HOLY MASS FRIDAY FOURTH WEEK OF EASTER 2017

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The Roman Catholic Church, according to the General Roman Calendar, celebrates the following in Friday, 2017-05-12:

• Saint Leopold Mandic, Capuchin, Priest 2017:

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Acts 16:22-34

  22The crowd joined in attacking them;and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods. 23And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely. 24Having received this charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. 25But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, 26and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken;and immediately all the doors were opened and every one's fetters were unfastened. 27When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 28But Paul cried with a loud voice, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here." 29And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas, 30and brought them out and said, "Men, what must I do to be saved?" 31And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." 32And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all that were in his house. 33And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their wounds, and he was baptized at once, with all his family. 34Then he brought them up into his house, and set food before them;and he rejoiced with all his household that he had believed in God.

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  Psalms 138:1-3, 7-8

  1I give thee thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart;before the gods I sing thy praise;2I bow down toward thy holy temple and give thanks to thy name for thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness;for thou hast exalted above everything thy name and thy word. 3On the day I called, thou didst answer me, my strength of soul thou didst increase. 7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou dost preserve my life;thou dost stretch out thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and thy right hand delivers me. 8The LORD will fulfil his purpose for me;thy steadfast love, O LORD, endures for ever. Do not forsake the work of thy hands.

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  John 16:5-11

  5But now I am going to him who sent me;yet none of you asks me, `Where are you going?' 6But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts. 7Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you;but if I go, I will send him to you. 8And when he comes, he will convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: 9concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;10concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more;11concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

• FRIDAY FOURTH WEEK OF EASTER 2017:

  Easter Time.

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Acts 13:26-33

  When Paul came to Antioch in Pisidia, he said in the synagogue:
  “My brothers, children of the family of Abraham,
  and those others among you who are God-fearing,
  to us this word of salvation has been sent.
  The inhabitants of Jerusalem and their leaders failed to recognize him,
  and by condemning him they fulfilled the oracles of the prophets
  that are read sabbath after sabbath.
  For even though they found no grounds for a death sentence,
  they asked Pilate to have him put to death,
  and when they had accomplished all that was written about him,
  they took him down from the tree and placed him in a tomb.
  But God raised him from the dead,
  and for many days he appeared to those
  who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem.
  These are now his witnesses before the people.
  We ourselves are proclaiming this good news to you
  that what God promised our fathers
  he has brought to fulfillment for us, their children, by raising up Jesus,
  as it is written in the second psalm,
  You are my Son;this day I have begotten you.”

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  PS 2:6-7, 8-9, 10-11ab

  R. (7bc) You are my Son;this day I have begotten you.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  “I myself have set up my king
  on Zion, my holy mountain.”
  I will proclaim the decree of the LORD:
  The LORD said to me, “You are my Son;
  this day I have begotten you.”
  R. You are my Son;this day I have begotten you.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  “Ask of me and I will give you
  the nations for an inheritance
  and the ends of the earth for your possession.
  You shall rule them with an iron rod;
  you shall shatter them like an earthen dish.”
  R. You are my Son;this day I have begotten you.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  And now, O kings, give heed;
  take warning, you rulers of the earth.
  Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice before him;
  with trembling rejoice.
  R. You are my Son;this day I have begotten you.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  Jn 14:1-6

  Jesus said to his disciples:
  “Do not let your hearts be troubled.
  You have faith in God;have faith also in me.
  In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places.
  If there were not,
  would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
  And if I go and prepare a place for you,
  I will come back again and take you to myself,
  so that where I am you also may be.
  Where I am going you know the way.”
  Thomas said to him,
  “Master, we do not know where you are going;
  how can we know the way?”
  Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life.
  No one comes to the Father except through me.”