HOLY MASS WEDNESDAY FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER 2020

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The Roman Catholic Church, according to the General Roman Calendar, celebrates the following in Wednesday, 2020-05-13:

• Our Lady of Fatima 2020:

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Acts 17:15, 22--18:1

  1715Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens;and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed. 22So Paul, standing in the middle of the Are-op'agus, said: "Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. 23For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, `To an unknown god.' What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. 24The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man, 25nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything. 26And he made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitation, 27that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us, 28for `In him we live and move and have our being';as even some of your poets have said, `For we are indeed his offspring.' 29Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the Deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, a representation by the art and imagination of man. 30The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all men everywhere to repent, 31because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all men by raising him from the dead." 32Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked;but others said, "We will hear you again about this." 33So Paul went out from among them. 34But some men joined him and believed, among them Dionys'ius the Are-op'agite and a woman named Dam'aris and others with them.181After this he left Athens and went to Corinth.

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  Psalms 148:1-2, 11-14

  1Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens, praise him in the heights! 2Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his host! 11Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth! 12Young men and maidens together, old men and children! 13Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted;his glory is above earth and heaven. 14He has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his saints, for the people of Israel who are near to him. Praise the LORD!

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  John 16:12-15

  12"I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth;for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15All that the Father has is mine;therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

• WEDNESDAY FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER 2020:

  Easter Time.

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Acts 15:1-6

  Some who had come down from Judea were instructing the brothers,
  “Unless you are circumcised according to the Mosaic practice,
  you cannot be saved.”
  Because there arose no little dissension and debate
  by Paul and Barnabas with them,
  it was decided that Paul, Barnabas, and some of the others
  should go up to Jerusalem to the Apostles and presbyters
  about this question.
  They were sent on their journey by the Church,
  and passed through Phoenicia and Samaria
  telling of the conversion of the Gentiles,
  and brought great joy to all the brethren.
  When they arrived in Jerusalem,
  they were welcomed by the Church,
  as well as by the Apostles and the presbyters,
  and they reported what God had done with them.
  But some from the party of the Pharisees who had become believers
  stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them
  and direct them to observe the Mosaic law.”
  
  The Apostles and the presbyters met together to see about this matter.

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  PS 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5

  R. (see 1) Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  I rejoiced because they said to me,
  “We will go up to the house of the LORD.”
  And now we have set foot
  within your gates, O Jerusalem.
  R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  Jerusalem, built as a city
  with compact unity.
  To it the tribes go up,
  the tribes of the LORD.
  R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  According to the decree for Israel,
  to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
  In it are set up judgment seats,
  seats for the house of David.
  R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  Jn 15:1-8

  Jesus said to his disciples:
  “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
  He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit,
  and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.
  You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.
  Remain in me, as I remain in you.
  Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own
  unless it remains on the vine,
  so neither can you unless you remain in me.
  I am the vine, you are the branches.
  Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit,
  because without me you can do nothing.
  Anyone who does not remain in me
  will be thrown out like a branch and wither;
  people will gather them and throw them into a fire
  and they will be burned.
  If you remain in me and my words remain in you,
  ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.
  By this is my Father glorified,
  that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.”