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Tuesday of the 6th week of Eastertide, or Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop First reading Acts 16:22-34 Become a believer and you will be saved, and your household too The crowd joined in and showed their hostility to Paul and Silas, so the magistrates had them stripped and ordered them to be flogged. They were … Read moreTue 27 May

Saint Philip Neri, Priest First reading Philippians 4:4-9 If there is anything you need, pray for it. I want you to be happy, always happy in the Lord; I repeat, what I want is your happiness. Let your tolerance be evident to everyone: the Lord is very near.There is no need to worry; but if … Read moreMon 26 May

6th Sunday of Easter First reading Acts 15:1-2,22-29 It has been decided by the Spirit and by ourselves not to burden you with any burden beyond these essentials Some men came down from Judaea and taught the brothers, ‘Unless you have yourselves circumcised in the tradition of Moses you cannot be saved.’ This led to … Read moreSun 25 May

Saturday of the 5th week of Eastertide First reading Acts 16:1-10 ‘Come across to Macedonia and help us’ From Cilicia Paul went to Derbe, and then on to Lystra. Here there was a disciple called Timothy, whose mother was a Jewess who had become a believer; but his father was a Greek. The brothers at … Read moreSat 24 May

Friday of the 5th week of Eastertide First reading Acts 15:22-31 It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and by us not to burden you beyond these essentials The apostles and elders decided to choose delegates to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; the whole church concurred with this. They chose Judas known … Read moreFri 23 May

Thursday of the 5th week of Eastertide, or Saint Rita of Cascia First reading Acts 15:7-21 I rule that we do not make things more difficult for the pagans who turn to God After the discussion had gone on a long time, Peter stood up and addressed the apostles and the elders.‘My brothers,’ he said … Read moreThu 22 May

Wednesday of the 5th week of Eastertide, or Saint Christopher Magallanes and his Companions, Martyrs First reading Acts 15:1-6 They were to go up to Jerusalem and discuss the problem with the apostles and elders Some men came down from Judaea and taught the brothers, ‘Unless you have yourselves circumcised in the tradition of Moses … Read moreWed 21 May

Tuesday of the 5th week of Eastertide, or Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest First reading Acts 14:19-28 They gave an account of how God had opened the door of faith to the pagans Some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium, and turned the people against the apostles. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the … Read moreTue 20 May

Monday of the 5th week of Eastertide First reading Acts 14:5-18 We have come with good news to turn you to the living God Eventually with the connivance of the authorities a move was made by pagans as well as Jews to make attacks on the apostles and to stone them. When the apostles came … Read moreMon 19 May

5th Sunday of Easter First reading Acts 14:21-27 They gave an account to the church of all that God had done with them Paul and Barnabas went back through Lystra and Iconium to Antioch. They put fresh heart into the disciples, encouraging them to persevere in the faith. ‘We all have to experience many hardships’ … Read moreSun 18 May