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Sunday – 18 May
2014
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Verses:
First
Reading : Acts 6:1-7
Psalm : Psalms
33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19
Second
Reading : 1 Peter 2:4-9
Gospel : John 14:1-12
FIRST READING: A Reading from the Book of Acts (Acts 6:1-7)
The Choosing of the Seven
6 In those days when the number of
disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against
the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily
distribution of food.
2 So the Twelve gathered all the disciples
together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the
word of God in order to wait on tables. 3 Brothers
and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the
Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them 4 and will give our attention to prayer and the
ministry of the word.”
5 This proposal pleased the whole group.
They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip,
Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to
Judaism. 6 They presented these men to
the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
7 So the word of God spread. The number of
disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became
obedient to the faith.
RESPONSORIAL
PSALM (Psalms 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19)
1 Sing joyfully
to the Lord, you righteous;
it is fitting for the upright to praise him.
2 Praise the Lord with the harp;
make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
it is fitting for the upright to praise him.
2 Praise the Lord with the harp;
make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
4 For the word of
the Lord is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.
5 The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.
18 But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him,
on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
19 to deliver them from death
and keep them alive in famine.
he is faithful in all he does.
5 The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.
18 But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him,
on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
19 to deliver them from death
and keep them alive in famine.
SECOND READING: A Reading from the Pastoral Letter of Saint Peter (1
Peter 2:4-9)
The Living Stone and a Chosen People
4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected
by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5 you
also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy
priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus
Christ. 6 For in Scripture it says:
“See,
I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”
a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”
7 Now to you who believe, this
stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
“The
stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”
has become the cornerstone,”
8 and,
“A
stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”
and a rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also
what they were destined for.
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the
praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
GOSPEL: A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John (John 14:1-12)
Jesus Comforts His Disciples
14 “Do not let your hearts be
troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My
Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that
I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And
if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with
me that you also may be where I am. 4 You
know the way to the place where I am going.”
Jesus the Way to the Father
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know
where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus answered, “I
am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through me. 7 If you really know me, you
will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know
him and have seen him.”
8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father
and that will be enough for us.”
9 Jesus answered: “Don’t
you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone
who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father,
and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own
authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.
11 Believe me when I say that I am in the
Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the
works themselves. 12 Very truly I tell
you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will
do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
For the mass, you may visit Online Sunday TV Mass at:
Sambuhay TV Mass http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdyUNoB60z8 or
Sunday TV Mass http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFGZoHbIGZk or
Catholic TV Mass Online http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PczUoDa1VKA
Source:
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