Daily Bible Readings Monday May 25 2009 Seventh Week of Easter

May 25 2009 Monday Seventh Week of Easter
Saint of the Day – St. Bede the Venerable

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The Acts of the Apostles 19:1-8
Haydock New Testament

AND it came to pass, while Apollo was at Corinth, that Paul having passed through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples: And he said to them:

Have you received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?

But they said to him:

We have not so much as heard whether there be a Holy Ghost.

And he said:

In what then were you baptized?

Who said:

In John’s baptism.

Then Paul said:

John baptized the people with the baptism of penance, saying; That they should believe in him who was to come after him, that is to say, in Jesus.

Having heard these things, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had imposed his hands on them, the Holy Ghost came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. And all the men were about twelve. And entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading concerning the kingdom of God.

Responsorial Psalm 67:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab (Ps 68 NAB/Hebrew)
DR Challoner Text Only

Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered:
and let them that hate him flee from before his face.
As smoke vanisheth,
so let them vanish away:
as wax melteth before the fire
And let the just feast,
and rejoice before God:
and be delighted with gladness.
Sing ye to God,
sing a psalm to his name,
the Lord is his name.
Rejoice ye before him:
but the wicked shall be troubled at his presence,
Who is the father of orphans,
and the judge of widows.
God in his holy place:
God who maketh men of one manner to dwell in a house:
Who bringeth out them that were bound in strength

The Gospel According to Saint John 16:29-33
Haydock NT

His disciples say to him:

behold now thou speakest plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now we know that thou knowest all things, and thou needed not that any man ask thee: by this we believe, that thou camest forth from God.

Jesus answered them:

Do you now believe? Behold the hour cometh, and is now come, that you shall be dispersed, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress: but have confidence, I have overcome the world.

Haydock Commentary Acts 19:1-8
Notes copied from Haydock Commentary Site

• Ver. 1. Disciples. These were apparently disciples of S. John the Baptist, who believed in Christ from his testimony, and had received no farther instruction, nor any baptism but John’s.  Calmet.
• Ver. 2. S. Paul first inquires of them, if they have received the Holy Ghost by confirmation.  Their answer is probably not to be interpreted with rigour; since they must have heard something of the holy Spirit, so often mentioned in the Old Testament, by whom the prophets are said to speak, &c.  They meant, they did not know there was in the Church, any means of communicating this Spirit to the faithful.  Idem.
• Ver. 5. Baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, so called to distinguish it from the baptism of John; and that of Christ was given in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, according to the command of Christ himself.  Wi.
• Ver. 6. Imposed his hands on them, by which imposition of hands, was given the Holy Ghost in the sacrament of confirmation.  Wi.

Haydock Commentary John 16:29-33

• Ver. 29. In this we believe that thou camest forth from God; that is, we are more confirmed, than ever, that thou art the Messias, the true Son of God.  Yet S. Chrys. S. Cyril, and S. Aug. take notice, that their faith was but imperfect, till after Christ’s resurrection, and the coming of the Holy Ghost; and therefore Christ answered them, (v. 31. &c.) Now do you believe?  the hour cometh, that you shall be dispersed, &c.  Wi.