So let's talk about today's readings 4/20/10

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Reading 1
Acts 7:51—8:1a
Stephen said to the people, the elders, and the scribes:
“You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears,
you always oppose the Holy Spirit;
you are just like your ancestors.
Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute?
They put to death those who foretold the coming of the righteous one,
whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.
You received the law as transmitted by angels,
but you did not observe it.”

When they heard this, they were infuriated,
and they ground their teeth at him.
But Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit,
looked up intently to heaven and saw the glory of God
and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,
and Stephen said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened
and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
But they cried out in a loud voice,
covered their ears, and rushed upon him together.
They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him.
The witnesses laid down their cloaks
at the feet of a young man named Saul.
As they were stoning Stephen, he called out,
“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
Then he fell to his knees and cried out in a loud voice,
“Lord, do not hold this sin against them”;
and when he said this, he fell asleep.

Now Saul was consenting to his execution.

Ps 31:3cd-4, 6 and 7b and 8a, 17 and 21ab
Responsorial Psalm
R. (6a) Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Be my rock of refuge,
a stronghold to give me safety.
You are my rock and my fortress;
for your name’s sake you will lead and guide me.
R. Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Into your hands I commend my spirit;
you will redeem me, O LORD, O faithful God.
My trust is in the LORD;
I will rejoice and be glad of your mercy.
R. Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Let your face shine upon your servant;
save me in your kindness.
You hide them in the shelter of your presence
from the plottings of men.
R. Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.
or:
R. Alleluia.

Jn 6:30-35
Gospel
The crowd said to Jesus:
“What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you?
What can you do?
Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written:

He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”

So Jesus said to them,
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven;
my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven
and gives life to the world.”

So they said to Jesus,
“Sir, give us this bread always.”
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life;
whoever comes to me will never hunger,
and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”
 
“Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute?
They put to death those who foretold the coming of the righteous one,
whose betrayers and murderers you have now become”
– First Peter, earlier in the week, and now Stephen say to the people that
they killed Jesus. Stephen, like Peter before him, doesn’t say that he himself
killed Jesus with his sins. Then they prove their guilt by killing Stephen too.
He is like a mirror of Jesus’ life. Isn’t it strange when they read this story every
year the day after Christmas? On the heels of joy, comes death.
And on the heels of death, comes life.

“You hide them in the shelter of your presence from the plottings of men.”
– Well, today Stephen wasn’t hidden from their plottings. Or was he? They
killed his body, but his soul was protected by the Almighty God.

"it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven;
my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. "
– This week a lady said that she doesn’t like certain priests homilies because
she doesn’t feel “fed”. But it is not the priest who feeds us. It is God Himself.
He has the power to feed us, no matter the skill of the priest. I respect every
priest as a vessel of the living God, and there is no priest who lacks the
power to feed me.

So what struck you about today’s readiangs? :bible1::twocents:
 
cheeto1 said:
“Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute?
They put to death those who foretold the coming of the righteous one,
whose betrayers and murderers you have now become”
– First Peter, earlier in the week, and now Stephen say to the people that
they killed Jesus. Stephen, like Peter before him, doesn’t say that he himself
killed Jesus with his sins. Then they prove their guilt by killing Stephen too.
He is like a mirror of Jesus’ life. Isn’t it strange when they read this story every
year the day after Christmas? On the heels of joy, comes death.
And on the heels of death, comes life.

“You hide them in the shelter of your presence from the plottings of men.”
– Well, today Stephen wasn’t hidden from their plottings. Or was he? They
killed his body, but his soul was protected by the Almighty God.

"it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven;
my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. "
– This week a lady said that she doesn’t like certain priests homilies because
she doesn’t feel “fed”. But it is not the priest who feeds us. It is God Himself.
He has the power to feed us, no matter the skill of the priest. I respect every
priest as a vessel of the living God, and there is no priest who lacks the
power to feed me.

So what struck you about today’s readiangs? :bible1::twocents:
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BTW - what about the gospel on sunday 19/4/10 - why exactly 153 big fish ? - twinc
 
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