May 17, 2015

Reading

 

The Acts of the Apostles 1: 15-17, 20-26

1:15 I kēlā mau lā, Peter, rising up in the midst of the brothers, wahi a (now the crowd of men altogether was about one hundred and twenty):

1:16 “Noble brothers, the Scripture must be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit predicted by the mouth of David about Judas, who was the leader of those who apprehended Jesus.

1:17 He had been numbered among us, and he was chosen by lot for this ministry.

1:20 For it has been written in the book of Psalms: ‘Let their dwelling place be desolate and may there be no one who dwells within it,’ and ‘Let another take his episcopate.’

1:21 No laila, it is necessary that, out of these men who have been assembling with us throughout the entire time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

1:22 beginning from the baptism of John, until the day when he was taken up from us, one of these be made a witness with us of his Resurrection.”

1:23 And they appointed two: Joseph, who was called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

1:24 And praying, they said: “May you, E ka Haku, who knows the heart of everyone, reveal which one of these two you have chosen,

1:25 to take a place in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas prevaricated, so that he might go to his own place.”

1:26 And they cast lots concerning them, and the lot fell upon Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.

 

Second Reading

The First Letter of Saint John 4: 11-16

4:11 Aloha nui loa, ina ua aloha mai ke Akua ia kakou, he pono no hoi kakou ke aloha i kekahi i kekahi.

4:12 ʻAʻohe kanaka i ʻike i ke Akua. Aka, ina e aloha kakou kekahi i kekahi, Noho ke Akua iloko o kakou, a ua hemolele kona aloha iloko o kakou.

4:13 Ma keia ano, ua ike kakou ke noho nei kakou iloko ona, a ʻo ia i loko o kākou: no ka mea, ua haawi mai oia ia kakou na kona Uhane.

4:14 A ua ʻike mākou, a ke hoike aku nei makou, ua hoouna mai ka Makua i kana Keiki i mea e ola'i ko ke ao nei.

4:15 O ka mea i hooiaio o Iesu ke Keiki a ke Akua, Noho ke Akua iloko ona, a ʻo ia ma ke Akua.

4:16 A ua ʻike mākou a ua manaʻoʻiʻo i ke aloha o ke Akua iā mākou. He aloha ke Akua. A o ka mea e noho ana ma ke aloha, abides in God, a ke Akua iloko ona.

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to Saint John 17: 11-19

17:11 And though I am not in the world, these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Father most holy, preserve them in your name, those whom you have given to me, so that they may be one, even as we are one.

17:12 While I was with them, I preserved them in your name. I have guarded those whom you have given to me, and not one of them is lost, except the son of perdition, so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.

17:13 And now I am coming to you. But I am speaking these things in the world, so that they may have the fullness of my joy within themselves.

17:14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I, too, am not of the world.

17:15 I am not praying that you would take them out of the world, but that you would preserve them from evil.

17:16 They are not of the world, just as I also am not of the world.

17:17 Sanctify them in truth. Your word is truth.

17:18 Just as you have sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

17:19 And it is for them that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified in truth.