Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, April 22 2016

Friday of the Fourth week of Easter

Friday of the Fourth week of Easter

1. Reading

Acts of the Apostles

13,26-33.

]When Paul came to Antioch in Pisidia, he said in the synagogue:   "My brothers, children of the family of Abraham,  and those others among you who are God-fearing,  to us this word of salvation has been sent.
]The inhabitants of Jerusalem and their leaders failed to recognize him, and by condemning him they fulfilled the oracles of the prophets that are read sabbath after sabbath.
]For even though they found no grounds for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him put to death,
]and when they had accomplished all that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and placed him in a tomb.
]But God raised him from the dead,
]and for many days he appeared to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are (now) his witnesses before the people.
]We ourselves are proclaiming this good news to you that what God promised our ancestors
]he has brought to fulfillment for us, (their) children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second psalm, 'You are my son; this day I have begotten you.'"

Psalm

Psalms

2,6-7.8-9.10-11.

]"I myself have set up my king
on Zion, my holy mountain."
]I will proclaim the decree of the LORD:
The LORD said to me, "You are my Son;
this day I have begotten you."
]"Ask of me and I will give you the nations for an inheritance
and the ends of the earth for your possession.
]You shall rule them with an iron rod;
you shall shatter them like an earthen dish."
]And now, O kings, give heed;
take warning, you rulers of the earth.
]Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice before him;
with trembling rejoice.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

14,1-6.

]Jesus said to his disciples: "Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me.
]In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
]And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be.
]Where (I) am going you know the way."
]Thomas said to him, "Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?"
]Jesus said to him, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

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St. Soter(Pope and martyr († 175))

SAINT SOTER Pope & Martyr ( 175) St. Soter was consecrated pope in the year 166 after St. Anicetus' passing. He led the Church under a storm of persecution, but acted with the humility and tenderness of a loving father. Despite the Church's dire straits, he assisted the poorest with alms. According to the custom of his predecessors, Pope Soter extended his charities to remote churches. In thanksgiving, St. Dionysius of Corinth writes that Pope Soter's letter was read during Sunday assemblies alongside Pope St. Clement I's letter. Pope Soter opposed Montanus' heresy, which makes him one of the Church's first apologists. He governed the Church until being martyred in 175. He is included in the list of the Church's first 31 popes, all of whom are martyrs.

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St. Leonides(Martyr († 202))

SAINT LEONIDES Martyr ( 202) In the year 202, the tenth of Emperor Severus' reign, a persecution erupted. The empire was filled with martyrs, especially in Egypt. One renowned martyr, whose triumph edified Alexandrians, was Leonides. He was a Christian philosopher with 7 sons. His eldest son, Origen, took after him with a love for learning and piety. While the persecution raged in Alexandria under Lætus, the Egyptian governor, Leonides was imprisoned. Origen was 17 years old; he was cautioned by his mother to exercise temperance. He thus chose to support his family and wrote encouraging letters to his father. Leonides was beheaded in 202. Although his estates and goods were confiscated, the Lord worked great signs through his family and children. Origen's works inspired Christian science and formed Christian thought and doctrine for centuries.

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St. Teodore of Sykeon()

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