Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter

Official Translation

Reading 1 – Acts 18.1-8

Paul departed from Athens
and went to Corinth.
He found a certain Jew named Aquila,
Pontikian by race,
who had recently come from Italy,
with his wife Priscilla,
because Claudius had commanded
all the Jews to depart from Rome.

He went to them
and because he practiced the same trade,
he lived with them and worked,
for by trade they were tentmakers.
He dialogued in the synagogue every Sabbath,
to persuade Jews and Greeks.
But when Silas and Timothy
came down from Macedonia,
Paul was occupied with the word,
testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
When they opposed him and blasphemed,
he shook out his clothing and said to them,
“Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean.
From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!”

He departed there
and went into the house
of someone named Titus Justus,
a worshiper of God,
whose house was
next door to the synagogue.
Crispus, the head of the synagogue,
believed in the Lord with all his house.
Many of the Corinthians,
when they heard,
believed and were baptized.

Responsorial – Psalm 98.1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 Resp. 2ac

R. The Lord has made known his salvation in the sight of the nations. or R. Alleluia!

Sing to the Lord a new song,
because he has done wonderful things.
His right hand has saved,
and his holy arm.

R. The Lord has made known his salvation in the sight of the nations. or R. Alleluia!

The Lord has made known his salvation.
he has revealed his justice in the sight of the nations.
He has remembered his mercy and his fidelity
toward the house of Israel.

R. The Lord has made known his salvation in the sight of the nations. or R. Alleluia!

All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation by our God.
Sing joyfully to God, all the earth;
make melody, rejoice and sing.

R. The Lord has made known his salvation in the sight of the nations. or R. Alleluia!

Gospel – John 16.16-20

Jesus said to his disciples:
A little while
and you will not see me.
Again a little while
and you will see me.”
Some of his disciples therefore
said to one another,
“What is this that he says to us,
‘A little while,
and you will not see me,
and again a little while,
and you will see me;’
and, ‘Because I go to the Father’?”
So they said,
“What is this that he says, ‘A little while’?
We don’t know what he is saying.”

So Jesus perceived
that they wanted to ask him,
and he said to them,
“Do you inquire among yourselves
concerning this that I said,
‘A little while, and you will not see me,
and again a little while,
and you will see me?’
Amen, amen, I tell you
that you will weep and lament,
but the world will rejoice.
You will be sorrowful,
but your sorrow will be turned into joy.