Friday of the Fourth week of Easter

Acts of the Apostles

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.'"

Psalms

"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.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

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."

Bl. Vladimir Ghika(Priest and Martyr († 1954))

BLESSED VLADIMIR GHIKA( 1954) Vladimir Ghika was a convert to Catholicism who was martyred by Romania's communist government in 1954. He was a nobleman who studied political science in Paris and philosophy in Rome's Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, "the Angelicum." He converted to Catholicism in 1902, performed works of mercy and discerned a vocation to the priesthood. Vladimir served as a diplomat for several years including those of World War I. In 1923, he was ordained a priest. He returned to Romania when World War II broke out and served the Church in spite of Allied bombing. He also remained after the Communists seized power. He was arrested in 1952 and charged with high treason for being loyal to Rome instead of to the government's schismatic church. He died of maltreatment in prison on May 16, 1954. Fr. Vladimir was beatified on August 31, 2013, by Pope Francis. He is remembered for standing up to the Communist, totalitarian regime. The miracles attributed to his intercession and the proof of his heroic virtues opened the cause for his canonization.

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