Liturgy of the Hours
Saints Christopher Magallanes, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs or Thursday in the 7th 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
Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter
First Reading
Acts 22:30; 23:6-11
Wishing to determine the truth about why Paul was being accused by the Jews, the commander freed him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to convene. Then he brought Paul down and made him stand before them. Paul was aware that some were Sadducees and some Pharisees, so he called out before the Sanhedrin, "My brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees; I am on trial for hope in the resurrection of the dead." When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and ...
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11
Refrain: Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope.
Gospel
John 17:20-26
Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: "I pray not only for these, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you lov...
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