth and heaven.
14 He
has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his saints, for the people
of Israel who are near to him. Praise the LORD!
GOSPEL
John 16: 12
– 15
12 "I have yet many things to say to you,
but you cannot bear them now. 13 When the Spirit of truth
comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own
authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the
things that are to come. 14 He will glorify me, for he will take
what is mine and declare it to you. 15 All that the Father has is
mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
Can
the life of a good Christian be anything other than that of a man nailed to the
Cross with Jesus Christ? - St. John Vianney
Jesus is God
The Holy Trinity
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