Wednesday of the Fifth week of Easter

Acts of the Apostles

15,1-6.

Some who had come down from Judea were instructing the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the Mosaic practice, you cannot be saved."
Because there arose no little dissension and debate by Paul and Barnabas with them, it was decided that Paul, Barnabas, and some of the others should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and presbyters about this question.
They were sent on their journey by the church, and passed through Phoenicia and Samaria telling of the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.
When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, as well as by the apostles and the presbyters, and they reported what God had done with them.
But some from the party of the Pharisees who had become believers stood up and said, "It is necessary to circumcise them and direct them to observe the Mosaic law."
The apostles and the presbyters met together to see about this matter.

Psalms

122(121),1-2.3-4a.4b-5.

I rejoiced because they said to me,
"We will go up to the house of the LORD."
And now we have set foot
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, built as a city
with compact unity.
To it the tribes go up,
To it the tribes go up,
the tribes of the LORD.
In it are set up judgment seats,
seats for the house of David.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

15,1-8.

Jesus said to his disciples: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.
You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.
Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.
I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.
Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned.
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.
By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples."

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St. Venantius(Martyr (+ 250))

SAINT VENANTIUS Martyr (+ 250) St. Venantius was born in Camerino, Italy when the Church was being persecuted. When he was fifteen, Venantius was arrested, carried before a judge, and condemned for professing his faith. Chained to a pillar and scourged, he was miraculously rescued by an angel. He was then burnt with torches and hung over a low fire to be suffocated by smoke. The judge's secretary saw an angel robed in white trampling out the fire and again setting free the youthful martyr. Already an admirer thanks to Venantius' witness, the Secretary proclaimed his faith in Christ, was baptized with his whole family, and shortly after won the martyr's crown himself. After the Angel trampled out the fire, the judge attempted to make Venantius renounce his faith. Temptations and persuasions failing, the judge ordered the boy's teeth and jaws to be broken. After maiming him, the judge threw him into a furnace, from which the angel once more delivered him. Venantius was again led before the judge, but the latter fell headlong from his seat and expired. This circumstance being told to the governor, Venantius was thrown to lions; but instead of killing him, the lions crouched at the boy's feet. By order of the governor, Venantius was then dragged through a heap of brambles and thorns, but again God manifested the glory of His servant. The soldiers suffering from thirst, the boy knelt on a rock and signed it with a cross, when immediately a jet of clear, cool water spurted up from the spot.This miracle converted many of those who beheld it, whereupon the governor had Venantius and his converts beheaded together in the year 250. Their relics are kept in the church at Camerino which bears the Saint's name.

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St. John I()

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