May 5, 2013, First Reading

10:25	And it happened that, when Peter had entered, Cornelius went to meet him. And falling before his feet, he reverenced.
10:26	Yet truly, Peter, lifting him up, said: “Rise up, for I also am only a man.”
10:34	Then, Peter, opening his mouth, said: “I have concluded in truth that God is not a respecter of persons.
10:35	But within every nation, whoever fears him and works justice is acceptable to him.
10:44	While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell over all of those who were listening to the Word.
10:45	And the faithful of the circumcision, who had arrived with Peter, were astonished that the grace of the Holy Spirit was also poured out upon the Gentiles.
10:46	For they heard them speaking in tongues and magnifying God.
10:47	Then Peter responded, “How could anyone prohibit water, so that those who have received the Holy Spirit would not be baptized, just as we also have been?”
10:48	And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then they begged him to remain with them for some days.

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