Thursday of the Fourth week of Easter

Acts of the Apostles

From Paphos, Paul and his companions set sail and arrived at Perga in Pamphylia. But John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
They continued on from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia. On the sabbath they entered (into) the synagogue and took their seats.
After the reading of the law and the prophets, the synagogue officials sent word to them, "My brothers, if one of you has a word of exhortation for the people, please speak."
So Paul got up, motioned with his hand, and said, "Fellow Israelites and you others who are God-fearing, listen.
The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt. With uplifted arm he led them out of it
and for about forty years he put up with them in the desert.
When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance
at the end of about four hundred and fifty years. After these things he provided judges up to Samuel (the) prophet.
Then they asked for a king. God gave them Saul, son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
Then he removed him and raised up David as their king; of him he testified, 'I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will carry out my every wish.'
From this man's descendants God, according to his promise, has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus.
John heralded his coming by proclaiming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel;
and as John was completing his course, he would say, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. Behold, one is coming after me; I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of his feet.'"

Psalms

The favors of the LORD I will sing forever;
through all generations my mouth shall proclaim your faithfulness.
For you have said, “My kindness is established forever”;
in heaven you have confirmed your faithfulness.
I have chosen David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have anointed him.
That my hand will be with him;
and that my arm will make him strong.
My loyalty and love will be with him;
through my name his horn will be exalted.
“He shall say of me, 'You are my father,
my God, the Rock, my savior.'

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

When Jesus had washed the disciples' feet, he said to them: "Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master nor any messenger greater than the one who sent him.
If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.
I am not speaking of all of you. I know those whom I have chosen. But so that the scripture might be fulfilled, 'The one who ate my food has raised his heel against me.'
From now on I am telling you before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I AM.
Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me."

St. Epiphanius(Archbishop (c. 310 - 403))

SAINT EPIPHANIUS Archbishop (c. 310 - 403) St. Epiphanius was born in Palestine around the year 310. In his youth, he studied Holy Scripture, embraced a monastic life, and practiced prayer and asceticism in the deserts of Egypt. He returned to Palestine about the year 333, and built a monastery near the place of his birth. A spiritual director of countless others, St. Epiphanius took the great St. Hilarion as his director in spiritual life. Their work in monasteries and apostolate was from 333 to 356. People sometimes said Epiphanius worked too hard, but his apology was: "God gives the kingdom of heaven if we labor; but no amount of work bears proportion to the reward that awaits us." Through travel, reading, mortifications, prayer and penance, Epiphanius received Jesus with the spirit and fervor of the saints. Epiphanius by now had a reputation for serving the Church. About the year 367, he became Bishop of Salamis in Cyprus. Still wearing the monastic habit and occasionally visiting his monastery in Palestine, Bp. Epiphanius was indefatigable in serving the poor and marginalized. He relaxed his personal austerities whenever welcoming guests, putting charity ahead of abstinence. During the persecution of the Arian Emperor Valens, Bp. Epiphanius was spared thanks to his record of service. In 376, Bp. Epiphanius undertook a journey to Antioch in the hope of converting Vitalis, the Apollinarist bishop; and in 382, he accompanied St. Paulinus from that city to Rome, where they lodged at the house of St. Paula. Our Saint, in return, entertained her afterward ten days in Cyprus in 385. Saint Epiphanius went to his eternal reward in 403 while returning to Salamis in Cyprus. He was bishop for thirty-six years.

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