Friday, April 9, 2027

Douay-Rheims: Acts 5:34-42

³⁴But one in the council rising up, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, respected by all the people, commanded the men to be put forth a little while. ³⁵And he said to them: Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what you intend to do, as touching these men. ³⁶For before these days rose up Theodas, affirming himself to be somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all that believed him were scattered, and brought to nothing. ³⁷After this man, rose up Judas of Galilee, in the days of the enrolling, and drew away the people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as consented to him, were dispersed. ³⁸And now, therefore, I say to you, refrain from these men, and let them alone; for if this council or this work be of men, it will come to nought; ³⁹But if it be of God, you cannot overthrow it, lest perhaps you be found even to fight against God. And they consented to him. ⁴⁰And calling in the apostles, after they had scourged them, they charged them that they should not speak at all in the name of Jesus; and they dismissed them. ⁴¹And they indeed went from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to suffer reproach for the name of Jesus. ⁴²And every day they ceased not in the temple, and from house to house, to teach and preach Christ Jesus.

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 26:1, 4, 13-14 (Psalm 27 at Mass)

¹The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?

⁴One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.

¹³I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living. ¹⁴Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.

Douay-Rheims: John 6:1-15

¹After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is that of Tiberias. ²And a great multitude followed him, because they saw the miracles which he did on them that were diseased. ³Jesus therefore went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. ⁴Now the pasch, the festival day of the Jews, was near at hand. ⁵When Jesus therefore had lifted up his eyes, and seen that a very great multitude cometh to him, he said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? ⁶And this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he would do. ⁷Philip answered him: Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little. ⁸One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, saith to him: ⁹There is a boy here that hath five barley loaves, and two fishes; but what are these among so many? ¹⁰Then Jesus said: Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. The men therefore sat down, in number about five thousand. ¹¹And Jesus took the loaves: and when he had given thanks, he distributed to them that were set down. In like manner also of the fishes, as much as they would. ¹²And when they were filled, he said to his disciples: Gather up the fragments that remain, lest they be lost. ¹³They gathered up therefore, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above to them that had eaten. ¹⁴Now those men, when they had seen what a miracle Jesus had done, said: This is of a truth the prophet, that is to come into the world. ¹⁵Jesus therefore, when he knew that they would come to take him by force, and make him king, fled again into the mountain himself alone.