Daily Reading for Saturday, May 22nd, 2021

Reading 1, Acts 28:16-20, 30-31

¹⁶ On our arrival in Rome Paul was allowed to stay in lodgings of his own with the soldier who guarded him.

¹⁷ After three days he called together the leading Jews. When they had assembled, he said to them, 'Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

¹⁸ They examined me and would have set me free, since they found me guilty of nothing involving the death penalty;

¹⁹ but the Jews lodged an objection, and I was forced to appeal to Caesar, though not because I had any accusation to make against my own nation.

²⁰ That is why I have urged you to see me and have a discussion with me, for it is on account of the hope of Israel that I wear this chain.'

³⁰ He spent the whole of the two years in his own rented lodging. He welcomed all who came to visit him,

³¹ proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching the truth about the Lord Jesus Christ with complete fearlessness and without any hindrance from anyone.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 11:4, 5, 7

⁴ Yahweh in his holy temple! Yahweh, his throne is in heaven; his eyes watch over the world, his gaze scrutinises the children of Adam.

⁵ Yahweh examines the upright and the wicked, the lover of violence he detests.

⁷ For Yahweh is upright and loves uprightness, the honest will ever see his face.