Daily Readings for Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Reading 1, Acts 16:22-34

²² The crowd joined in and showed its hostility to them, so the magistrates had them stripped and ordered them to be flogged.

²³ They were given many lashes and then thrown into prison, and the gaoler was told to keep a close watch on them.

²⁴ So, following such instructions, he threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

²⁵ In the middle of the night Paul and Silas were praying and singing God’s praises, while the other prisoners listened.

²⁶ Suddenly there was an earthquake that shook the prison to its foundations. All the doors flew open and the chains fell from all the prisoners.

²⁷ When the gaoler woke and saw the doors wide open he drew his sword and was about to commit suicide, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.

²⁸ But Paul shouted at the top of his voice, ‘Do yourself no harm; we are all here.’

²⁹ He called for lights, then rushed in, threw himself trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas,

³⁰ and escorted them out, saying, ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’

³¹ They told him, ‘Become a believer in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, and your household too.’

³² Then they preached the word of the Lord to him and to all his household.

³³ Late as it was, he took them to wash their wounds, and was baptised then and there with all his household.

³⁴ Afterwards he took them into his house and gave them a meal, and the whole household celebrated their conversion to belief in God.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 138:1-2, 2-3, 7-8

¹ [Of David] I thank you, Yahweh, with all my heart, for you have listened to the cry I uttered. In the presence of angels I sing to you,

² I bow down before your holy Temple. I praise your name for your faithful love and your constancy; your promises surpass even your fame.

³ You heard me on the day when I called, and you gave new strength to my heart.

⁷ Though I live surrounded by trouble you give me life — to my enemies’ fury! You stretch out your right hand and save me,

⁸ Yahweh will do all things for me. Yahweh, your faithful love endures for ever, do not abandon what you have made.

Gospel, John 16:5-11

⁵ but now I am going to the one who sent me. Not one of you asks, ‘Where are you going?’

⁶ Yet you are sad at heart because I have told you this.

⁷ Still, I am telling you the truth: it is for your own good that I am going, because unless I go, the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

⁸ And when he comes, he will show the world how wrong it was, about sin, and about who was in the right, and about judgement:

⁹ about sin: in that they refuse to believe in me;

¹⁰ about who was in the right: in that I am going to the Father and you will see me no more;

¹¹ about judgement: in that the prince of this world is already condemned.

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The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) is a Catholic translation of the Bible published in 1985. The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) has become the most widely used Roman Catholic Bible outside of the United States. It has the imprimatur of Cardinal George Basil Hume.

Like its predecessor, the Jerusalem Bible, the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) version is translated “directly from the Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic.” The 1973 French translation, the Bible de Jerusalem, is followed only “where the text admits to more than one interpretation.” Introductions and notes, with some modifications, are taken from the Bible de Jerusalem.

Source: The Very Reverend Dom (Joseph) Henry Wansbrough, OSB, MA (Oxon), STL (Fribourg), LSS (Rome), a monk of Ampleforth Abbey and a biblical scholar. He was General Editor of the New Jerusalem Bible. “New Jerusalem Bible, Regular Edition”, pg. v.

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May 7th, 2013

Reading 1, Acts 16:22-34:
The crowd joined in and showed its hostility to them, so the magistrates had them stripped and … Psalm, Psalms 138:1-2, 2-3, 7-8:
[Of David] I thank you, Yahweh, with all my heart, for you have listened to the cry I uttered. In … Gospel, John 16:5-11:
but now I am going to the one who sent me. Not one of you asks, ‘Where are you going?’ Yet you are … Read More

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Daily Readings for Monday, May 06, 2013

Reading 1, Acts 16:11-15

¹¹ Sailing from Troas we made a straight run for Samothrace; the next day for Neapolis,

¹² and from there for Philippi, a Roman colony and the principal city of that district of Macedonia.

¹³ After a few days in this city we went outside the gates beside a river as it was the Sabbath and this was a customary place for prayer. We sat down and preached to the women who had come to the meeting.

¹⁴ One of these women was called Lydia, a woman from the town of Thyatira who was in the purple-dye trade, and who revered God. She listened to us, and the Lord opened her heart to accept what Paul was saying.

¹⁵ After she and her household had been baptised she kept urging us, ‘If you judge me a true believer in the Lord,’ she said, ‘come and stay with us.’ And she would take no refusal.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 149:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 9

¹ Alleluia! Sing a new song to Yahweh: his praise in the assembly of the faithful!

² Israel shall rejoice in its Maker, the children of Zion delight in their king;

³ they shall dance in praise of his name, play to him on tambourines and harp!

⁴ For Yahweh loves his people, he will crown the humble with salvation.

⁵ The faithful exult in glory, shout for joy as they worship him,

⁶ praising God to the heights with their voices, a two-edged sword in their hands,

⁹ to execute on them the judgement passed — to the honour of all his faithful.

Gospel, John 15:26–16:4

²⁶ When the Paraclete comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who issues from the Father, he will be my witness.

²⁷ And you too will be witnesses, because you have been with me from the beginning.

¹ I have told you all this so that you may not fall away.

² They will expel you from the synagogues, and indeed the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is doing a holy service to God.

³ They will do these things because they have never known either the Father or me.

⁴ But I have told you all this, so that when the time for it comes you may remember that I told you. I did not tell you this from the beginning, because I was with you;

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The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) is a Catholic translation of the Bible published in 1985. The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) has become the most widely used Roman Catholic Bible outside of the United States. It has the imprimatur of Cardinal George Basil Hume.

Like its predecessor, the Jerusalem Bible, the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) version is translated “directly from the Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic.” The 1973 French translation, the Bible de Jerusalem, is followed only “where the text admits to more than one interpretation.” Introductions and notes, with some modifications, are taken from the Bible de Jerusalem.

Source: The Very Reverend Dom (Joseph) Henry Wansbrough, OSB, MA (Oxon), STL (Fribourg), LSS (Rome), a monk of Ampleforth Abbey and a biblical scholar. He was General Editor of the New Jerusalem Bible. “New Jerusalem Bible, Regular Edition”, pg. v.

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May 6th, 2013

Reading 1, Acts 16:11-15:
Sailing from Troas we made a straight run for Samothrace; the next day for Neapolis, and from … Psalm, Psalms 149:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 9:
Alleluia! Sing a new song to Yahweh: his praise in the assembly of the faithful! Israel shall … Gospel, John 15:26–16:4:
When the Paraclete comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who issues … Read More

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Daily Readings for Saturday, May 04, 2013

Reading 1, Acts 16:1-10

¹ From there he went to Derbe, and then on to Lystra, where there was a disciple called Timothy, whose mother was Jewish and had become a believer; but his father was a Greek.

² The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him,

³ and Paul, who wanted to have him as a travelling companion, had him circumcised. This was on account of the Jews in the locality where everyone knew his father was a Greek.

⁴ As they visited one town after another, they passed on the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem, with instructions to observe them.

⁵ So the churches grew strong in the faith, as well as growing daily in numbers.

⁶ They travelled through Phrygia and the Galatian country, because they had been told by the Holy Spirit not to preach the word in Asia.

⁷ When they reached the frontier of Mysia they tried to go into Bithynia, but as the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them,

⁸ they went through Mysia and came down to Troas.

⁹ One night Paul had a vision: a Macedonian appeared and kept urging him in these words, ‘Come across to Macedonia and help us.’

¹⁰ Once he had seen this vision we lost no time in arranging a passage to Macedonia, convinced that God had called us to bring them the good news.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 100:1-2, 3, 5

¹ [Psalm For thanksgiving] Acclaim Yahweh, all the earth,

² serve Yahweh with gladness, come into his presence with songs of joy!

³ Be sure that Yahweh is God, he made us, we belong to him, his people, the flock of his sheepfold.

⁵ For Yahweh is good, his faithful love is everlasting, his constancy from age to age.

Gospel, John 15:18-21

¹⁸ If the world hates you, you must realise that it hated me before it hated you.

¹⁹ If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you do not belong to the world, because my choice of you has drawn you out of the world, that is why the world hates you.

²⁰ Remember the words I said to you: A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you too; if they kept my word, they will keep yours as well.

²¹ But it will be on my account that they will do all this to you, because they do not know the one who sent me.

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The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) is a Catholic translation of the Bible published in 1985. The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) has become the most widely used Roman Catholic Bible outside of the United States. It has the imprimatur of Cardinal George Basil Hume.

Like its predecessor, the Jerusalem Bible, the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) version is translated “directly from the Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic.” The 1973 French translation, the Bible de Jerusalem, is followed only “where the text admits to more than one interpretation.” Introductions and notes, with some modifications, are taken from the Bible de Jerusalem.

Source: The Very Reverend Dom (Joseph) Henry Wansbrough, OSB, MA (Oxon), STL (Fribourg), LSS (Rome), a monk of Ampleforth Abbey and a biblical scholar. He was General Editor of the New Jerusalem Bible. “New Jerusalem Bible, Regular Edition”, pg. v.

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May 4th, 2013

Reading 1, Acts 16:1-10:
From there he went to Derbe, and then on to Lystra, where there was a disciple called Timothy, … Psalm, Psalms 100:1-2, 3, 5:
[Psalm For thanksgiving] Acclaim Yahweh, all the earth, serve Yahweh with gladness, come into his … Gospel, John 15:18-21:
If the world hates you, you must realise that it hated me before it hated you. If you belonged to … Read More

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Daily Readings for Sunday, May 05, 2013

Reading 1, Acts 15:1-2, 22-29

¹ Then some men came down from Judaea and taught the brothers, ‘Unless you have yourselves circumcised in the tradition of Moses you cannot be saved.’

² This led to disagreement, and after Paul and Barnabas had had a long argument with these men it was decided that Paul and Barnabas and others of the church should go up to Jerusalem and discuss the question with the apostles and elders.

²² Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose delegates from among themselves to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas, known as Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men in the brotherhood,

²³ and gave them this letter to take with them: ‘The apostles and elders, your brothers, send greetings to the brothers of gentile birth in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia.

²⁴ We hear that some people coming from here, but acting without any authority from ourselves, have disturbed you with their demands and have unsettled your minds;

²⁵ and so we have decided unanimously to elect delegates and to send them to you with our well-beloved Barnabas and Paul,

²⁶ who have committed their lives to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁷ Accordingly we are sending you Judas and Silas, who will confirm by word of mouth what we have written.

²⁸ It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and by ourselves not to impose on you any burden beyond these essentials:

²⁹ you are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from illicit marriages. Avoid these, and you will do what is right. Farewell.’

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8

² Then the earth will acknowledge your ways, and all nations your power to save.

³ Let the nations praise you, God, let all the nations praise you.

⁵ Let the nations praise you, God, let all the nations praise you.

⁶ The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God has blessed us.

Gospel, John 14:23-29

²³ Jesus replied: Anyone who loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make a home in him.

²⁴ Anyone who does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not my own: it is the word of the Father who sent me.

²⁵ I have said these things to you while still with you;

²⁶ but the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all I have said to you.

²⁷ Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you, a peace which the world cannot give, this is my gift to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.

²⁸ You heard me say: I am going away and shall return. If you loved me you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

²⁹ I have told you this now, before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe.

Reading 2, Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23

¹⁰ In the spirit, he carried me to the top of a very high mountain, and showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down out of heaven from God.

¹¹ It had all the glory of God and glittered like some precious jewel of crystal-clear diamond.

¹² Its wall was of a great height and had twelve gates; at each of the twelve gates there was an angel, and over the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel;

¹³ on the east there were three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.

¹⁴ The city walls stood on twelve foundation stones, each one of which bore the name of one of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

²² I could not see any temple in the city since the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb were themselves the temple,

²³ and the city did not need the sun or the moon for light, since it was lit by the radiant glory of God, and the Lamb was a lighted torch for it.

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The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) is a Catholic translation of the Bible published in 1985. The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) has become the most widely used Roman Catholic Bible outside of the United States. It has the imprimatur of Cardinal George Basil Hume.

Like its predecessor, the Jerusalem Bible, the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) version is translated “directly from the Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic.” The 1973 French translation, the Bible de Jerusalem, is followed only “where the text admits to more than one interpretation.” Introductions and notes, with some modifications, are taken from the Bible de Jerusalem.

Source: The Very Reverend Dom (Joseph) Henry Wansbrough, OSB, MA (Oxon), STL (Fribourg), LSS (Rome), a monk of Ampleforth Abbey and a biblical scholar. He was General Editor of the New Jerusalem Bible. “New Jerusalem Bible, Regular Edition”, pg. v.

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May 4th, 2013

Reading 1, Acts 16:1-10:
From there he went to Derbe, and then on to Lystra, where there was a disciple called Timothy, … Psalm, Psalms 100:1-2, 3, 5:
[Psalm For thanksgiving] Acclaim Yahweh, all the earth, serve Yahweh with gladness, come into his … Gospel, John 15:18-21:
If the world hates you, you must realise that it hated me before it hated you. If you belonged to … Read More

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Daily Readings for Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Reading 1, Acts 11:19-26

¹⁹ Those who had scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, but they proclaimed the message only to Jews.

²⁰ Some of them, however, who came from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch where they started preaching also to the Greeks, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus to them.

²¹ The Lord helped them, and a great number believed and were converted to the Lord.

²² The news of them came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem and they sent Barnabas out to Antioch.

²³ There he was glad to see for himself that God had given grace, and he urged them all to remain faithful to the Lord with heartfelt devotion;

²⁴ for he was a good man, filled with the Holy Spirit and with faith. And a large number of people were won over to the Lord.

²⁵ Barnabas then left for Tarsus to look for Saul,

²⁶ and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. And it happened that they stayed together in that church a whole year, instructing a large number of people. It was at Antioch that the disciples were first called ‘Christians’.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 87:1-3, 4-5, 6-7

¹ [Of the sons of Korah Psalm Song] With its foundations on the holy mountains,

² Yahweh loves his city, he prefers the gates of Zion to any dwelling-place in Jacob.

³ He speaks of glory for you, city of God,Pause

⁴ ‘I number Rahab and Babylon among those that acknowledge me; look at Tyre, Philistia, Ethiopia, so and so was born there.’

⁵ But of Zion it will be said, ‘Every one was born there,’ her guarantee is the Most High.

⁶ Yahweh in his register of peoples will note against each, ‘Born there’,Pause

⁷ princes no less than native-born; all make their home in you.

Gospel, John 10:22-30

²² It was the time of the feast of Dedication in Jerusalem. It was winter,

²³ and Jesus was in the Temple walking up and down in the Portico of Solomon.

²⁴ The Jews gathered round him and said, ‘How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us openly.’

²⁵ Jesus replied: I have told you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name are my witness;

²⁶ but you do not believe, because you are no sheep of mine.

²⁷ The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me.

²⁸ I give them eternal life; they will never be lost and no one will ever steal them from my hand.

²⁹ The Father, for what he has given me, is greater than anyone, and no one can steal anything from the Father’s hand.

³⁰ The Father and I are one.

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The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) is a Catholic translation of the Bible published in 1985. The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) has become the most widely used Roman Catholic Bible outside of the United States. It has the imprimatur of Cardinal George Basil Hume.

Like its predecessor, the Jerusalem Bible, the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) version is translated “directly from the Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic.” The 1973 French translation, the Bible de Jerusalem, is followed only “where the text admits to more than one interpretation.” Introductions and notes, with some modifications, are taken from the Bible de Jerusalem.

Source: The Very Reverend Dom (Joseph) Henry Wansbrough, OSB, MA (Oxon), STL (Fribourg), LSS (Rome), a monk of Ampleforth Abbey and a biblical scholar. He was General Editor of the New Jerusalem Bible. “New Jerusalem Bible, Regular Edition”, pg. v.

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May 2nd, 2013

Reading 1, Acts 15:7-21:
and after a long discussion, Peter stood up and addressed them. ‘My brothers,’ he said, ‘you know … Psalm, Psalms 96:1-2, 2-3, 10:
Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth! Sing to Yahweh, bless his name! Proclaim … Gospel, John 15:9-11:
I have loved you just as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments … Read More

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Daily Readings for Friday, May 03, 2013

Reading 1, First Corinthians 15:1-8

¹ I want to make quite clear to you, brothers, what the message of the gospel that I preached to you is; you accepted it and took your stand on it,

² and you are saved by it, if you keep to the message I preached to you; otherwise your coming to believe was in vain.

³ The tradition I handed on to you in the first place, a tradition which I had myself received, was that Christ died for our sins, in accordance with the scriptures,

⁴ and that he was buried; and that on the third day, he was raised to life, in accordance with the scriptures;

⁵ and that he appeared to Cephas; and later to the Twelve;

⁶ and next he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still with us, though some have fallen asleep;

⁷ then he appeared to James, and then to all the apostles.

⁸ Last of all he appeared to me too, as though I was a child born abnormally.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 19:2-3, 4-5

² day discourses of it to day, night to night hands on the knowledge.

³ No utterance at all, no speech, not a sound to be heard,

⁴ but from the entire earth the design stands out, this message reaches the whole world. High above, he pitched a tent for the sun,

⁵ who comes forth from his pavilion like a bridegroom, delights like a champion in the course to be run.

Gospel, John 14:6-14

⁶ Jesus said: I am the Way; I am Truth and Life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

⁷ If you know me, you will know my Father too. From this moment you know him and have seen him.

⁸ Philip said, ‘Lord, show us the Father and then we shall be satisfied.’ Jesus said to him,

⁹ ‘Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? ‘Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father, so how can you say, “Show us the Father”?

¹⁰ Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? What I say to you I do not speak of my own accord: it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his works.

¹¹ You must believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe it on the evidence of these works.

¹² In all truth I tell you, whoever believes in me will perform the same works as I do myself, and will perform even greater works, because I am going to the Father.

¹³ Whatever you ask in my name I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

¹⁴ If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

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The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) is a Catholic translation of the Bible published in 1985. The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) has become the most widely used Roman Catholic Bible outside of the United States. It has the imprimatur of Cardinal George Basil Hume.

Like its predecessor, the Jerusalem Bible, the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) version is translated “directly from the Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic.” The 1973 French translation, the Bible de Jerusalem, is followed only “where the text admits to more than one interpretation.” Introductions and notes, with some modifications, are taken from the Bible de Jerusalem.

Source: The Very Reverend Dom (Joseph) Henry Wansbrough, OSB, MA (Oxon), STL (Fribourg), LSS (Rome), a monk of Ampleforth Abbey and a biblical scholar. He was General Editor of the New Jerusalem Bible. “New Jerusalem Bible, Regular Edition”, pg. v.

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May 2nd, 2013

Reading 1, Acts 15:7-21:
and after a long discussion, Peter stood up and addressed them. ‘My brothers,’ he said, ‘you know … Psalm, Psalms 96:1-2, 2-3, 10:
Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth! Sing to Yahweh, bless his name! Proclaim … Gospel, John 15:9-11:
I have loved you just as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments … Read More

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Daily Readings for Thursday, May 02, 2013

Reading 1, Acts 15:7-21

⁷ and after a long discussion, Peter stood up and addressed them. ‘My brothers,’ he said, ‘you know perfectly well that in the early days God made his choice among you: the gentiles were to learn the good news from me and so become believers.

⁸ And God, who can read everyone’s heart, showed his approval of them by giving the Holy Spirit to them just as he had to us.

⁹ God made no distinction between them and us, since he purified their hearts by faith.

¹⁰ Why do you put God to the test now by imposing on the disciples the very burden that neither our ancestors nor we ourselves were strong enough to support?

¹¹ But we believe that we are saved in the same way as they are: through the grace of the Lord Jesus.’

¹² The entire assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing all the signs and wonders God had worked through them among the gentiles.

¹³ When they had finished it was James who spoke. ‘My brothers,’ he said, ‘listen to me.

¹⁴ Simeon has described how God first arranged to enlist a people for his name out of the gentiles.

¹⁵ This is entirely in harmony with the words of the prophets, since the scriptures say:

¹⁶ After that I shall return and rebuild the fallen hut of David; I shall make good the gaps in it and restore it.

¹⁷ Then the rest of humanity, and of all the nations once called mine, will look for the Lord, says the Lord who made this

¹⁸ known so long ago.

¹⁹ ‘My verdict is, then, that instead of making things more difficult for gentiles who turn to God,

²⁰ we should send them a letter telling them merely to abstain from anything polluted by idols, from illicit marriages, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.

²¹ For Moses has always had his preachers in every town and is read aloud in the synagogues every Sabbath.’

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 96:1-2, 2-3, 10

¹ Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth!

² Sing to Yahweh, bless his name! Proclaim his salvation day after day,

³ declare his glory among the nations, his marvels to every people!

¹⁰ Say among the nations, ‘Yahweh is king.’ The world is set firm, it cannot be moved. He will judge the nations with justice.

Gospel, John 15:9-11

⁹ I have loved you just as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love.

¹⁰ If you keep my commandments you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

¹¹ I have told you this so that my own joy may be in you and your joy be complete.

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The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) is a Catholic translation of the Bible published in 1985. The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) has become the most widely used Roman Catholic Bible outside of the United States. It has the imprimatur of Cardinal George Basil Hume.

Like its predecessor, the Jerusalem Bible, the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) version is translated “directly from the Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic.” The 1973 French translation, the Bible de Jerusalem, is followed only “where the text admits to more than one interpretation.” Introductions and notes, with some modifications, are taken from the Bible de Jerusalem.

Source: The Very Reverend Dom (Joseph) Henry Wansbrough, OSB, MA (Oxon), STL (Fribourg), LSS (Rome), a monk of Ampleforth Abbey and a biblical scholar. He was General Editor of the New Jerusalem Bible. “New Jerusalem Bible, Regular Edition”, pg. v.

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Daily Readings for Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Reading 1, Acts 15:1-6

¹ Then some men came down from Judaea and taught the brothers, ‘Unless you have yourselves circumcised in the tradition of Moses you cannot be saved.’

² This led to disagreement, and after Paul and Barnabas had had a long argument with these men it was decided that Paul and Barnabas and others of the church should go up to Jerusalem and discuss the question with the apostles and elders.

³ The members of the church saw them off, and as they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria they told how the gentiles had been converted, and this news was received with the greatest satisfaction by all the brothers.

⁴ When they arrived in Jerusalem they were welcomed by the church and by the apostles and elders, and gave an account of all that God had done through them.

⁵ But certain members of the Pharisees’ party who had become believers objected, insisting that gentiles should be circumcised and instructed to keep the Law of Moses.

⁶ The apostles and elders met to look into the matter,

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5

¹ [Song of Ascents Of David] I rejoiced that they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of Yahweh.’

² At last our feet are standing at your gates, Jerusalem!

³ Jerusalem, built as a city, in one united whole,

⁴ there the tribes go up, the tribes of Yahweh, a sign for Israel to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.

⁵ For there are set the thrones of judgement, the thrones of the house of David.

Gospel, John 15:1-8

¹ I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

² Every branch in me that bears no fruit he cuts away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes to make it bear even more.

³ You are clean already, by means of the word that I have spoken to you.

⁴ Remain in me, as I in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself, unless it remains part of the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.

⁵ I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me, with me in him, bears fruit in plenty; for cut off from me you can do nothing.

⁶ Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a branch — and withers; these branches are collected and thrown on the fire and are burnt.

⁷ If you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for whatever you please and you will get it.

⁸ It is to the glory of my Father that you should bear much fruit and be my disciples.

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The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) is a Catholic translation of the Bible published in 1985. The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) has become the most widely used Roman Catholic Bible outside of the United States. It has the imprimatur of Cardinal George Basil Hume.

Like its predecessor, the Jerusalem Bible, the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) version is translated “directly from the Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic.” The 1973 French translation, the Bible de Jerusalem, is followed only “where the text admits to more than one interpretation.” Introductions and notes, with some modifications, are taken from the Bible de Jerusalem.

Source: The Very Reverend Dom (Joseph) Henry Wansbrough, OSB, MA (Oxon), STL (Fribourg), LSS (Rome), a monk of Ampleforth Abbey and a biblical scholar. He was General Editor of the New Jerusalem Bible. “New Jerusalem Bible, Regular Edition”, pg. v.

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April 30th, 2013

Reading 1, Acts 14:19-28:
Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and turned the people against them. They stoned … Psalm, Psalms 145:10-11, 12-13, 21:
All your creatures shall thank you, Yahweh, and your faithful shall bless you. They shall speak of … Gospel, John 14:27-31:
Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you, a peace which the world cannot give, this is my … Read More

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National conference ‘marks potential sea change’ in reading of Bible

 


Bishop Peter Brignall

A national Bible conference held at Ushaw College has been affirmed as beginning a ‘sea change’ in the Catholic Bible apostolate in England and Wales.

Bishop Peter Brignall (Wrexham) and member of the Bishops’ Conference Department for Evangelisation and Catechesis, attended the Word of the Lord conference, 24 – 26 April, along with more than 70 delegates from across England and Wales.

He said: “This gathering is the first of its kind in a generation and as such marks a very significant moment, a potential sea change, in the profile and importance of the Bible in Catholic life in England and Wales. The Word of God lies at the heart of Catholic life and initiatives such as this conference are pivotal to encouraging others to read, study and pray with the Scriptures.

“The conference is one of a series of bible-focused initiatives that have been generated by a new working group established by the Bishops’ Department for Evangelisation and Catechesis in partnership with Bible Society. It’s hoped that more and more people will receive the invitation to listen to and proclaim, through many different means, God’s Word, which is the Word of Life.”

Among the speakers at the conference was former Master of the Dominican Order worldwide, Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP, who highlighted the importance of listening, that entering into the conversation with God means listening to others, particularly to women and to the poor.

Dom Henry Wansbrough of Ampleforth Abbey, one of the leading Catholic Scripture scholars in England and Wales, gave an overview of how the biblical apostolate was embraced by Catholics before and after Vatican II.

Michelle Moran, President of Catholic Charismatic Renewal, invited those gathered to embrace the call of the Word to engage in the mission of the Church.

Group Chief Executive of Bible Society, James Catford, was also welcomed at the event and presented with an icon of Saint Mark in appreciation of the assistance provided by the Society to organise the conference. He said: “This conference represents an exciting next step in our journey together with the Scriptures. The themes of the conference have challenged us to consider afresh how we pass on God’s word in the written scriptures, through the Arts and through the witness of our lives. It has been a timely invitation to ‘be the word’ for others.”

The Conference was initiated by the Department for Evangelisation and Catechesis of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, in partnership with the Centre for Catholic Studies at Durham University, and Bible Society. One of the highlights of the conference was the launch of a new study guide, entitled The Word of the Lord, produced by the Department and published by the Catholic Truth Society. The guide is designed to assist reading of Pope Benedict’s Apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini which was issued in response to the Synod of Bishops on the Bible held in Rome in 2008. Delegates also visited Durham Cathedral and prayed at the tomb of the Venerable Bede, doctor of the Church, and patron of Scripture scholarship in these lands.

Fr Adrian Graffy, member of the Bishops’ Scripture Working Group, which is an instrument of the Department, said: “The whole event was so energising. The delegates were so positive and the speakers excellent. In the Year of Faith it was an opportunity to deepen our appreciation of Scripture at the heart of the Church in this country and to make plans for the years ahead.”

Ingelise McNulty, who attended as a member of the Hexham and Newcastle Diocesan Evangelisation Team said: “I am lost for words. I really enjoyed the conference and it was so good to be there.”

Bishop Seamus Cunningham (Hexham and Newcastle) and Bishop Edwin Regan (Emeritus Wrexham) were in attendance and a video message was played to delegates from Bishop Kieran Conry (Arundel and Brighton).

Daily Readings for Monday, April 29, 2013

Reading 1, Acts 14:5-18

⁵ but eventually with the connivance of the authorities a move was made by gentiles as well as Jews to make attacks on them and to stone them.

⁶ When they came to hear of this, they went off for safety to Lycaonia where, in the towns of Lystra and Derbe and in the surrounding country,

⁷ they preached the good news.

⁸ There was a man sitting there who had never walked in his life, because his feet were crippled from birth;

⁹ he was listening to Paul preaching, and Paul looked at him intently and saw that he had the faith to be cured.

¹⁰ Paul said in a loud voice, ‘Get to your feet-stand up,’ and the cripple jumped up and began to walk.

¹¹ When the crowds saw what Paul had done they shouted in the language of Lycaonia, ‘The gods have come down to us in human form.’

¹² They addressed Barnabas as Zeus, and since Paul was the principal speaker they called him Hermes.

¹³ The priests of Zeus-outside-the-Gate, proposing that all the people should offer sacrifice with them, brought garlanded oxen to the gates.

¹⁴ When the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard what was happening they tore their clothes, and rushed into the crowd, shouting,

¹⁵ ‘Friends, what do you think you are doing? We are only human beings, mortal like yourselves. We have come with good news to make you turn from these empty idols to the living God who made sky and earth and the sea and all that these hold.

¹⁶ In the past he allowed all the nations to go their own way;

¹⁷ but even then he did not leave you without evidence of himself in the good things he does for you: he sends you rain from heaven and seasons of fruitfulness; he fills you with food and your hearts with merriment.’

¹⁸ With this speech they just managed to prevent the crowd from offering them sacrifice.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 115:1-2, 3-4, 15-16

¹ Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give the glory, for your faithful love and your constancy!

² Why should the nations ask, ‘Where is their God?’

³ Our God is in heaven, he creates whatever he chooses.

⁴ They have idols of silver and gold, made by human hands.

¹⁵ May you be blessed by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.

¹⁶ Heaven belongs to Yahweh, but earth he has given to the children of Adam.

Gospel, John 14:21-26

²¹ Whoever holds to my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me; and whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I shall love him and reveal myself to him.’

²² Judas — not Judas Iscariot — said to him, ‘Lord, what has happened, that you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?’

²³ Jesus replied: Anyone who loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make a home in him.

²⁴ Anyone who does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not my own: it is the word of the Father who sent me.

²⁵ I have said these things to you while still with you;

²⁶ but the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all I have said to you.

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The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) is a Catholic translation of the Bible published in 1985. The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) has become the most widely used Roman Catholic Bible outside of the United States. It has the imprimatur of Cardinal George Basil Hume.

Like its predecessor, the Jerusalem Bible, the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) version is translated “directly from the Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic.” The 1973 French translation, the Bible de Jerusalem, is followed only “where the text admits to more than one interpretation.” Introductions and notes, with some modifications, are taken from the Bible de Jerusalem.

Source: The Very Reverend Dom (Joseph) Henry Wansbrough, OSB, MA (Oxon), STL (Fribourg), LSS (Rome), a monk of Ampleforth Abbey and a biblical scholar. He was General Editor of the New Jerusalem Bible. “New Jerusalem Bible, Regular Edition”, pg. v.

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April 28th, 2013

Reading 1, Acts 14:21-27:
Having preached the good news in that town and made a considerable number of disciples, they went … Psalm, Psalms 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13:
Yahweh is tenderness and pity, slow to anger, full of faithful love. Yahweh is generous to all, … Gospel, John 13:31-33, 34-35:
When he had gone, Jesus said: Now has the Son of man been glorified, and in him God has been … Reading 2, Revelation 21:1-5:
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared now, … Read More

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