Sunday: Fifth Sunday of Easter
Acts 6:1-7/1 Pt 2:4-9/Jn 14:1-12
“Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight”
1 Peter 2:4, NRSVCE
Monday
Acts 14:5-18/Jn 14:21-26
“Friends, why are you doing this? We are mortals just like you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. In past generations he allowed all the nations to follow their own ways; yet he has not left himself without a witness in doing good—giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, and filling you with food and your hearts with joy.”
Acts 14: 15-17, NRSVCE
Tuesday
Acts 14:19-28/Jn 14:27-31a
“ Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.”
John 14:27, NRSVCE
Wednesday
Acts 15:1-6/Jn 15:1-8
“When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, as well as by the apostles and the presbyters, and they reported what God had done with them.”
Acts 15:4, NABRE
Thursday
Acts 15:7-21/Jn 15:9-11
“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.”
John 15:11, NABRE
Friday
Acts 15:22-31/Jn 15:12-17
“Since we have heard that some of our number [who went out] without any mandate from us have upset you with their teachings and disturbed your peace of mind, we have with one accord decided to choose representatives and to send them to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, who have dedicated their lives to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Acts 15:24-26, NABRE
Saturday
Acts 16:1-10/Jn 15:18-21
“ If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.”
John 15:19, NABRE
