Pentecost Sunday – Cycle C

Send us Fan MailSunday, 8 June 2025Pentecost Sunday – Cycle C. Antiphons on page 595 and Readings on page 601 of the Daily Missal and page 858 of the Sunday MissalFirst Reading: Acts 2:1-11When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout people from every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. And they were amazed and wondered, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians, we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.”Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 104:1ab & 24ac.29bc-30.31 & 34 (R. cf. 30)R/. Lord, send forth your Spirit,​and renew the face of the earth.Bless the Lord, O my soul!  O Lord my God, how great you are,How many are your works, O Lord!  The earth is full of your creatures.You take away their breath, they die,  returning to the dust from which they came.You send forth your spirit, and they are created,  and you renew the face of the earth.May the glory of the Lord last forever!  May the Lord rejoice in his works!May my thoughts be pleasing to him.  I will rejoice in the Lord.R/. Lord, send forth your Spirit,​and renew the face of the earth. Second Reading: Romans 8: 8-17Brothers and sisters: Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit if the Spirit of God really dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although your bodies are dead because of sin, your spirits are alive because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit who dwells in you. So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—for if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry, “Abba! Father!” it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.Gospel: John 14: 15-16, 23b-26At that time: Jesus sai