Thursday
of the Seventh Week of Easter
FIRST
READING: Acts
22: 30; 23:
6-11
30
But on the next day, meaning to know more diligently for what cause
he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the priests
to come together, and all the council: and bringing forth Paul, he
set him before them.
6
And Paul knowing that the one part were Sadducees, and the other
Pharisees, cried out in the council: Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee,
the son of Pharisees: concerning the hope and resurrection of the
dead I am called in question.
7
And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the
Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the multitude was divided.
8
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel,
nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
9
And there arose a great cry. And some of the Pharisees rising up,
strove, saying: We find no evil in this man. What if a spirit hath
spoken to him, or an angel?
10
And when there arose a great dissension, the tribune fearing lest
Paul should be pulled in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go
down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into
the castle.
11
And the night following the Lord standing by him, said: Be constant;
for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear
witness also at Rome.
PSALM:
Psalms 16: 1-2,
5, 7-11
1
Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put trust in thee.
2
I have said to the Lord, thou art my God.
5
The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou
that wilt restore my inheritance to me.
7
I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding: moreover my
reins also have corrected me even till night.
8
I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I
be not moved.
9
Therefore my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced:
moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt then give thy
holy one to see corruption.
11
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me with
joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand are delights even to the
end.
GOSPEL:
John 17: 20-26
20
And not for them only do I pray, but for them also who through their
word shall believe in me;
21
That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that
they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast
sent me.
22
And the glory which thou hast given me, I have given to them; that
they may be one, as we also are one:
23
I in them, and thou in me; that they may be made perfect in one: and
the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as
thou hast also loved me.
24
Father, I will that where I am, they also whom thou hast given me may
be with me; that they may see my glory which thou hast given me,
because thou hast loved me before the creation of the world.
25
Just Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee:
and these have known that thou hast sent me.
26
And I have made known thy name to them, and will make it known; that
the love wherewith thou hast loved me, may be in them, and I in them.
