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Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

Lectionary

  • Monday of the Second Week of Easter

    Lectionary: 267

    Reading I

    After their release Peter and John went back to their own people
    and reported what the chief priests and elders had told them.
    And when they heard it,
    they raised their voices to God with one accord
    and said, “Sovereign Lord, maker of heaven and earth
    and the sea and all that is in them,
    you said by the Holy Spirit
    through the mouth of our father David, your servant:

        Why did the Gentiles rage
            and the peoples entertain folly?
        The kings of the earth took their stand
            and the princes gathered together
            against the Lord and against his anointed.

    Indeed they gathered in this city
    against your holy servant Jesus whom you anointed,
    Herod and Pontius Pilate,
    together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
    to do what your hand and your will
    had long ago planned to take place.
    And now, Lord, take note of their threats,
    and enable your servants to speak your word
    with all boldness, as you stretch forth your hand to heal,
    and signs and wonders are done
    through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
    As they prayed, the place where they were gathered shook,
    and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
    and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

    Responsorial Psalm

    R.    (see 11d)  Blessed are all who take refuge in the Lord.
    or:
    R.    Alleluia.
    Why do the nations rage
        and the peoples utter folly?
    The kings of the earth rise up,
        and the princes conspire together
        against the LORD and against his anointed:
    “Let us break their fetters
        and cast their bonds from us!”
    R.    Blessed are all who take refuge in the Lord.
    or:
    R.    Alleluia.
    He who is throned in heaven laughs;
        the LORD derides them.
    Then in anger he speaks to them;
        he terrifies them in his wrath:
    “I myself have set up my king
        on Zion, my holy mountain.”
    I will proclaim the decree of the LORD.
    R.    Blessed are all who take refuge in the Lord.
    or:
    R.    Alleluia.
    The LORD said to me, “You are my Son;
        this day I have begotten you.
    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.    Blessed are all who take refuge in the Lord.
    or:
    R.    Alleluia.
     

    Alleluia

    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    If then you were raised with Christ,
    seek what is above,
    where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
    He came to Jesus at night and said to him,
    “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God,
    for no one can do these signs that you are doing
    unless God is with him.”
    Jesus answered and said to him,
    “Amen, amen, I say to you,
    unless one is born from above, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.” 
    Nicodemus said to him,
    “How can a man once grown old be born again?
    Surely he cannot reenter his mother’s womb and be born again, can he?”
    Jesus answered,
    “Amen, amen, I say to you,
    unless one is born of water and Spirit
    he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.
    What is born of flesh is flesh
    and what is born of spirit is spirit.
    Do not be amazed that I told you,
    ‘You must be born from above.’
    The wind blows where it wills,
    and you can hear the sound it makes,
    but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes;
    so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

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