MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2021
FIRST READING
“This Jesus, God raised up; we are all witnesses ”
Reading from the book of Acts of the Apostles (2, 14. 22b-33)
On the day of Pentecost, Peter, standing with the other eleven Apostles, raised his voice and made this declaration to them: “You Jews, and all of you who reside in Jerusalem, know this well, listen to my words. This is Jesus the Nazarene, a man whom God accredited to you by performing miracles, wonders and signs in your midst, as you yourselves know. This man, delivered according to the well-defined plan and the foreknowledge of God, you have suppressed him by nailing him to the wood by the hand of the ungodly. But God resurrected him by delivering him from the pains of death, for it was not possible for him to hold him in her power. Indeed, it is of him that David speaks in the psalm: I saw the Lord before me without slackening: he is at my right hand, I am immovable. This is why my heart is in feast, and my tongue exults with joy; my flesh itself will rest in hope: you cannot abandon me to hell, nor let your faithful see corruption. You taught me the ways of life, you will fill me with joy by your presence. Brethren, it is permissible to tell you with assurance, concerning Patriarch David, that he is dead, that he has been buried, and that his tomb is still with us today. Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn to him that a man of his own would sit on his throne. He foresaw the resurrection of Christ, of which he spoke thus: He was not forsaken unto death, neither his flesh saw corruption. This Jesus, God raised him up; all of us are witnesses to it. Lifted up by the right hand of God, he received from the Father the Holy Spirit who was promised, and he has poured it out on us, as you see and hear. "
The Word of the Lord.
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