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Today's Readings
- Friday in the Octave of Easter
  
  Reading 1 Acts 4:1-12
  Responsorial Psalm Psalm 118:1-2 and 4, 22-24, 25-27a
  Sequence -- optional Victimae paschali laudes
  Gospel John 21:1-14

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