May 2, 2016
We hope it will be a good day today !
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St. Athanasius, Bishop, Doctor of the Church (Memorial)
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Gospel: John 15:26--16:4
15:26 "When the Counsellor* has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
27 You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
16:1 "These things have I spoken to you, so that you wouldn't be caused to stumble.
2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
3 They will do these things* because they have not known the Father, nor me.
4 But I have told you these things, so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn't tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
*15:26: Greek Parakletos: Counsellor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, and Comforter.
*16:3: TR adds "to you"
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Acts 16:11-15
11 Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;
12 and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.
13 On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had come together.
14 A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshipped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.
15 When she and her household were baptised, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." So she persuaded us.
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◇ The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ May 2, 2016 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/16_05_02.mp3
◇ Daily Readings May 2, 2016
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/050216.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2016-05-02
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/John.15
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=John&chapter=15&verse=
◇ The New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)
http://www.usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/index.cfm
◇ Douay-Rheims Bible
http://www.drbo.org/
☆ The Jesus Film (English Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pGEv9qXVaY
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