First Reading

Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 (JB)

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles

The gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the gentiles also.

As Peter reached the house Cornelius went out to meet him, knelt at his feet and prostrated himself. But Peter helped him up. ‘Stand up’, he said ‘I am only a man after all!’

Then Peter addressed them: ‘The truth I have now come to realise’ he said ‘is that God does not have favourites, but that anybody of any nationality who fears God and does what is right is acceptable to him.’

While Peter was still speaking the Holy Spirit came down on all the listeners. Jewish believers who had accompanied Peter were all astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit should be poured out on the pagans too, since they could hear them speaking strange languages and proclaiming the greatness of God. Peter himself then said, ‘Could anyone refuse the water of baptism to these people, now they have received the Holy Spirit just as much as we have?’ He then gave orders for them to be baptised in the name of Jesus Christ. Afterwards they begged him to stay on for some days.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 (NRSV)

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles

On Peter’s arrival at Caesarea,

Cornelius, a centurion of the Roman cohort, met him,

and falling at his feet, worshipped him.

But Peter made him get up, saying,

“Stand up; I am only a mortal.”

Then Peter began to speak to those assembled in the house of Cornelius,

‘I truly understand that God shows no partiality,

but in every nation anyone who fears him

and does what is right is acceptable to him.

While Peter was still speaking,

the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word.

The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded

that the gift of the Holy Spirit

had been poured out even on the Gentiles,

for they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God.

Then Peter said,

“Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people

who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”

So he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.

Then they invited him to stay for several days.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 97:1-4 (JB)

R. The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power.

or

R. Alleluia.

Sing a new song to the Lord

for he has worked wonders.

His right hand and his holy arm

have brought salvation. R.

The Lord has made known his salvation;

has shown his justice to the nations.

He has remembered his truth and love

for the house of Israel. R.

All the ends of the earth have seen

the salvation of our God.

Shout to the Lord all the earth,

ring out your joy. R.

Second Reading

1 John 4,11-16 (JB)

A reading from the first letter of St John

If we love one another God will live in us.

My dear people,

since God has loved us so much,

we too should love one another.

No one has ever seen God;

but as long as we love one another

God will live in us

and his love will be complete in us.

We can know that we are living in him

and he is living in us

because he lets us share his Spirit.

We ourselves saw and we testify

that the Father sent his Son

as saviour of the world.

If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,

God lives in him, and he in God.

We ourselves have known and put our faith in

God’s love towards ourselves.

God is love

and anyone who lives in love lives in God,

and God lives in him.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

1 John 4:7-10 (JB)

A reading from the first letter of St John

God is love.

My dear people,

let us love one another

since love comes from God

and everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.

Anyone who fails to love can never have known God,

because God is love.

God’s love for us was revealed

when God sent into the world his only Son

so that we could have life through him;

this is the love I mean:

not our love for God,

but God’s love for us when he sent his Son

to be the sacrifice that takes our sins away.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

1 John 4:7-10 (NRSV)

A reading from the first letter of John

Beloved, let us love one another,

because love is from God;

everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

Whoever does not love does not know God,

for God is love.

God’s love was revealed among us in this way:

God sent his only Son into the world

so that we might live through him.

In this is love,

not that we loved God but that he loved us

and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Gospel Acclamation

John 14:23 (JB)

Alleluia, alleluia!

All who love me will keep my words,

and my Father will love them and we will come to them.

Alleluia!

John 14:23 (NRSV)

Alleluia, alleluia!

All who love me will keep my words,

and my Father will love them and we will come to them.

Alleluia!

Gospel

John 15:9-17 (JB)

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John

No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends.

Jesus said to his disciples:

‘As the Father has loved me,

so I have loved you.

Remain in my love.

If you keep my commandments

you will remain in my love,

just as I have kept my Father’s commandments

and remain in his love.

I have told you this

so that my own joy may be in you

and your joy be complete.

This is my commandment:

love one another,

as I have loved you.

A man can have no greater love

than to lay down his life for his friends.

You are my friends,

if you do what I command you.

I shall not call you servants any more,

because a servant does not know

his master’s business;

I call you friends,

because I have made known to you

everything I have learnt from my Father.

You did not choose me,

no, I chose you;

and I commissioned you

to go out and to bear fruit,

fruit that will last;

and then the Father will give you

anything you ask in my name.

What I command you

is to love one another.’

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

John 17:11-19 (JB)

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John

May they be one as we are.

Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said:

‘Holy Father,

keep those you have given me true to your name,

so that they may be one like us.

While I was with them,

I kept those you had given me true to your name.

I have watched over them and not one is lost

except the one who chose to be lost,

and this was to fulfil the scriptures.

But now I am coming to you

and while still in the world I say these things

to share my joy with them to the full.

I passed your word on to them,

and the world hated them,

because they belong to the world

no more than I belong to the world.

I am not asking you to remove them from the world,

but to protect them from the evil one.

They do not belong to the world

any more than I belong to the world.

Consecrate them in the truth;

your word is truth.

As you sent me into the world,

I have sent them into the world,

and for their sake I consecrate myself

so that they too may be consecrated in truth.’

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

John 15:9-17 (NRSV)

A reading from the holy gospel according to John

Jesus said to his disciples:

“As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you;

abide in my love.

if you keep my commandments,

you will abide in my love,

just as I have kept my Father’s commandments

and abide in his love.

“I have said these things to you

so that my joy may be in you,

and that your joy may be complete.

This is my commandment,

that you love one another as I have loved you.

No one has greater love than this,

to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

“You are my friends if you do what I command you.

I do not call you servants any longer,

because the servant does not know what the master is doing;

but I have called you friends,

because I have made known to you everything

that I have heard from my Father.

“You did not choose me but I chose you.

And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last,

so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.

I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Ordo

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (white)

Mass of the Sunday, Gloria, Creed

Preface of Easter I-V

Ritual Masses and funeral Masses are prohibited.

Readings:     Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; 1 Jn 4:7-10;  Jn 15:9-17

or from the 7th Sunday of Easter: 1 Jn 4:11-16;  Jn 17:11-19

Hours of the Sunday, Te Deum

PSALTER WEEK 2

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