Saturday of the Third Week of Easter

Send us Fan MailSaturday, 10 May 2025Saturday of the Third Week of Easter Antiphons and Readings on p 492 of the Daily Missal First Reading: Acts 9:31-42In those days:  The Church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria  had peace and was built up;  and walking in the fear of the Lord  and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit it was multiplied. Now as Peter went here and there among them all,  he came down also to the saints that lived at Lydda.  There he found a man named Aeneas,  who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyzed.  And Peter said to him,  “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you;  rise and make your bed.”  And immediately he rose.  And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him,  and they turned to the Lord. Now there was at Joppa a disciple named Tabitha,  which means Dorcas or Gazelle.  She was full of good works and acts of charity.  In those days she fell sick and died;  and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room. Since Lydda was near Joppa,  the disciples, hearing that Peter was there,  sent two men to him entreating him,  “Please come to us without delay.” So Peter rose and went with them.  And when he had come,  they took him to the upper room.  All the widows stood beside him weeping  and showing coats and garments which Dorcas made  while she was with them.  But Peter put them all outside and knelt down and prayed;  then turning to the body he said, “Tabitha, rise.”  And she opened her eyes,  and when she saw Peter she sat up.  And he gave her his hand and lifted her up.  Then calling the saints and widows he presented her alive.  And it became known throughout all Joppa,  and many believed in the Lord.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 116:12-13.14-15.16-17 (R. 12)Gospel: John 6:60-69At that time:  Many of the disciples of Jesus said,  “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it,  said to them, “Do you take offense at this?  Then what if you were to see the Son of man  ascending where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life,  the flesh is of no avail;  the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.  But there are some of you that do not believe.”  For Jesus knew from the first  who those were that did not believe,  and who it was that would betray him.  And he said,  “This is why I told you that no one can come to me  unless it is granted him by the Father.” After this many of his disciples drew back  and no longer walked with him.  Jesus said to the twelve,  “Will you also go away?” Simon Peter answered him,  “Lord, to whom shall we go?  You have the words of eternal life;  and we have believed, and have come to know,  that you are the Holy One of God.”