FIRST READING:
Acts 22: 30 ; 23:
6 - 11
30
But on the morrow, desiring to know the real reason why the Jews
accused him, he unbound him, and commanded the chief priests and all
the council to meet, and he brought Paul down and set him before
them.
6
But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other
Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brethren, I am a
Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; with respect to the hope and the
resurrection of the dead I am on trial."
7
And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees
and the Sadducees; and the assembly was divided.
8
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor
spirit; but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
9
Then a great clamor arose; and some of the scribes of the Pharisees'
party stood up and contended, "We find nothing wrong in this
man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?"
10
And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul
would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down
and take him by force from among them and bring him into the
barracks.
11
The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take
courage, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must
bear witness also at Rome."
PSALM:
Psalms 16: 1 - 2, 5, 7 - 11
1
Preserve me, O God, for in thee I take refuge.
2
I say to the LORD, "Thou art my Lord; I have no good apart from
thee."
5
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; thou holdest my lot.
7
I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart
instructs me.
8
I keep the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I
shall not be moved.
9
Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; my body also dwells
secure.
10
For thou dost not give me up to Sheol, or let thy godly one see the
Pit.
11
Thou dost show me the path of life; in thy presence there is fulness
of joy, in thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.
GOSPEL: John
17: 20 - 26
20
"I do not pray for these only, but also for those who believe in
me through their word,
21
that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in
thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that
thou hast sent me.
22
The glory which thou hast given me I have given to them, that they
may be one even as we are one,
23
I in them and thou in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that
the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them even as
thou hast loved me.
24
Father, I desire that they also, whom thou hast given me, may be with
me where I am, to behold my glory which thou hast given me in thy
love for me before the foundation of the world.
25
O righteous Father, the world has not known thee, but I have known
thee; and these know that thou hast sent me.
26
I made known to them thy name, and I will make it known, that the
love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them."
