Liturgy of the Hours
Saint Pancras, Martyr or Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs or Tuesday in the 6th week of Easter Season
Prayer Hours
About Today
Invitatory
Office of Readings
Morning Prayer
Midmorning Prayer
Midday Prayer
Midafternoon Prayer
Evening Prayer
Night Prayer
2 audio recordings available
Mass Readings
Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
First Reading
Acts 16:22-34
The crowd in Philippi joined in the attack on Paul and Silas, and the magistrates had them stripped and ordered them to be beaten with rods. After inflicting many blows on them, they threw them into prison and instructed the jailer to guard them securely. When he received these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and secured their feet to a stake. About midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God as the prisoners listened, there was suddenly such a severe ea...
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8
Refrain: Your right hand saves me, O Lord.
Gospel
John 16:5-11
Jesus said to his disciples: "Now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' But because I told you this, grief has filled your hearts. But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes he will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and condemnation: sin, because they do not believe in me; righteousness, because I am going ...
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Daily Meditation
It Is Better for You That I Go
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