TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2021
FIRST READING
"Lord Jesus, receive my spirit"
A Reading from the book of Acts of the Apostles (7, 51 - 8, 1a)
In those days, Stephen said to the people, to the elders and to the scribes: “You who have a stiff neck, you whose hearts and ears are closed to the Covenant, you have always resisted the Holy Spirit; you are just like your fathers! Is there a prophet your fathers did not persecute? They even killed those who announced in advance the coming of the Just One, the one you have now delivered and murdered. You who had received the law by order of the angels, you did not keep it. Those who listened to this speech had an exasperated heart and gritted their teeth against Etienne. But he, filled with the Holy Spirit, stared at the sky: he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. He said: “Behold, I behold the heavens open and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God. So they cried out loudly and covered their ears. All together they rushed at him, dragged him out of the city, and began to stone him. The witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. Stephen, while he was being stoned, prayed thus: “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. Then, falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, "Lord, do not count this sin against them. And, after this word, he fell asleep in death. he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not count this sin against them. And, after this word, he fell asleep in death. he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not count this sin against them. And, after this word, he fell asleep in death.
As for Saul, he approved of this murder.
The Word of the Lord.
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