Third Sunday of Easter
Acts 3:13-15, 17-19/1 Jn 2:1-5a/Lk 24:35-48
“My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous”
1 John 2:1, NRSVCE
Monday
Acts 6:8-15/Jn 6:22-29
“Then they said to him, “What must we do to perform the works of God?” Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.””
John 6:28-29, NRSVCE
Tuesday
Acts 7:51—8:1a/Jn 6:30-35
“Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”
John 6:35, NRSVCE
Wednesday
Acts 8:1b-8/Jn 6:35-40
“Devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him. But Saul was ravaging the church by entering house after house; dragging off both men and women, he committed them to prison.”
Acts 8:2-3, NRSVCE
Thursday
Acts 8:26-40/Jn 6:44-51
“Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die.”
John 6:47-50, NABRE
Friday
Acts 9:1-20/Jn 6:52-59
“So Ananias went and entered the house; laying his hands on him, he said, “Saul, my brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way by which you came, that you may regain your sight and be filled with the holy Spirit.” Immediately things like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. He got up and was baptized”
Acts 9:17-18, NABRE
Saturday
Acts 9:31-42/Jn 6:60-69
“The church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace. It was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord, and with the consolation of the holy Spirit it grew in numbers.”
Acts 9:31, NABRE
