Monday, April 26, 2027

Douay-Rheims: Acts 14:5-17

⁵And when there was an assault made by the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to use them contumeliously, and to stone them: ⁶They understanding it, fled to Lystra, and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the whole country round about, and were there preaching the gospel. ⁷And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked. ⁸This same heard Paul speaking. Who looking upon him, and seeing that he had faith to be healed, ⁹Said with a loud voice: Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped up, and walked. ¹⁰And when the multitudes had seen what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice in the Lycaonian tongue, saying: The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men; ¹¹And they called Barnabas, Jupiter: but Paul, Mercury; because he was chief speaker. ¹²The priest also of Jupiter that was before the city, bringing oxen and garlands before the gate, would have offered sacrifice with the people. ¹³Which, when the apostles Barnabas and Paul had heard, rending their clothes, they leaped out among the people, crying, ¹⁴And saying: Ye men, why do ye these things? We also are mortals, men like unto you, preaching to you to be converted from these vain things, to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them: ¹⁵Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. ¹⁶Nevertheless he left not himself without testimony, doing good from heaven, giving rains and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. ¹⁷And speaking these things, they scarce restrained the people from sacrificing to them.

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 113:9-12, 23-24 (Psalm 115 at Mass)

⁹Not to us, O Lord, not to us; but to thy name give glory. ¹⁰For thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake: lest the gentiles should say: Where is their God? ¹¹But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would. ¹²The idols of the gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men.

²³Blessed be you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. ²⁴The heaven of heaven is the Lord’s: but the earth he has given to the children of men.

Douay-Rheims: John 14:21-26

²¹He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them; he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth me, shall be loved of my Father: and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. ²²Judas saith to him, not the Iscariot: Lord, how is it, that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and not to the world? ²³Jesus answered, and said to him: If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him. ²⁴He that loveth me not, keepeth not my words. And the word which you have heard, is not mine; but the Father’s who sent me. ²⁵These things have I spoken to you, abiding with you. ²⁶But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring all things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you.