Offertory of Fifth Sunday After Easter

Psalm 65:8-9,20

O bless the Lord our God, ye peoples, and make the voice of His praise to be heard: who hath set my soul to live, and hath not sufféred my feet to be moved. Blessed be the Lord, Who hath not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me, alleluia.

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Verse 8. Gentiles. By this invitation, he predicts their conversion.

Verse 9. Moved. The apostles were most courageous. Only those Jews returned, who had separated themselves from impure idols. 1 Esd. v. 21. The Church never fails. If some apostatize, others embrace the faith. W.

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