Daily Reading for Monday, May 18th, 2020

Reading 1, Acts 16:11-15

¹¹ Sailing from Troas we made a straight run for Samothrace; the next day for Neapolis,

¹² and from there for Philippi, a Roman colony and the principal city of that district of Macedonia.

¹³ After a few days in this city we went outside the gates beside a river as it was the Sabbath and this was a customary place for prayer. We sat down and preached to the women who had come to the meeting.

¹⁴ One of these women was called Lydia, a woman from the town of Thyatira who was in the purple-dye trade, and who revered God. She listened to us, and the Lord opened her heart to accept what Paul was saying.

¹⁵ After she and her household had been baptised she kept urging us, 'If you judge me a true believer in the Lord,' she said, 'come and stay with us.' And she would take no refusal.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 149:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 9

¹ Alleluia! Sing a new song to Yahweh: his praise in the assembly of the faithful!

² Israel shall rejoice in its Maker, the children of Zion delight in their king;

³ they shall dance in praise of his name, play to him on tambourines and harp!

⁴ For Yahweh loves his people, he will crown the humble with salvation.

⁵ The faithful exult in glory, shout for joy as they worship him,

⁶ praising God to the heights with their voices, a two-edged sword in their hands,

⁹ to execute on them the judgement passed -- to the honour of all his faithful.