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Year 2 Weekday Reading. (21/5/10)
Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Reading 1
King
Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea
on a
visit to Festus.
Since
they spent several days there,
Festus
referred Paul’s case to the king, saying,
“There
is a man here left in custody by Felix.
When
I was in Jerusalem the chief priests and the elders of the Jews
brought
charges against him and demanded his condemnation.
I
answered them that it was not Roman practice
to hand
over an accused person before he has faced his accusers
and had
the opportunity to defend himself against their charge.
So
when they came together here, I made no delay;
the next
day I took my seat on the tribunal
and
ordered the man to be brought in.
His
accusers stood around him,
but did
not charge him with any of the crimes I suspected.
Instead
they had some issues with him about their own religion
and about
a certain Jesus who had died
but who
Paul claimed was alive.
Since
I was at a loss how to investigate this controversy,
I
asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem
and there
stand trial on these charges.
And
when Paul appealed that he be held in custody
for the
Emperor’s decision,
I ordered him held until I
could send him to Caesar.”
Responsorial Psalm
R.
(19a) The Lord has
established his throne in heaven.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Bless
the LORD, O my soul;
and all
my being, bless his holy name.
Bless
the LORD, O my soul,
and
forget not all his benefits.
R.
The Lord has established his throne in heaven.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
For
as the heavens are high above the earth,
so
surpassing is his kindness toward those who fear him.
As
far as the east is from the west,
so far
has he put our transgressions from us.
R.
The Lord has established his throne in heaven.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
The
LORD has established his throne in heaven,
and his
kingdom rules over all.
Bless
the LORD, all you his angels,
you
mighty in strength, who do his bidding.
R.
The Lord has established his throne in heaven.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Gospel
After
Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and eaten breakfast with them,
he said
to Simon Peter,
“Simon,
son of John, do you love me more than these?”
Simon
Peter answered him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus
said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
He
then said to Simon Peter a second time,
“Simon,
son of John, do you love me?”
Simon
Peter answered him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
He
said to him, “Tend my sheep.”
He
said to him the third time,
“Simon,
son of John, do you love me?”
Peter
was distressed that he had said to him a third time,
“Do
you love me?” and he said to him,
“Lord,
you know everything; you know that I love you.”
Jesus
said to him, “Feed my sheep.
Amen,
amen, I say to you, when you were younger,
you used
to dress yourself and go where you wanted;
but when
you grow old, you will stretch out your hands,
and
someone else will dress you
and lead
you where you do not want to go.”
He
said this signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God.
And when he had said this, he
said to him, “Follow me.”
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