DAILY MASS READING

Friday, April 20, 2012
Easter Weekday 

FIRST READING 

Acts 5: 34 – 42 

34 But a Pharisee in the council named Gama'li-el, a teacher of the law, held in honor by all the people, stood up and ordered the men to be put outside for a while.35 And he said to them, "Men of Israel, take care what you do with these men.36 For before these days Theu'das arose, giving himself out to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him; but he was slain and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.37 After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census and drew away some of the people after him; he also perished, and all who followed him were scattered.38 So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this undertaking is of men, it will fail;39 but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You might even be found opposing God!"40 So they took his advice, and when they had called in the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.41 Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.42 And every day in the temple and at home they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.  

PSALM RESPONSES 

Psalms 27: 1, 4, 13 – 14  

1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

4 One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

13 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!14Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; yea, wait for the LORD!  

GOSPEL 

John 6: 1 – 15  

1 After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiber'i-as.2 And a multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he did on those who were diseased.3 Jesus went up on the mountain, and there sat down with his disciples.4 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.5 Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a multitude was coming to him, Jesus said to Philip, "How are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?"6 This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.7 Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little."8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,9 "There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are they among so many?"10 Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place; so the men sat down, in number about five thousand.11 Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted.12 And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, "Gather up the fragments left over, that nothing may be lost."13 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten.14 When the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, "This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world!"15 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

Take a moment to think of everything you're proud of about yourself and your life. Then ask yourself if you would have any of this without God's permission and aid? Give credit where credit is due; praise and thank Him, not yourself

.-- St. Francis of Assisi

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DAILY MASS READING

Thursday, April 19, 2012
Easter Weekday 

FIRST READING 

Acts 5: 27 – 33

27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them,28 saying, "We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us."29 But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.30 The God of our fathers raised Jesus whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.31 God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.32 And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him."33 When they heard this they were enraged and wanted to kill them. 

PSALM RESPONSES  

Psalms 34: 2, 9, 17 – 20 

2 My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and be glad.

9 O fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him have no want!

17 When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.18 The LORD is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit.19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the LORD delivers him out of them all.20 He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken. 

GOSPEL 

John 3: 31 – 36 

31 He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth belongs to the earth, and of the earth he speaks; he who comes from heaven is above all.32 He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony;33 he who receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true.34 For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for it is not by measure that he gives the Spirit;35 the Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.36 He who believes in the Son has eternal life; he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God rests upon him.

Thy lightnings enlightened the world: the earth shook and trembled.-- Ps. lxxvi. 19

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Devotion to the Divine Mercy

Chaplet of Divine Mercy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDT8XF3uo60

DAILY MASS READING

Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Easter Weekday 

FIRST READING 

Acts 5: 17 – 2 

17 But the high priest rose up and all who were with him, that is, the party of the Sad'ducees, and filled with jealousy18 they arrested the apostles and put them in the common prison.19 But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out and said,20 "Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life."21 And when they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and taught. Now the high priest came and those who were with him and called together the council and all the senate of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.22 But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison, and they returned and reported,23 "We found the prison securely locked and the sentries standing at the doors, but when we opened it we found no one inside."24 Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed about them, wondering what this would come to.25 And some one came and told them, "The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people."26 Then the captain with the officers went and brought them, but without violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.  

PSALM RESPONSES 

Psalms 34: 2 – 9  

2 My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and be glad.3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!4 I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.5 Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed.6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.8 O taste and see that the LORD is good! Happy is the man who takes refuge in him!9 O fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him have no want!  

GOSPEL 

John 3: 16 – 21  

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.17 For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.18 He who believes in him is not condemned; he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.19 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.20 For every one who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.21 But he who does what is true comes to the light, that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been wrought in God.

Nothing can come but that that God wills. And I make me very sure that whatsoever that be, seem it never so bad in sight, it shall indeed be the best.-- St. Thomas More to his daughter

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Mother Mary

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 Devotion to the Divine Mercy

Chaplet of Divine Mercy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDT8XF3uo60

DAILY MASS READING

 

 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
so must the Son of man be lifted up

 

 

Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Easter Weekday 

 

FIRST READING 

 

Acts 4: 32 – 37 

 

32 Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common.33 And with great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.34 There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of what was sold35 and laid it at the apostles' feet; and distribution was made to each as any had need.36 Thus Joseph who was surnamed by the apostles Barnabas (which means, Son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus,37 sold a field which belonged to him, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet. 

 

PSALM RESPONSES 

 

Psalms 93: 1 - 2, 5 

 

1 The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed, he is girded with strength. Yea, the world is established; it shall never be moved;2 thy throne is established from of old; thou art from everlasting.
5 Thy decrees are very sure; holiness befits thy house, O LORD, for evermore 

 

GOSPEL 

 

John 3: 7 – 15 

 

7 Do not marvel that I said to you, `You must be born anew.'8 The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit."9 Nicode'mus said to him, "How can this be?"10 Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand this?11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen; but you do not receive our testimony.12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?13 No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man.14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up,15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life."

There is nothing which edifies others so much as charity and kindness, by which, as by the oil in our lamp, the flame of good example is kept alive-- St. Francis de Sales

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 Mother Mary

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Devotion to the Divine Mercy

Chaplet of Divine Mercy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDT8XF3uo60

DAILY MASS READING

Monday, April 16, 2012

Easter Weekday 

 

FIRST READING

 

Acts 4: 23 – 31 

 

23 When they were released they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them.24 And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, "Sovereign Lord, who didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them,25 who by the mouth of our father David, thy servant, didst say by the Holy Spirit, `Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples imagine vain things?26 The kings of the earth set themselves in array, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed' --27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,28 to do whatever thy hand and thy plan had predestined to take place.29 And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,30 while thou stretchest out thy hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of thy holy servant Jesus."31 And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness. 

 

PSALM RESPONSES 

 

Psalms 2: 1 – 9 

 

1 Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain?2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and his anointed, saying,3 "Let us burst their bonds asunder, and cast their cords from us."4 He who sits in the heavens laughs; the LORD has them in derision.5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying,6 "I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill."7 I will tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to me, "You are my son, today I have begotten you.8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.9 You shall break them with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel." 

 

GOSPEL 

 

John 3: 1 – 8 

 

1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicode'mus, a ruler of the Jews.2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him."3 Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God."4 Nicode'mus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.7 Do not marvel that I said to you, `You must be born anew.'8 The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit."

Even though you possess plenty, you are still indigent. You abound in temporal possessions, but you need things eternal. You listen to the needs of a human beggar, yet yourself are a beggar of God. What you do with those who beg from you is what God will do with His beggar. You are filled and you are empty. Fill your empty neighbor with your fullness, so that your emptiness may be filled from God's fullness.-- St. Augustine

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The Holy Eucharist

 

Mother Mary

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Devotion to the Divine Mercy

Chaplet of Divine Mercy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDT8XF3uo60