Daily Readings

When Paul came to Antioch in Pisidia, he said in the synagogue: “My brothers, children of the family of Abraham,and those others among you who are God-fearing,to us this word of salvation has been sent.The inhabitants of Jerusalem and their leaders failed to recognize him,and by condemning him they fulfilled the oracles of the prophetsthat are read sabbath after sabbath.For even though they found no grounds for a death sentence,they asked Pilate to have him put to death,and when they had accomplished all that was written about him,they took him down from the tree and placed him in a tomb.But God raised him from the dead,and for many days he appeared to thosewho had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem.These are now his witnesses before the people.We ourselves are proclaiming this good news to youthat what God promised our fathershe has brought to fulfillment for us, their children, by raising up Jesus,as it is written in the second psalm,     You are my Son; this day I have begotten you.”

R.        (7bc)  You are my Son; this day I have begotten you.or:R.        Alleluia.“I myself have set up my king            on Zion, my holy mountain.”I will proclaim the decree of the LORD:            The LORD said to me, “You are my Son;            this day I have begotten you.”R.        You are my Son; this day I have begotten you.or:R.        Alleluia.“Ask of me and I will give you            the nations for an inheritance            and the ends of the earth for your possession.You shall rule them with an iron rod;            you shall shatter them like an earthen dish.”R.        You are my Son; this day I have begotten you.or:R.        Alleluia.And now, O kings, give heed;            take warning, you rulers of the earth.Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice before him;            with trembling rejoice.R.        You are my Son; this day I have begotten you.or:R.        Alleluia.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.I am the way and the truth and the life, says the Lord;no one comes to the Father except through me.R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Jesus said to his disciples:“Do not let your hearts be troubled.You have faith in God; have faith also in me.In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places.If there were not,would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?And if I go and prepare a place for you,I will come back again and take you to myself,so that where I am you also may be.Where I am going you know the way.”Thomas said to him,“Master, we do not know where you are going;how can we know the way?”Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life.No one comes to the Father except through me.” 

From Paphos, Paul and his companionsset sail and arrived at Perga in Pamphylia.But John left them and returned to Jerusalem.They continued on from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia.On the sabbath they entered into the synagogue and took their seats.After the reading of the law and the prophets,the synagogue officials sent word to them,“My brothers, if one of you has a word of exhortationfor the people, please speak.”So Paul got up, motioned with his hand, and said,“Fellow children of Israel and you others who are God-fearing, listen.The God of this people Israel chose our ancestorsand exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt.With uplifted arm he led them out,and for about forty years he put up with them in the desert.When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan,he gave them their land as an inheritanceat the end of about four hundred and fifty years.After these things he provided judges up to Samuel the prophet.Then they asked for a king.God gave them Saul, son of Kish,a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.Then he removed him and raised up David as their king;of him he testified,I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart;he will carry out my every wish.From this man’s descendants God, according to his promise,has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus.John heralded his coming by proclaiming a baptism of repentanceto all the people of Israel;and as John was completing his course, he would say,‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he.Behold, one is coming after me;I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of his feet.’" 

R.        (2)  For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.or:R.        Alleluia.The favors of the LORD I will sing forever;            through all generations my mouth shall proclaim your faithfulness.For you have said, “My kindness is established forever”;            in heaven you have confirmed your faithfulness.R.        For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.or:R.        Alleluia.“I have found David, my servant;            with my holy oil I have anointed him,That my hand may be always with him,            and that my arm may make him strong.”R.        For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.or:R.        Alleluia.“My faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him,            and through my name shall his horn be exalted.He shall say of me, ‘You are my father,            my God, the Rock, my savior.’”R.        For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.or:R.        Alleluia. 

R. Alleluia, alleluia.Jesus Christ, you are the faithful witness,the firstborn of the dead,you have loved us and freed us from our sins by your Blood.R. Alleluia, alleluia.

When Jesus had washed the disciples’ feet, he said to them:“Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his masternor any messenger greater than the one who sent him.If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.I am not speaking of all of you.I know those whom I have chosen.But so that the Scripture might be fulfilled,The one who ate my food has raised his heel against me.From now on I am telling you before it happens,so that when it happens you may believe that I AM.Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I sendreceives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”

The word of God continued to spread and grow.After Barnabas and Saul completed their relief mission,they returned to Jerusalem,taking with them John, who is called Mark.Now there were in the Church at Antioch prophets and teachers:Barnabas, Symeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene,Manaen who was a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saulfor the work to which I have called them.”Then, completing their fasting and prayer,they laid hands on them and sent them off.So they, sent forth by the Holy Spirit,went down to Seleuciaand from there sailed to Cyprus.When they arrived in Salamis,they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. 

R.        (4)  O God, let all the nations praise you!or:R.        Alleluia.May God have pity on us and bless us;            may he let his face shine upon us.So may your way be known upon earth;            among all nations, your salvation.R.        O God, let all the nations praise you!or:R.        Alleluia.May the nations be glad and exult            because you rule the peoples in equity;            the nations on the earth you guide.R.        O God, let all the nations praise you!or:R.        Alleluia.May the peoples praise you, O God;            may all the peoples praise you!May God bless us,            and may all the ends of the earth fear him!R.        O God, let all the nations praise you!or:R.        Alleluia.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.I am the light of the world, says the Lord;whoever follows me will have the light of life.R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Jesus cried out and said,“Whoever believes in me believes not only in mebut also in the one who sent me,and whoever sees me sees the one who sent me.I came into the world as light,so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness.And if anyone hears my words and does not observe them,I do not condemn him,for I did not come to condemn the world but to save the world.Whoever rejects me and does not accept my wordshas something to judge him: the word that I spoke,it will condemn him on the last day,because I did not speak on my own,but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and speak.And I know that his commandment is eternal life.So what I say, I say as the Father told me.”