READINGS AT MASS
6th Sunday of Easter
Liturgical Colour - White
First Reading
Acts 10:25-26,34-35,44-48
The pagans have received the Holy Spirit just as much as we have
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
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 97(98):1-4R/ The Lord has shown his salvation to the nations
or Alleluia!
Sing a new song to the Lord
for he has worked wonders.
His right hand and his holy arm
have bought salvation. R/
have bought 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 4:7-10Let us love one another, since love comes from God
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
Alternative Second Reading
1 John 4:11-16
Anyone who lives in love lives in God, and God lives in him
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
EITHER
Gospel Acclamation
John 14:23Alleluia, Alleluia!
Jesus said: ‘If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him.’
Alleluia!
Gospel
John 15:9-17You are my friends if you do what I command you
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 him in my name. What I command you is to love one another.’
The Gospel of the Lord
Or Gospel Acclamation
John 14:18Alleluia, Alleluia!
I will not leave you orphans, says the Lord; I will come back to you, and your hearts will be full of joy.
Alleluia!
Gospel
John 17:11-19Father, keep those you have given me true to your name
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.’
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