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Today's Readings
Reading I
Acts 5:17-26
The high priest rose up and all his companions, that is, the party
of the Sadducees, and, filled with jealousy, laid hands upon the
Apostles and put them in the public jail. But during the night, the
angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and
said, “Go and take your place in the temple area, and tell the
people everything about this life.” When they heard this, they went
to the temple early in the morning and taught. When the high priest
and his companions arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin, the full
senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the jail to have them
brought in. But the court officers who went did not find them in the
prison, so they came back and reported, “We found the jail securely
locked and the guards stationed outside the doors, but when we
opened them, we found no one inside.” When the captain of the temple
guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were at a loss
about them, as to what this would come to. Then someone came in and
reported to them, “The men whom you put in prison are in the temple
area and are teaching the people.” Then the captain and the court
officers went and brought them, but without force, because they were
afraid of being stoned by the people.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9
R. (7a) The Lord hears the cry of the poor. or: R.
Alleluia. I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall
be ever in my mouth. Let my soul glory in the LORD; the lowly will
hear me and be glad. R. The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
or: R. Alleluia. Glorify the LORD with me, let us together
extol his name. I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered
me from all my fears. R. The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
or: R. Alleluia. Look to him that you may be radiant with
joy, and your faces may not blush with shame. When the poor one
called out, the LORD heard, and from all his distress he saved him.
R. The Lord hears the cry of the poor. or: R. Alleluia.
The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and
delivers them. Taste and see how good the LORD is; blessed the man
who takes refuge in him. R. The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
or: R. Alleluia.
Gospel
Jn 3:16-21
God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that
everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal
life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the
world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever
believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe
has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name
of the only-begotten Son of God. And this is the verdict, that the
light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light,
because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things
hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his
works might not be exposed. But whoever lives the truth comes to the
light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God. |
