Monday, April 19, 2027

Douay-Rheims: Acts 11:1-18

¹And the apostles and brethren, who were in Judea, heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. ²And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, ³Saying: Why didst thou go in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them? ⁴But Peter began and declared to them the matter in order, saying: ⁵I was in the city of Joppe praying, and I saw in an ecstasy of mind a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners, and it came even unto me. ⁶Into which looking, I considered, and saw fourfooted creatures of the earth, and beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air: ⁷And I heard also a voice saying to me: Arise, Peter; kill and eat. ⁸And I said: Not so, Lord; for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth. ⁹And the voice answered again from heaven: What God hath made clean, do not thou call common. ¹⁰And this was done three times: and all were taken up again into heaven. ¹¹And behold, immediately there were three men come to the house wherein I was, sent to me from Caesarea. ¹²And the Spirit said to me, that I should go with them, nothing doubting. And these six brethren went with me also: and we entered into the man’s house. ¹³And he told us how he had seen an angel in his house, standing, and saying to him: Send to Joppe, and call hither Simon, who is surnamed Peter, ¹⁴Who shall speak to thee words, whereby thou shalt be saved, and all thy house. ¹⁵And when I had begun to speak, the Holy Ghost fell upon them, as upon us also in the beginning. ¹⁶And I remembered the word of the Lord, how that he said: John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. ¹⁷If then God gave them the same grace, as to us also who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ; who was I, that could withstand God? ¹⁸Having heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying: God then hath also to the Gentiles given repentance unto life.

Douay-Rheims: Psalms 41:2-3; 42:3-5 (Psalms 42 and 43 at Mass)

^41:2As the hart panteth after the fountains of water; so my soul panteth after thee, O God. ³My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God?

^42:3Send forth thy light and thy truth: they have conducted me, and brought me unto thy holy hill, and into thy tabernacles. ⁴And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my youth. ⁵To thee, O God my God, I will give praise upon the harp: why art thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou disquiet me?

Douay-Rheims: John 10:1-10

¹Amen, amen I say to you: He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a robber. ²But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. ⁴And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. ⁵But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers. ⁶This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them. ⁷Jesus therefore said to them again: Amen, amen I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers: and the sheep heard them not. ⁹I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved: and he shall go in, and go out, and shall find pastures. ¹⁰The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that they may have life, and may have it more abundantly.