Thursday in the Fifth Week of Lent

Send us Fan MailThursday, 10 April 2025Thursday in the Fifth Week of Lent Antiphons and Readings on p 318 of the Daily MissalFirst Reading: Genesis 17:3-9In those days:  Abram fell on his face;  and God said to him,  “Behold, my covenant is with you,  and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.  No longer shall your name be Abram,  but your name shall be Abraham;  for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.  I will make you exceedingly fruitful;  and I will make nations of you,  and kings shall come forth from you.  And I will establish my covenant  between me and you and your descendants after you  throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant,  to be God to you and to your descendants after you.  And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you,  the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan,  for an everlasting possession;  and I will be their God.”And God said to Abraham,  “As for you, you shall keep my covenant,  you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. Responsorial psalm: Psalm 105:4-5.6-7.8-9R/.  The Lord remembers his covenant forever.Turn to the Lord and his strength;  constantly seek his face. Remember the wonders he has done, his marvels and his words of judgement.O children of Abraham, his servant, O descendants of the Jacob he chose, he, the Lord, is our God; his judgements are in all the earth.He remembers his covenant for ever: the promise he ordained for a thousand generations, the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac. R/.  The Lord remembers his covenant forever.Gospel: John 8:51-59Jesus said to the Jews, “Truly, truly, I say to you,  if any one keeps my word, he will never see death.” The Jews said to him,  “Now we know that you have a demon.  Abraham died, as did the prophets;  and you say,  ‘If any one keeps my word, he will never taste death.’  Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died?  And the prophets died!  Who do you claim to be?” Jesus answered,  “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing;  it is my Father who glorifies me,  of whom you say that he is your God.  But you have not known him; I know him.  If I said, I do not know him, I should be a liar like you;  but I do know him and I keep his word.  Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day;  he saw itand was glad.” The Jews then said to him,  “You are not yet fifty years old,  and have you seen Abraham?” Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you,  before Abraham was, I am.” So they took up stones to throw at him;  but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.