Saint John, apostle and evangelist - Feast

First Letter of John

1,1-4.

Beloved; what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon and touched with our hands concerns the Word of life--
for the life was made visible; we have seen it and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was made visible to us--
what we have seen and heard we proclaim now to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; for our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
We are writing this so that our joy may be complete.

Psalms

97(96),1-2.5-6.11-12.

The LORD is king; let the earth rejoice;
let the many islands be glad.
Clouds and darkness are round about him,
justice and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
The mountains melt like wax before the LORD,
before the Lord of all the earth.
The heavens proclaim his justice,
and all peoples see his glory.
Light dawns for the just;
And gladness, for the upright of heart.
Be glad in the LORD, you just,
And give thanks to his holy name.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

20,2-8.

On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they put him."
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.
They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first;
he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.
When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,
and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.
Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.

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St. John(Apostle and Evangelist (Feast))

SAINT JOHN Apostle and Evangelist( c. 100) Feast St. John, the youngest of the apostles, was the son of Zebedee. He was called to follow Christ on the banks of the Jordan during the first days of Our Lord's ministry. He was one of the privileged few present at the Transfiguration and the Agony in the Garden. At the Last Supper, St. John's head rested on Jesus' bosom; and in the hours of the Passion, when others fled or denied the Lord, St. John kept his place by Jesus' side. At the last, he stood by the Cross with Mary. From the Cross, the dying Savior bequeathed his Mother. Every act of Jesus has infinite value and significance. With his last words, He tells all believers the place Mary should occupy in their hearts. "'Here is your mother.' From that time on, this disciple took her into his home" (Jn 19:27). Thus fitly, as St. Austin says, "to a virgin was the Virgin entrusted." After the Ascension, St. John lived at Jerusalemand then at Ephesus. When he was thrown by Domitian into a cauldron of boiling oil, he was miraculously preserved from harm. Afterward, he was banished to the isle of Patmos, where he saw the visions described in the Apocalypse. He is the author of the Fourth Gospel, the Apocalypse, and three Epistles. St. John died peacefully at Ephesus around the year 100.

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