Saint Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr/Saint Louis Grignon de Montfort, Priest

1And certain ones, descending from Judea, were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2Therefore, when Paul and Barnabas made no small uprising against them, they decided that Paul and Barnabas, and some from the opposing side, should go up to the Apostles and priests in Jerusalem concerning this question. 3Therefore, being led by the church, they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing the conversion of the Gentiles. And they caused great joy among all the brothers. 4And when they had arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the Apostles and the elders, reporting what great things God had done with them. 5But some from the sect of the Pharisees, those who were believers, rose up saying, “It is necessary for them to be circumcised and to be instructed to keep the Law of Moses.” 6And the Apostles and elders came together to take care of this matter.

1A Canticle in steps. I rejoiced in the things that were said to me: “We shall go into the house of the Lord.”

2Our feet were standing in your courts, O Jerusalem.

3Jerusalem has been built as a city, whose participation is unto itself.

4For to that place, the tribes ascended, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to confess to the name of the Lord.

5For in that place, seats have sat down in judgment, seats above the house of David.

1“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he will take away. And each one that does bear fruit, he will cleanse, so that it may bring forth more fruit. 3You are clean now, because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4Abide in me, and I in you. Just as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so also are you unable, unless you abide in me. 5I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit. For without me, you are able to do nothing. 6If anyone does not abide in me, he will be cast away, like a branch, and he will wither, and they will gather him and cast him into the fire, and he burns. 7If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, then you may ask for whatever you will, and it shall be done for you. 8In this, my Father is glorified: that you should bring forth very much fruit and become my disciples.