26 MONDAY, MAY 2025
Saint Philip Neri, Priest (Memorial)
Liturgical colour: White
Today’s Rosary: The Joyful Mysteries
FIRST READING
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 16:11-15
The Lord opened her heart to listen to what was said by Paul.
Setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi, which is the leading city of the district of Macedonia, and a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days; and on the sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together. One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshipper of God. The Lord opened her heart to listen to what was said by Paul. And when she was baptised, with her household, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
V/ The word of the Lord.
R/ Thanks be to God.
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