First Reading
Acts 9:1-20
- 1
And Saul, as yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
- 2
And asked of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues: that if he found any men and women of this way, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
- 3
And as he went on his journey, it came to pass that he drew nigh to Damascus; and suddenly a light from heaven shined round about him.
- 4
And falling on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
- 5
Who said: Who art thou, Lord? And he: I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. It is hard for thee to kick against the goad.
- 6
And he trembling and astonished, said: Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?
- 7
And the Lord said to him: Arise, and go into the city, and there it shall be told thee what thou must do. Now the men who went in company with him, stood amazed, hearing indeed a voice, but seeing no man.
- 8
And Saul arose from the ground; and when his eyes were opened, he saw nothing. But they leading him by the hands, brought him to Damascus.
- 9
And he was there three days, without sight, and he did neither eat nor drink.
- 10
Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision: Ananias. And he said: Behold I am here, Lord.
- 11
And the Lord said to him: Arise, and go into the street that is called Stait, and seek in the house of Judas, one named Saul of Tarsus. For behold he prayeth.
- 12
(And he saw a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hands upon him, that he might receive his sight.)
- 13
But Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints in Jerusalem.
- 14
And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that invoke thy name.
- 15
And the Lord said to him: Go thy way; for this man is to me a vessel of election, to carry my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel.
- 16
For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
- 17
And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house. And laying his hands upon him, he said: Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus hath sent me, he that appeared to thee in the way as thou camest; that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
- 18
And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight; and rising up, he was baptized.
- 19
And when he had taken meat, he was strengthened. And he was with the disciples that were at Damascus, for some days.
- 20
And immediately he preached Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain · 73 books. Psalm numbers follow the Roman lectionary.