Wednesday, May 5, 2027

Douay-Rheims: Acts 17:15, 22-34; 18:1

^17:15And they that conducted Paul, brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a commandment from him to Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.

²²But Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are too superstitious. ²³For passing by, and seeing your idols, I found an altar also, on which was written: To the unknown God. What therefore you worship, without knowing it, that I preach to you: ²⁴God, who made the world, and all things therein; he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; ²⁵Neither is he served with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing; seeing it is he who giveth to all life, and breath, and all things: ²⁶And hath made of one, all mankind, to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, determining appointed times, and the limits of their habitation. ²⁷That they should seek God, if happily they may feel after him or find him, although he be not far from every one of us: ²⁸For in him we live, and move, and are; as some also of your own poets said: For we are also his offspring. ²⁹Being therefore the offspring of God, we must not suppose the divinity to be like unto gold, or silver, or stone, the graving of art, and device of man. ³⁰And God indeed having winked at the times of this ignorance, now declareth unto men, that all should every where do penance. ³¹Because he hath appointed a day wherein he will judge the world in equity, by the man whom he hath appointed; giving faith to all, by raising him up from the dead. ³²And when they had heard of the resurrection of the dead, some indeed mocked, but others said: We will hear thee again concerning this matter. ³³So Paul went out from among them. ³⁴But certain men adhering to him, did believe; among whom was also Dionysius, the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

^18:1After these things, departing from Athens, he came to Corinth.

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 148:1-2, 11-14

¹Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise ye him in the high places. ²Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.

¹¹Kings of the earth and all people: princes and all judges of the earth: ¹²Young men and maidens: let the old with the younger, praise the name of the Lord: ¹³For his name alone is exalted. ¹⁴The praise of him is above heaven and earth: and he hath exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his saints: to the children of Israel, a people approaching to him. Alleluia.

Douay-Rheims: John 16:12-15

¹²I have yet many things to say to you: but you cannot bear them now. ¹³But when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will teach you all truth. For he shall not speak of himself; but what things soever he shall hear, he shall speak; and the things that are to come, he shall shew you. ¹⁴He shall glorify me; because he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it to you. ¹⁵All things whatsoever the Father hath, are mine. Therefore I said, that he shall receive of mine, and shew it to you.