Gospel.
John vi. 1, 15.
At that time: Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is
that of Tiberias; and a great multitude followed him, because
they saw the miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
Jesus therefore went up into a mountain, and there he sat with
his disciples. Now the pasch, the festival day of the Jews, was
near at hand. When Jesus therefore had lifted up his eyes, and
seen that a very great multitude cometh to him, he said to
Philip: Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? And this he
said to try him, for he himself knew what he would do. Philip
answered him: Two hundred penny-worth of bread is not sufficient
for them, that every one may take a little. One of his disciples,
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, saith to him: There is a boy
here that hath five barley loaves, and two fishes; but what are
they among so many? Then Jesus said: Make the men sit down. Now
there was much grass in the place. The men therefore sat down, in
number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves; and when
he had given thanks, he distributed to them that were sat down.
In like manner also of the fishes, as much as they would; and
when they were filled, he said to his disciples: Gather up the
fragments that remain, lest they be lost. They gathered up
therefore, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the
five barley loaves, which remained over and above to them that
had eaten. Now these men, when they had seen what a miracle Jesus
had done, said: This is of a truth the prophet that is to come
into the world. Jesus therefore, when he knew that they would
come to take him by force and make him king, fled again into the
mountain himself alone. Credo.
Passion Sunday.
Epistle.
Hebrews ix. 11, 15.
Brethren: Christ being come, an high priest of the good
things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made
with hands, that is, not of this creation, neither by the blood
of goats or of calves, but by his own blood, entered once into
the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood
of goats and of oxen, and the ashes of an heifer being sprinkled,
sanctify such as are defiled, to the cleansing of the flesh; how
much more shall the blood of Christ (who by the Holy Ghost
offered himself unspotted unto God) cleanse our conscience from
dead works to serve the living God? And therefore he is the
mediator of the New Testament; that by means of his death, for
the redemption of those transgressions which were under the
former testament, they that are called may receive the promise of
eternal inheritance.
Gospel.
John viii. 46, 59.
At that time: Jesus said to the multitude of the Jews:
Which of you shall convince me of sin? If I say the truth to you,
why do you not believe me? He that is of God, heareth the words
of God. Therefore you hear them not, because you are not of God.
The Jews therefore answered and said to him: Do we not say well
that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? Jesus answered: I
have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and you have
dishonoured me. But I seek not my own glory: there is one that
seeketh and judgeth. Amen, amen, I say to you: If any man keep my
word, he shall not see death for ever. The Jews therefore said:
Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the
prophets; and thou sayest: If any man keep my word, he shall not
taste death for ever. Art thou greater than our father Abraham,
who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom dost thou make
thyself? Jesus answered: If I glorify myself, my glory is
nothing.
It is my Father that glorifieth me, of whom you say that he is
your God; and you have not known him, but I know him. And if I
should say that I know him not, I should be like to you, a liar.
But I do know him, and do keep his word. Abraham your father
rejoiced that he might see my day: he saw it, and was glad. The
Jews then said to him: Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast
thou seen Abraham? Jesus said to them: Amen, amen, I say to you,
Before Abraham was made, I am. They took up stones therefore to
cast at him. But Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.
Palm Sunday.
Epistle.
Philippians ii. 5, 11.
Brethren: Let this mind be in you, which was also in
Christ Jesus; who being in the form of God, thought it not
robbery to be equal with God, but emptied himself, taking the
form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and in
habit found as a man. He humbled himself, becoming obedient unto
death, even to the death of the cross. For which cause God also
hath exalted him, and hath given him a name which is above all
names; that in the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of those
that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth. And that every
tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory
of the Father.
Gospel.
The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ,
according to Matthew xxvi. and xxvii.
At that
time: Jesus said to his disciples: You know that after two
days shall be the pasch, and the Son of man shall be delivered up
to be crucified. Then were gathered together the chief priests
and ancients of the people into the court of the high-priest, who
was called Caiphas; and they consulted together, that by subtlety
they might apprehend Jesus, and put him to death. But they said:
Not on the festival day, lest perhaps there should be a tumult
amongst the people.
And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the
house of Simon the leper, there came to him a woman having an
alabaster-box of precious ointment, and poured it on his head as
he was at table. And the disciples seeing it, had indignation,
saying: To what purpose is this waste? For this might have been
sold for much, and given to the poor. And Jesus knowing it, said
to them: Why do you trouble this woman? For she has wrought a
good work upon me. For the poor you have always with you, but me
you have not always. For she, in pouring this ointment upon my
body, hath done it for my burial. Amen, I say to you, wheresoever
this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which
she hath done, shall be told for a memory of her. Then went one
of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, to the chief
priests, and said to them: What will you give me, and I will
deliver him unto you? But they appointed him thirty pieces of
silver. And from thenceforth he sought an opportunity to betray
him. And on the first day of the Azymes the disciples came to
Jesus, saying: Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat
the pasch? But Jesus said: Go ye into the city to a certain man,
and say to him, "The Master saith, My time is near at hand. I
will keep the pasch at thy house with my disciples." And the
disciples did as Jesus appointed to them, and they prepared the
pasch. Now when it was evening, he sat down with is twelve
disciples; and whilst they were eating, he said: Amen, I say to
you, that one of you is about to betray me. And they being very
much troubled, began every one to say: Is it I, Lord? But he
answering said: He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, he
shall betray me. The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of
him; but woe to that man, by whom the Son of man shall be
betrayed. It were better for him, if that man had not been born.
And Judas, that betrayed him, answering said: Is it I,
Rabbi? He saith to him: Thou hast said it. And whilst they were
at supper, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke: and gave to
his disciples, and said: Take ye, and eat: This is my body. And
taking the chalice he gave thanks, and gave to them, saying:
Drink ye all of this: for this is my blood of the New Testament,
which shall be shed for many for the remission of sins. And I say
to you, I will not drink from henceforth of this fruit of the
vine, until that day when I shall drink it new with you in the
kingdom of my Father. And a hymn being said, they went out into
mount Olivet. Then Jesus said to them: All you shall be
scandalized in me this night. For it is written: "I will strike
the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be dispersed." But
after I shall be risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
And Peter answering, said to him: Although all shall be
scandalized in thee, I will never be scandalized. Jesus said to
him: Amen, I say to thee, that in this night, before the cock
crow, thou wilt deny me thrice. Peter saith to him: Yea, though I
should die with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner
said all the disciples. Then Jesus came with them into a country
place which is called Gethsemani; and he said to his disciples:
Sit you here, till I go yonder, and pray. And taking with him
Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to grow sorrowful,
and to be sad. Then he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even
unto death; stay you here and watch with me. And going a little
further he fell upon his face, praying, and saying: My Father, if
it be possible, let this chalice pass from me. Nevertheless, not
as I will, but as thou wilt. And he cometh to his disciples and
findeth them asleep, and he said to Peter: What! could you not
watch one hour with me? Watch ye, and pray that ye enter not into
temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Again the second time he went and prayed, saying: My Father, if
this chalice may not pass away, but I must drink it, thy will be
done.
And he cometh again, and findeth them sleeping; for
their eyes were heavy. And leaving them, he went again; and he
prayed the third time, saying the self-same words. Then he cometh
to his disciples, and saith to them: Sleep ye now, and take your
rest: behold the hour is at hand, and the Son of man shall be
betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us go: behold he is
at hand that will betray me. As he yet spoke, behold Judas, one
of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords
and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the ancients of the
people. And he that betrayed him, gave them a sign, saying:
Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he, hold him fast. And forthwith
coming to Jesus, he said: Hail, Rabbi; and he kissed him. And
Jesus said to him: Friend, whereto art thou come? Then they came
up, and laid hands on Jesus, and held him. And behold one of them
that were with Jesus, stretching forth his hand, drew out his
sword; and striking the servant of the high-priest, cut off his
ear. Then Jesus said to him: Put up again thy sword into its
place; for all that take the sword, shall perish with the sword.
Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father, and he will give me
presently more than twelve legions of angels? How then shall the
Scriptures be fulfilled, that so it must be done? In that same
hour Jesus said to the multitude: You are come out as it were to
a robber, with swords and clubs, to apprehend me. I sat daily
with you teaching in the temple, and you laid not hands on me.
Now all this was done, that the Scriptures of the prophets might
be fulfilled. Then the disciples all leaving him, fled. But they
holding Jesus, led him to Caiphas the high-priest, where the
scribes and the ancients were assembled. And Peter followed him
afar off, even to the court of the high-priest; and going in, he
sat with the servants, that he might see the end. And the chief
priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus,
that they might put him to death; and they found not, whereas
many false witnesses had come in.
And last of all there
came two false witnesses; and they said: This man said, I am able
to destroy the temple of God, and after three days to rebuild it.
And the high-priest rising up, said to him: Answerest thou
nothing to the things which these witness against thee? But Jesus
held his peace. And the high-priest said to him: I adjure thee,
by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Christ the
Son of God. Jesus saith to him: Thou hast said it. Nevertheless I
say to you. Hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting on the
right hand of the power of God, and coming in the clouds of
heaven. Then the high-priest rent his garments, saying: He hath
blasphemed, what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now
you have heard the blasphemy: what think you? But they answering,
said: He is guilty of death. Then did they spit in his face, and
buffet him, and others struck his face with the palms of their
hands, saying: Prophesy unto us, O Christ, who is he that struck
thee? But Peter sat without in the court; and there came to him a
servant-maid, saying: Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilean. But
he denied before them all, saying: I know not what thou sayest.
And as he went out of the gate, another maid saw him, and she
saith to them that were there: This man also was with Jesus of
Nazareth. And again he denied with an oath: That I know not the
man. And after a little while they came that stood by, and said
to Peter: Surely thou also art one of them; for even thy speech,
doth discover thee. Then he began to curse and swear that he knew
not the man. And immediately the cock crew. And Peter remembered
the words of Jesus which he had said: Before the cock crow, thou
wilt deny me thrice. And going forth, he wept bitterly. And when
morning was come, all the chief priests and ancients of the
people took council against Jesus, that they might put him to
death.
And they brought him bound, and delivered him to
Pontius Pilate the governor. Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing
that he was condemned, repenting himself, brought back the thirty
pieces of silver to the chief priests and ancients, saying: I
have sinned, in betraying innocent blood. But they said: What is
that to us? look thou to it. And casting down the pieces of
silver in the temple, he departed, and went and hanged himself
with a halter. But the chief priests having taken the pieces of
silver, said: It is not lawful to put them into the corbona,
because it is the price of blood. And after they had consulted
together, they bought with them the potter's field, to be a
burying-place for strangers. For this cause that field was called
Haceldama, that is, the field of blood, even to this day. Then
was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet,
saying: "And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of
him that was prized, whom they prized of the children of Israel.
And they gave them unto the potter's field, as the Lord appointed
to me." And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor
asked him, saying: Art thou the king of the Jews? Jesus saith to
him: Thou sayest it. And when he was accused by the chief priests
and ancients, he answered nothing. Then Pilate saith to him: Dost
thou not hear how great testimonies they allege against thee? And
he answered him to never a word; so that the governor wondered
exceedingly. Now upon the solemn day the governor was accustomed
to release to the people one prisoner, whom they would. And he
had then a notorious prisoner, that was called Barabbas. They
therefore being gathered together, Pilate said: Whom will you
that I release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus that is called Christ?
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. And as he was
sitting in the place of judgment, his wife sent to him, saying:
Have thou nothing to do with that just man. For I have suffered
many things this day in a dream because of him.
But the
chief priests and ancients persuaded the people that they should
ask Barabbas, and make Jesus away. And the governor answering,
said to them: Whether will you of the two to be released unto
you? But they said, Barabbas. Pilate saith to them: what shall I
do then with Jesus that is called Christ? They say all: Let him
be crucified. The governor said to them: Why, what evil hath he
done? But they cried out the more, saying: Let him be crucified.
And Pilate seeing that he prevailed nothing, but that rather a
tumult was made; taking water he washed his hands before the
people, saying: I am innocent of the blood of this just man: look
you to it. And the whole people answering, said: His blood be
upon us, and upon our children. Then he released to them
Barabbas: and having scourged Jesus, delivered him unto them to
be crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor taking Jesus into
the hall, gathered together unto him the whole band; and
stripping him, they put a scarlet cloak about him. And platting a
crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his
right hand. And bowing the knee before him, they mocked him,
saying: Hail, king of the Jews. And spitting upon him, they took
the reed, and struck his head. And after they had mocked him,
they took off the cloak from him, and put on his own garments,
and led him away to crucify him. And going out they met a man of
Cyrene named Simon: him they forced to take up the cross. And
they came to the place that is called Golgotha, which is the
place of Calvary. And they gave him wine to drink mingled with
gall. And when he had tasted, he would not drink. And after they
had crucified him, they divided his garments, casting lots: that
it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
"They divided my garments among them; and upon my vesture they
cast lots:" and they sat and watched him. And they put over his
head his cause written: This is Jesus the King of the
Jews.
Then were crucified with him two thieves, one on
the right hand, and one on the left. And they that passed by,
blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying: Vah, thou that
destroyest the temple of God, and in three days dost rebuild it,
save thy own self: if thou be the Son of God, come down from the
cross. In like manner also the chief priests, with the scribes
and ancients, mocking, said: He saved others; himself he cannot
save: if he be the king of Israel, let him now come down from the
cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God: let him now
deliver him, if he will have him: for he said: I am the Son of
God. And the self-same thing the thieves also that were crucified
with him, reproached him with. Now from the sixth hour there was
darkness over the whole earth until the ninth hour. And about the
ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli, lamma
sabacthani? that is, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
And some that stood there and heard, said: This man calleth
Elias. And immediately one of them running, took a sponge, and
filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to
drink. And the others said: Let us see whether Elias will come
and deliver him. And Jesus again crying with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost. [Here all kneel and pause.] And behold the
veil of the temple was rent in two from the top even to the
bottom, and the earth quaked, and the rocks were rent. And the
graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had slept
arose; and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, came
into the holy city and appeared to many. Now the centurion, and
they that were with him watching Jesus, having seen the
earthquake and the things that were done, were sore afraid,
saying: Indeed this was the Son of God. And there were there many
women afar off who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering
unto him: among whom was Mary Magdalen, and Mary the Mother of
James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
And when it was evening, there came a certain rich man of
Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of
Jesus. He went to Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus. Then
Pilate commanded that the body should be delivered. And Joseph
taking the body, wrapped it up in a clean linen cloth, and laid
it in his own new monument, which he had hewn out in a rock. And
he rolled a great stone to the door of the monument, and went his
way. And there was there Mary Magdalen, and the other Mary
sitting over against the sepulchre. And the next day, which
followed the day of preparation, the chief priests and the
Pharisees came together to Pilate, saying: Sir, we have
remembered, that that seducer said, while he was yet alive: After
three days I will rise again. Command therefore the sepulchre to
be guarded until the third day: lest perhaps his disciples come
and steal him away, and say to the people he is risen from the
dead: and the last error shall be worse than the first. Pilate
said to them: You have a guard; go, guard it as you know. And
they departing, made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and
setting guards.
Easter Sunday.
Epistle.
1 Corinthians v. 7, 8.
Brethren: Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new
paste, as you are unleavened. For Christ, our pasch, is
sacrificed. Therefore let us feast, not with the old leaven, nor
with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened
bread of sincerity and truth.
Gospel.
Mark xvi. 1, 7.
At that time: Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James
and Salome, brought sweet spices, that coming they might anoint
Jesus. And very early in the morning the first day of the week,
they come to the sepulchre, the sun being now risen.
And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the stone
from the door of the sepulchre? And looking, they saw the stone
rolled back. For it was very great. And entering into the
sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side clothed
with a white robe: and they were astonished. Who saith to them:
Be not affrighted: you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified:
he is risen, he is not here, behold the place where they laid
him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, that he goeth before
you into Galilee: there you shall see him, as he told you. Credo.
Quasimodo, Or Low Sunday.
Epistle.
1 John v. 4, 9.
Dearly beloved: Whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the
world; and this is the victory which overcometh the world, our
faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth
that Jesus is the Son of God? This is he that came by water and
blood, Jesus Christ: not by water only, but by water and blood.
And it is the Spirit which testifieth, that Christ is the truth.
And there are three who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the
Word, and the Holy Ghost. And these three are one. And there are
three that give testimony on earth: the Spirit, the water, and
the blood, and these three are one. If we receive the testimony
of men, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the
testimony of God which is greater, because he hath testified of
his Son. He that believeth in the Son of God, hath the testimony
of God in himself.
Gospel.
John xx. 19, 31.
At that time: When it was late that same day, being the
first day of the week, and the doors were shut, where the
disciples were gathered together for fear of the Jews, Jesus came
and stood in the midst, and said to them: Peace be to you. And
when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord. He said
therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent
me, I also send you. When he had said this, he breathed on them;
and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whose sins you
shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall
retain, they are retained. Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who is
called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other
disciples therefore said to him: We have seen the Lord. But he
said to them: Except I shall see in his hands the print of the
nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my
hands into his side, I will not believe. And after eight days,
again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus
cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said:
Peace be to you. Then he said to Thomas: Put in thy finger
hither, and see my hands, and bring hither thy hand, and put it
into my side; and be not faithless, but believing. Thomas
answered, and said to him: My Lord and my God! Jesus said to him:
Because thou hast seen me, Thomas, thou hast believed: blessed
are they that have not seen, and have believed. Many other signs
also did Jesus in the sight of his disciples, which are not
written in this book. But these are written that you may believe
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God: and that believing you
may have life in his name. Credo.
Second Sunday After Easter.
Epistle.
1 Peter ii. 21, 25.
Dearly beloved; Christ also suffered for us, leaving you
an example that you should follow his steps. Who did no sin,
neither was guile found in is mouth. Who when he was reviled,
did not revile: when he suffered, he threatened not: but
delivered himself to him that judged him unjustly: who his own
self bore our sins in his body upon the tree: that we being dead
to sins, should live to justice: by whose stripes you were
healed. For you were as sheep going astray: but you are now
converted to the shepherd and bishop of your souls.
Gospel.
John x. 11, 16.
At that time: Jesus said to the Pharisees: I am the good
shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep. But
the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the
sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep, and
flieth, and the wolf catcheth, and scattereth the sheep: and the
hireling flieth, because he is a hireling; and he hath no care
for the sheep. I am the good shepherd: and I know mine, and mine
know me. As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I
lay down my life for my sheep. And other sheep I have, that are
not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my
voice, and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. Credo.
Third Sunday After Easter.
Epistle.
1 Peter ii. 11, 19.
Dearly beloved: I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims to
refrain yourselves from carnal desires, which war against the
soul, having your conversation good among the Gentiles: that
whereas they speak against you as evil doers, they may, by the
good works which they shall behold in you, glorify God in the day
of visitation. Be ye subject therefore to every human creature
for God's sake: whether it be to kings as excelling: or to
governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, and
for the praise of the good: for so is the will of God, that by
doing well you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
as free, and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the
servants of God. Honour all men: love the brotherhood: fear God:
honour the king. Servants be subject to your masters with all
fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
For this is thanks-worthy in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Gospel.
John xvi. 16,22.
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: A little while,
and now you shall not see me: and again a little while, and you
shall see me; because I go to the Father. Then some of his
disciples said one to another: What is it that he saith to us: A
little while, and you shall not see me: and again a little while,
and you shall see me, and because I go to the Father? They said
therefore: What is this that he saith: A little while? we know
not what he speaketh. And Jesus knew that they had a mind to ask
him; and he said to them: Of this do you inquire among
yourselves, because I said: A little while, and you shall not see
me; and again, a little while and you shall see me. Amen, amen, I
say to you, that you shall lament and weep, but the world shall
rejoice: and you shall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall
be turned into joy. A woman, when she is in labour, hath sorrow,
because her hour is come: but when she hath brought forth the
child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is
born into the world. So also you now indeed have sorrow, but I
will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice; and your joy no
man shall take from you. Credo.
Fourth Sunday After Easter.
Epistle.
James i. 17, 21.
Dearly beloved: Every best gift, and every perfect gift,
is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom
there is no change, nor shadow of alteration. For of his own will
hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some
beginning of his creatures. You know, my dearest brethren. And
let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak, and slow to
anger. For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God.
Wherefore casting away all uncleanness, and abundance of
naughtiness, with meekness receive the ingrafted word, which is
able to save your souls.
Gospel.
John xvi. 5, 15.
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: I go to him
that sent me; and none of you asketh me: Whither goest thou? But
because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow hath filled
your heart. But I tell you the truth: It is expedient to you that
I go: for if I go not, the Paraclete will not come to you; but if
I go, I will send him to you. And when he is come, he will
convince the world of sin, and of justice, and of judgment. Of
sin: because they believed not in me. And of justice: because I
go to the Father; and you shall see me no longer. And of
judgment: because the prince of this world is already judged. I
have yet many things to say to you: but you cannot bear them now.
But 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 show you. He shall glorify me: because he shall receive of
mine, and shall show it you. Credo.
Fifth Sunday After Easter.
Epistle.
James i. 22, 27.
Dearly beloved: Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers
only, deceiving your own selves. For if a man be a hearer of the
word and not a doer; he shall be compared to a man beholding his
own countenance in a glass. For he beheld himself and went his
way, and presently forgot what manner of man he was. But he that
hath looked into the perfect law of liberty, and hath continued
therein, not becoming a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work:
this man shall be blessed in his deed. And if any man think
himself religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his own
heart, this man's religion is vain. Religion clean and
undefiled before God and the Father, is this: to visit the
fatherless and the widows in their tribulation: and to keep one's
self unspotted from the world.
Gospel.
John xvi. 23, 30.
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: Amen, amen, I
say to you; if you ask the Father any thing in my name, he will
give it you. Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name.
Ask and you shall receive; that your joy may be full. These
things I have spoken to you in proverbs. The hour cometh when I
no more will speak to you in proverbs, but will show you plainly
of the Father. In that day you shall ask in my name: and I say
not to you, that I will ask the Father for you. For the Father
himself loveth you, because you have loved me, and have believed
that I came out from God. I came forth from the Father, and am
come into the world: again I leave the world, and go to the
Father. His disciples say to him: Behold now thou speakest
plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now we know that thou knowest
all things, and thou needest not that any man should ask thee. By
this we believe that thou camest forth from God. Credo.
Ascension-Day.
Lesson.
Acts i. 1, 11.
The former treatise, I made, O Theophilus, of all things which
Jesus began to do and to teach, until the day on which, giving
commandments by the Holy Ghost to the apostles whom he had
chosen, he was taken up. To whom also he showed himself alive
after his passion, by many proofs, by forty days appearing to
them, and speaking of the kingdom of God. And eating together
with them, he commanded them, that they should not depart from
Jerusalem, but should wait for the promise of the Father, which
you have heard (saith he) by my mouth: for John indeed baptized
with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not
many days hence.
They therefore who were come together, asked him, saying: Lord,
wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom of Israel? But
he said to them: It is not for you to know the times or moments,
which the Father hath put in his own power; but you shall receive
the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be
witnesses to me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and
even to the uttermost part of the earth. And when he had said
these things, while they looked on, he was raised up; and a cloud
received him out of their sight. And while they were beholding
him going up to heaven, behold two men stood by them, in white
garments. Who also said: Ye men of Galilee, why stand you looking
up to heaven? This Jesus, who is taken up from you into heaven,
shall so come as you have seen him going into heaven.
Gospel.
Mark xvi. 14, 20.
At that time: Jesus appeared to the eleven as they were at
table; and he upbraided them with their incredulity and hardness
of heart, because they did not believe them who had seen him
after he was risen again. And he said to them: Go ye into the
whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that
believeth and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth
not shall be condemned. And these signs shall follow them that
believe: In my name they shall cast out devils: they shall speak
with new tongues: they shall take up serpents: and if they shall
drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them: they shall lay
hands upon the sick, and they shall recover. And the Lord Jesus,
after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and
sitteth on the right hand of God. But they going, preached every
where: the Lord working withal, and confirming the word with
signs that followed. Credo.
Sunday Within The Octave Of The Ascension.
Epistle.
1 Peter iv. 7, 11.
Most dearly beloved: Be prudent, and watch in prayers. But
before all things have a constant mutual charity among
yourselves: for charity covereth a multitude of sins. Using
hospitality one towards another, without murmuring. As every man
hath received grace, ministering the same one to another: as good
stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him
speak as the words of God. If any man minister, let him do it as
of the power which God administereth; that in all things God may
be honoured through Jesus Christ; to whom is glory and empire for
ever and ever. Amen.
Gospel.
John xv. 26. xvi. 1, 4.
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: When the
Paraclete cometh whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit
of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall give testimony
of me; and you shall give testimony, because you are with me from
the beginning. These things have I spoken to you, that you may
not be scandalized. They will put you out of the synagogues; yea
the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he
doeth a service to God. And these things will they do to you,
because they have not known the Father, nor me. But these things
I have told you; that when the hour shall come, you may remember
that I told you of them. Credo.
Whit-Sunday.
Lesson.
Acts ii. 1, 11.
When the days of Pentecost were accomplished, they were all
together in one place: and suddenly there came a sound from
heaven, as of a mighty wind coming, and it filled the whole house
where they were sitting. And there appeared to them parted
tongues as it were of fire, and it sat upon every one of them:
and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to
speak with divers tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave them
to speak.
Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men out of
every nation under heaven. And when this was noised abroad, the
multitude came together, and were confounded in mind, because
that every man heard them speak in his own tongue. And they were
all amazed and wondered, saying: Behold, are not all these that
speak, Galileans; and how have we heard, every man our own tongue
wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and
inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and
Asia, Phrygia and Pamphilia, Egypt and the parts of Lybia, about
Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews also, and Proselytes, Cretes
and Arabians: we have heard them speak in our own tongues the
wonderful works of God.
Gospel.
John xiv. 23. 31.
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: 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: he 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. These things
have I spoken to you, abiding with you. But 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. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give
to you: not as the world giveth, do I give unto you. Let not your
heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid. You have heard that I
said to you: I go away, and I come again to you. If you loved me,
you would indeed be glad, because I go to the Father: for the
Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it come
to pass: that when it shall come to pass, you may believe. I will
not now speak many things with you. For the prince of this world
cometh, and in me he hath not any thing. But that the world may
know that I love the Father: and as the Father hath given me
commandment, so do I. Credo.
Trinity Sunday.
Epistle.
Romans xi. 33, 36.
O the depth of the
riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God!
How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how
unsearchable his ways! For who hath known the mind
of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor? Or
who hath first given to him, and recompense shall be
made him? For of him, and by him, and in him are all
things: to him be glory for ever. Amen.
Gospel.
Matthew xxviii. 18, 20.
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: All power is
given to me in heaven and in earth. Going, therefore, teach all
nations: Baptising them in the name op the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you
all days, even to the consummation of the world. Credo.
Gospel of the First Sunday after Pentecost.
Luke vi. 30, 42.
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: Be ye merciful,
as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, and you shall not be
judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and
you shall be forgiven. Give, and it shall be given to you; good
measure and pressed down and shaken together and running over,
shall be given into your bosom. For with the same measure that
you shall mete withal, it shall be measured to you again. And he
spoke also to them a similitude: Can the blind lead the blind? do
they not both fall into the ditch? The disciple is not above his
master: but every one shall be perfect, if he be as his master.
And why seest thou the mote in thy brother's eye; but the beam
that is in thy own eye thou considerest not? or how canst thou
say to thy brother: Brother, let me pull the mote out of thy eye,
when thou thyself seest not the beam in thy own eye? Hypocrite,
cast first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see
clearly to take out the mote from thy brother's eye. Deo
gratias.
Corpus Christi
Epistle.
1 Corinthians xi. 23, 29.
Brethren: I have received of the Lord, that which also I
delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he
was betrayed, took bread, and giving thanks, broke, and said:
Take ye, and eat: this is my body which shall be delivered for
you: this do for the commemoration of me. In like manner also
the chalice, after he had supped, saying: This chalice is the
New Testament in my blood: this do ye, as often as you shall
drink it, for the commemoration of me. For as often as you
shall eat this bread, and drink this chalice, you shall show the
death of the Lord, until he come. Therefore, whosoever shall eat
this bread or drink of the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall
be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man prove
himself: and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of the
chalice. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and
drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the
Lord.
Gospel.
John vi. 56, 59.
At that time: Jesus said to the multitude of the Jews: My
flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that
eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in
him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father;
so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me. This 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. Credo.
Second Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
1 John iii. 13, 18.
Dearly beloved: Wonder not if the world hate you. We know
that we have passed from death to life, because we love the
brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death. Whosoever hateth
his brother, is a murderer. And you know that no murderer hath
eternal life abiding in himself. In this we have known the
charity of God, because he hath laid down his life for us: and we
ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. He that hath the
substance of this world, and shall see his brother in need, and
shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity of God abide in
him? My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue,
but in deed and in truth.
Gospel.
Luke xiv. 16, 24.
At that time: Jesus spoke this parable to the Pharisees: A
certain man made a great supper, and invited many, and he sent
his servant at the hour of supper to say to them that were
invited, that they should come, for now all things are ready. And
they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: I
have bought a farm, and must needs go out and see it: I pray
thee, hold me excused. And another said: I have bought five yoke
of oxen, and I go to try them: I pray thee hold me excused. And
another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
And the servant returning told these things to his lord. Then the
master of the house being angry, said to his servant: Go out
quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in
hither the poor, and the feeble, and the blind, and the lame. And
the servant said: Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and
yet there is room. And the Lord said to the servant: Go out into
the high-ways and hedges; and compel them to come in, that my
house may be filled. But I say unto you, that none of those men
that were invited, shall taste of my supper. Credo.
Third Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
1 Peter v. 6, 11.
Dearly beloved: Be you humbled under the mighty hand of
God, that he may exalt you in the time of visitation. Casting all
your care upon him, for he hath care of you. Be sober and watch:
because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about,
seeking whom he may devour: whom resist ye, strong in faith;
knowing that the same affliction befalls your brethren who are in
the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us into his
eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little,
will himself perfect you, and confirm and stablish you. To him be
glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen.
Gospel.
Luke xv. 1, 10.
At that time: The publicans and sinners drew near unto him
to hear him. And the Pharisees and Scribes murmured, saying: This
man receiveth sinners and eateth with them. And he spoke to them
this parable, saying: What man of you that hath a hundred sheep,
and if he shall lose one of them, doth he not leave the
ninety-nine in the desert, and go after that which was lost until
he find it? And when he hath found it, lay it upon his shoulders
rejoicing: and coming home call together his friends and
neighbours, saying to them: Rejoice with me, because I have found
my sheep that was lost? I say to you, that even so there shall be
joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon
ninety-nine just who need not penance. Or what woman having ten
groats, if she lose one groat, doth not light a candle, and sweep
the house, and seek diligently until she find it? And when she
hath found it, call together her friends and neighbours, saying:
Rejoice with me, because I have found the groat which I had lost?
So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon
one sinner doing penance. Credo.