DAILY READINGS & REFLECTION
MAY 20, 2025
TUESDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER
(MEMORIAL / OPTIONAL MEMORIAL OF SAINT BERNARDINE OF SIENA, PRIEST)
FIRST READING
ACTS 14:19-28 OR (ACTS 4:8-12)
19 But Jews came there from Antioch and Ico'nium; and having persuaded the people, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. 20 But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city; and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. 21 When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Ico'nium and to Antioch, 22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. 23 And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed. 24 Then they passed through Pisid'ia, and came to Pamphyl'ia. 25 And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attali'a; 26 and from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled. 27 And when they arrived, they gathered the church together and declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. 28 And they remained no little time with the disciples.
The Word of the Lord
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RESPONSORIAL PSALM
PSALMS 144(145):10-13, 21 OR (PSALMS 40:2, 4, 7-11 / PSALMS 145:1-6, 21)
Response: Thy friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of thy kingdom.
Or
R. Alleluia.
All thy works shall give thanks to thee, O LORD,
and all thy saints shall bless thee!
They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom,
and tell of thy power.
R. Thy friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of thy kingdom.
Or
R. Alleluia.
To make known to the sons of men thy mighty deeds,
and the glorious splendor of thy kingdom.
Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and thy dominion endures throughout all generations.
The LORD is faithful in all his words,
and gracious in all his deeds.
R. Thy friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of thy kingdom.
Or
R. Alleluia.
My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD,
and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
R. Thy friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of thy kingdom.
Or
R. Alleluia.
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GOSPEL
My peace I give to you
JOHN 14:27-31 OR (LUKE 9:57-62 / JOHN 14:12-17)
27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. 28 You heard me say to you, `I go away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I go to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place, you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me; 31 but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go hence.
The Gospel of the Lord
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REFLECTION
DAILY QUOTE FROM THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS
The Following of Christ, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"Come, follow Me, says the Lord. Do you love? He has hastened on, He has flown on ahead. Look and see where. O Christian, don't you know where your Lord has gone? I ask you: Don't you wish to follow Him there? Through trials, insults, the cross, and death. Why do you hesitate? Look, the way has been shown you."
(excerpt from Sermon 345,6)
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