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Friday, May 11, 2012
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St. Ignatius of Laconi, Religious (Memorial)
First Option
Second Option
First Reading
Acts 15:22-31
22Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabʹbas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren,
23with the following letter: “The brethren, both the apostles and the elders, to the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Ciliʹcia, greeting.
24Since we have heard that some persons from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions,
25it has seemed good to us in assembly to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
26men who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth.
28For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:
29that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from unchastity. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”
30So when they were sent off, they went down to Antioch; and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter.
31And when they read it, they rejoiced at the exhortation.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 57:8-12
7My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody!
8Awake, my soul! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!
9I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to thee among the nations.
10For thy steadfast love is great to the heavens, thy faithfulness to the clouds.
11Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let thy glory be over all the earth!
Gospel
John 15:12-17
12“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
13Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14You are my friends if you do what I command you.
15No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
16You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
17This I command you, to love one another.
From the Franciscan Lectionary
First Reading
1 Corinthians 1:26-31; 2:1-2
1
26For consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth;
27but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong,
28God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,
29so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.
30He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom, our righteousness and sanctification and redemption;
31therefore, as it is written, “Let him who boasts, boast of the Lord.”
2
1When I came to you, brethren, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom.
2For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 112:1-7, 9
1Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commandments!
2His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
3Wealth and riches are in his house; and his righteousness endures for ever.
4Light rises in the darkness for the upright; the LORD is gracious, merciful, and righteous.
5It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice.
6For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered for ever.
7He is not afraid of evil tidings; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.
9He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever; his horn is exalted in honor.
Gospel
Matthew 18:1-5
1At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
2And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them,
3and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
4Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me;