FIRST
READING: Acts
16: 22 - 34
22
And the people ran together against them; and the magistrates rending
off their clothes, commanded them to be beaten with rods.
23
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into
prison, charging the gaoler to keep them diligently.
24
Who having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison,
and made their feet fast in the stocks.
25
And at midnight, Paul and Silas praying, praised God. And they that
were in prison, heard them.
26
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of
the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened,
and the bands of all were loosed.
27
And the keeper of the prison, awaking out of his sleep, and seeing
the doors of the prison open, drawing his sword, would have killed
himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
28
But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying: Do thyself no harm, for we
all are here.
29
Then calling for a light, he went in, and trembling, fell down at the
feet of Paul and Silas.
30
And bringing them out, he said: Masters, what must I do, that I may
be saved?
31
But they said: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved,
and thy house.
32
And they preached the word of the Lord to him and to all that were in
his house.
33
And he, taking them the same hour of the night, washed their stripes,
and himself was baptized, and all his house immediately.
34
And when he had brought them into his own house, he laid the table
for them, and rejoiced with all his house, believing God.
PSALM:
Psalms 138:
1 - 3, 7 - 8
1
I will praise thee, O lord, with my whole heart: for thou hast heard
the words of my mouth. I will sing praise to thee in the sight of his
angels:
2
I will worship towards thy holy temple, and I will give glory to thy
name. For thy mercy, and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy
holy name above all.
3
In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me: thou shall
multiply strength in my soul.
7
If I shall walk in the midst of tribulation, thou wilt quicken me:
and thou hast stretched forth thy hand against the wrath of my
enemies: and thy right hand hath saved me.
8
The Lord will repay for me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: O
despise not the work of thy hands.
GOSPEL:
John 16:
5 - 11
5
But I told you not these things from the beginning, because I was
with you. And now I go to him that sent me, and none of you asketh
me: Whither goest thou?
6
But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow hath filled
your heart.
7
But I tell you the truth: it is expedient to you that I go: for if I
go not, the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go, I will send
him to you.
8
And when he is come, he will convince the world of sin, and of
justice, and of judgment.
9
Of sin: because they believed not in me.
10
And of justice: because I go to the Father; and you shall see me no
longer.
11
And of judgment: because the prince of this world is already judged.
