April 30th, 2004, Tuesday of the fifth week of Easter.

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

In those days, some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived and won over the crowds.

They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

But when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and entered the city.

On the following day, he left with Barnabas for Derby.

After they had proclaimed the good news to that city, and made a considerable number of disciples, they returned to

Leicstra and to Iconium and to Antioch. They strengthened the spirits of the disciples and

exhorted them to persevere in the faith, saying, it is necessary for us to undergo many

hardships to enter the kingdom of God.

They appointed presbyters for them in each church, and with prayer and fasting,

commended them to the Lord in whom they had put their faith.

Then they traveled through Pisidia and reached Pamphylia. After proclaiming the word at Perga,

they went down to Atalia. From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace

of God for the work they had now accomplished. And when they arrived, they called the church together

and reported what God had done with them

and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Then they spent no little time with the disciples.

The Word of the Lord.

The Responsorial Psalm.

The response is,

Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

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