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Readings for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Readings for the Seventh Sunday of Easter – Ascension Reading I Acts 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26 Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers —there was a group of about one hundred and twenty persons in the one place —. He said, “My brothers, the […]

Reading I Acts 18:23-28 After staying in Antioch some time, Paul left and traveled in orderly sequence through the Galatian country and Phrygia, bringing strength to all the disciples. A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent speaker, arrived in Ephesus. He was an authority on the Scriptures. He had been instructed in […]

Reading I Acts 1:15-17, 20-26 Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers and sisters (there was a group of about one hundred and twenty persons in the one place). He said, “My brothers and sisters, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand through the mouth of David, concerning […]

Readings for the Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter Readings for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter Solemnity of the Ascension Readings for the Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima – – – Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United […]

Readings for the Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter Readings for the Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter – Ascension Reading I Acts 1:1-11 In the first book, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught until the day he was taken up, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to […]

Readings for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Readings for the Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter – Ascension In Provinces where the celebration of Ascension is transferred to the Seventh Sunday of Easter, the following readings are used on this Thursday. Reading I Acts 18:1-8 Paul left Athens and went to […]

Reading I Acts 17:15, 22—18:1 After Paul’s escorts had taken him to Athens, they came away with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible. Then Paul stood up at the Areopagus and said: “You Athenians, I see that in every respect you are very religious. For as I walked around […]

Reading I Acts 16:22-34 The crowd in Philippi joined in the attack on Paul and Silas, and the magistrates had them stripped and ordered them to be beaten with rods. After inflicting many blows on them, they threw them into prison and instructed the jailer to guard them securely. When he received these instructions, he […]

Readings for the Optional Memorial of John of Avila, Priest and Doctor of the Church Reading I Acts 16:11-15 We set sail from Troas, making a straight run for Samothrace, and on the next day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi, a leading city in that district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We […]