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THURSDAY 5TH WEEK OF EASTER: Universalis Saint Athanasius , Bishop, Doctor of the Church God can read everyone’s heart First Readingacts 15:7-21 I rule that we do not make things more difficult for the pagans who turn to God After the discussion had gone on a long time, Peter stood up and addressed the apostles and the elders. ‘My brothers,’ he said ‘you know perfectly well that in the early days God made his choice among you: the pagans were to learn the Good News from me and so become believers. In fact God, who can read everyone’s heart, showed his approval of them by giving the Holy Spirit to them just as he had to us. God made no distinction between them and us, since he purified their hearts by faith. It would only provoke God’s anger now, surely, if you imposed on the disciples the very burden that neither we nor our ancestors were strong enough to support? Remember, we believe that we are saved in the same way as they are: through the grace of the Lord Jesus.’ 

  MERCREDI, 5ÈME SEMAINE DU TEMPS PASCAL: AELF   Moi, je suis la vigne, et vous, les sarments Première Lecture Actes 15, 1-6 « On décida qu’ils monteraient à Jérusalem auprès des Apôtres et  des Anciens pour discuter de cette question »  En ces jours-là, des gens, venus de Judée à Antioche, enseignaient les frères en disant : « Si vous n’acceptez pas la circoncision selon la coutume qui vient de Moïse, vous ne pouvez pas être sauvés. » Cela provoqua un affrontement ainsi qu’une vive discussion engagée par Paul et Barnabé contre ces gens-là. Alors on décida que Paul et Barnabé, avec quelques autres frères, monteraient à Jérusalem auprès des Apôtres et des Anciens pour discuter de cette question. L’Église d’Antioche facilita leur voyage. Ils traversèrent la Phénicie et la Samarie en racontant la conversion des nations, ce qui remplissait de joie tous les frères. À leur arrivée à Jérusalem, ils furent accueillis par l’Église, les Apôtres et les Anciens, et ils rapportèrent tout c

WEDNESDAY 5TH WEEK OF EASTER: Universalis I am the vine,  you are the branches First Reading Acts 15:1-6 They were to go up to Jerusalem and discuss the problem with the apostles and elders Some men came down from Judaea and taught the brothers, ‘Unless you have yourselves circumcised in the tradition of Moses you cannot be saved.’ This led to disagreement, and after Paul and Barnabas had had a long argument with these men it was arranged that Paul and Barnabas and others of the church should go up to Jerusalem and discuss the problem with the apostles and elders.  All the members of the church saw them off, and as they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria they told how the pagans had been converted, and this news was received with the greatest satisfaction by the brothers. When they arrived in Jerusalem they were welcomed by the church and by the apostles and elders, and gave an account of all that God had done with them.  But certain members of the Pharisees’ party who had become bel

MARDI, 5ÈME SEMAINE DU TEMPS PASCAL: AELF Je pars vers le Père, car le Père est plus grand que moi. Première Lecture Actes 14,19-28 « Ayant réuni l’Église, ils rapportèrent tout ce que Dieu avait fait avec eux » En ces jours-là, comme Paul et Barnabé se trouvaient à Lystres, des Juifs arrivèrent d’Antioche de Pisidie et d’Iconium ; ils se rallièrent les foules, ils lapidèrent Paul et le traînèrent hors de la ville, pensant qu’il était mort. Mais, quand les disciples firent cercle autour de lui, il se releva et rentra dans la ville.  Le lendemain, avec Barnabé, il partit pour Derbé.  Ils annoncèrent la Bonne Nouvelle à cette cité et firent bon nombre de disciples.  Puis ils retournèrent à Lystres, à Iconium et à Antioche de Pisidie ; ils affermissaient le courage des disciples ; ils les exhortaient à persévérer dans la foi, en disant : « Il nous faut passer par bien des épreuves pour entrer dans le royaume de Dieu. » Ils désignèrent des Anciens pour chacune de leurs Églises et,

TUESDAY 5TH WEEK OF EASTER: Universalis   I am going to the Father,  for the Father is greater than I First Reading Acts 14:19-28  They gave an account of how God had opened the door of faith to the pagans Some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium, and turned the people against the apostles. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the town, thinking he was dead. The disciples came crowding round him but, as they did so, he stood up and went back to the town. The next day he and Barnabas went off to Derbe.  Having preached the Good News in that town and made a considerable number of disciples, they went back through Lystra and Iconium to Antioch. They put fresh heart into the disciples, encouraging them to persevere in the faith. ‘We all have to experience many hardships’ they said ‘before we enter the kingdom of God.’ In each of these churches they appointed elders, and with prayer and fasting they commended them to the Lord in whom they had come to believe.  They passed through Pisi

5TH SUNDAY OF EASTER : AELF Whoever keeps his commandments  lives in God and God lives in him First Reading Acts 9:26-31 Barnabas explained how the Lord had appeared to Saul on his journey When Saul got to Jerusalem he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him: they could not believe he was really a disciple. Barnabas, however, took charge of him, introduced him to the apostles, and explained how the Lord had appeared to Saul and spoken to him on his journey, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. Saul now started to go round with them in Jerusalem, preaching fearlessly in the name of the Lord. But after he had spoken to the Hellenists, and argued with them, they became determined to kill him. When the brothers knew, they took him to Caesarea, and sent him off from there to Tarsus.  The churches throughout Judaea, Galilee and Samaria were now left in peace, building themselves up, living in the fear of the Lord, and filled with the consolati