Daily Reading for Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

Reading 1, Acts 12:24-13:5

²⁴ The word of God continued to spread and to gain followers.

²⁵ Barnabas and Saul completed their task at Jerusalem and came back, bringing John Mark with them.

¹ In the church at Antioch the following were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

² One day while they were offering worship to the Lord and keeping a fast, the Holy Spirit said, 'I want Barnabas and Saul set apart for the work to which I have called them.'

³ So it was that after fasting and prayer they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

⁴ So these two, sent on their mission by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and from there set sail for Cyprus.

⁵ They landed at Salamis and proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; John acted as their assistant.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8

² Then the earth will acknowledge your ways, and all nations your power to save.

³ Let the nations praise you, God, let all the nations praise you.

⁵ Let the nations praise you, God, let all the nations praise you.

⁶ The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God has blessed us.