Friday, April 16, 2027

Douay-Rheims: Acts 9:1-20

¹And Saul, as yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, ²And asked of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues: that if he found any men and women of this way, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. ³And as he went on his journey, it came to pass that he drew nigh to Damascus; and suddenly a light from heaven shined round about him. ⁴And falling on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? ⁵Who said: Who art thou, Lord? And he: I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. It is hard for thee to kick against the goad. ⁶And he trembling and astonished, said: Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? ⁷And the Lord said to him: Arise, and go into the city, and there it shall be told thee what thou must do. Now the men who went in company with him, stood amazed, hearing indeed a voice, but seeing no man. ⁸And Saul arose from the ground; and when his eyes were opened, he saw nothing. But they leading him by the hands, brought him to Damascus. ⁹And he was there three days, without sight, and he did neither eat nor drink. ¹⁰Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision: Ananias. And he said: Behold I am here, Lord. ¹¹And the Lord said to him: Arise and go into the street that is called Strait and seek in the house of Judas, one named Saul of Tarsus. For behold he prayeth. ¹²(And he saw a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hands upon him, that he might receive his sight.) ¹³But Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints in Jerusalem. ¹⁴And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that invoke thy name. ¹⁵And the Lord said to him: Go thy way; for this man is to me a vessel of election, to carry my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel. ¹⁶For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake. ¹⁷And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house. And laying his hands upon him, he said: Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus hath sent me, he that appeared to thee in the way as thou camest; that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. ¹⁸And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight; and rising up, he was baptized. ¹⁹And when he had taken meat, he was strengthened. And he was with the disciples that were at Damascus, for some days. ²⁰And immediately he preached Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 116:1-2 (Psalm 117 at Mass)

¹O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. ²For his mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever.

Douay-Rheims: John 6:53-60

⁵³The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat? ⁵⁴Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say unto you: Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you. ⁵⁵He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day. ⁵⁶For my flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed. ⁵⁷He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him. ⁵⁸As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me. ⁵⁹This is the bread that came down from heaven. Not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead. He that eateth this bread, shall live for ever. ⁶⁰These things he said, teaching in the synagogue, in Capharnaum.