Reading 1, Acts 6:1-7

¹ About this time, when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenists made a complaint against the Hebrews: in the daily distribution their own widows were being overlooked.

² So the Twelve called a full meeting of the disciples and addressed them, 'It would not be right for us to neglect the word of God so as to give out food;

³ you, brothers, must select from among yourselves seven men of good reputation, filled with the Spirit and with wisdom, to whom we can hand over this duty.

⁴ We ourselves will continue to devote ourselves to prayer and to the service of the word.'

⁵ The whole assembly approved of this proposal and elected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, together with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus of Antioch, a convert to Judaism.

⁶ They presented these to the apostles, and after prayer they laid their hands on them.

⁷ The word of the Lord continued to spread: the number of disciples in Jerusalem was greatly increased, and a large group of priests made their submission to the faith.

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Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19

¹ Shout for joy, you upright; praise comes well from the honest.

² Give thanks to Yahweh on the lyre, play for him on the ten-stringed lyre.

⁴ The word of Yahweh is straightforward, all he does springs from his constancy.

⁵ He loves uprightness and justice; the faithful love of Yahweh fills the earth.

¹⁸ But see how Yahweh watches over those who fear him, those who rely on his faithful love,

¹⁹ to rescue them from death and keep them alive in famine.

Gospel, John 6:16-21

¹⁶ That evening the disciples went down to the shore of the sea

¹⁷ and got into a boat to make for Capernaum on the other side of the sea. It was getting dark by now and Jesus had still not rejoined them.

¹⁸ The wind was strong, and the sea was getting rough.

¹⁹ They had rowed three or four miles when they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming towards the boat. They were afraid,

²⁰ but he said, 'It's me. Don't be afraid.'

²¹ They were ready to take him into the boat, and immediately it reached the shore at the place they were making for.

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