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| "Nathaniel Under the Fig Tree' -- by James Tissot |
Feast
of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle
FIRST
READING: Revelation
21: 9 - 14
9
And there came one of the seven angels, who had the vials full of the
seven last plagues, and spoke with me, saying: Come and I will shew
thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.
10
And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain: and he
shewed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from
God,
11
Having the glory of God, and the light thereof was like to a precious
stone, as to the jasper stone even as crystal.
12
And it had a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and in the
gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names
of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
13
On the east, three gates: and on the north, three gates: and on the
south, three gates: and on the west, three gates.
14
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations: And in them, the
twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb,
PSALM:
Psalms 145: 10
- 13, 17 - 18
10
Let all thy works, O lord, praise thee: and let thy saints bless
thee.
11
They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom: and shall tell of thy
power:
12
To make thy might known to the sons of men: and the glory of the
magnificence of thy kingdom.
13
Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages: and thy dominion endureth
throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in all his words:
and holy in all his works.
17
The Lord is just in all his ways: and holy in all his works.
18
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that call
upon him in truth.
GOSPEL:
John 1:
45 - 51
45
Philip findeth Nathanael and saith to him: We have found him of whom
Moses, in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus the son of Joseph
of Nazareth.
46
And Nathanael said to him: Can any thing of good come from Nazareth?
Philip saith to him: Come and see.
47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and he saith of him: Behold an
Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile.
48
Nathanael saith to him: Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and
said to him: Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the
fig tree, I saw thee.
49
Nathanael answered him and said: Rabbi: Thou art the Son of God. Thou
art the King of Israel.
50
Jesus answered and said to him: Because I said unto thee, I saw thee
under the fig tree, thou believest: greater things than these shalt
thou see.
51
And he saith to him: Amen, amen, I say to you, you shall see the
heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the
Son of man.
