Sunday, 3 May 2026 Sunday in the Fifth Week of Easter – Cycle A Antiphons and Readings on p. 516 of the Daily Missal and on p. 259 of the Sunday Missal.

Send us Fan Mail Entrance Antiphon. O sing a new song to the Lord, for he has worked wonders; in the sight of the nations he has shown his deliverance, alleluia. First Reading: Acts 6:1-7 A reading from the Acts of the Apostles. In these days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brothers and sisters, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” And what they said pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them. And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith. The Word of the Lord. Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 33:1-2.4-5.18-19 (R. 22 ) R/. May your merciful love be upon us, as we hope in you, O Lord. Ring out your joy to the Lord, O you just; for praise is fitting for the upright. Give thanks to the Lord upon the harp; with a ten-stringed lute sing him songs. For the word of the Lord is faithful, and all his works to be trusted. The Lord loves justice and right, and his merciful love fills the earth. Yes, the Lordʼs eyes are on those who fear him, who hope in his merciful love, to rescue their souls from death, to keep them alive in famine. R/. May your merciful love be upon us, as we hope in you, O Lord. Second Reading: 1 Peter 2:4-9 A reading from the First Letter of Saint Peter. Brothers and sisters: Come to the Lord, to that living stone, rejected by people but in God’s sight chosen and precious; and like living stones be yourselves built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and he who believes in him will not be put to shame.” To you, therefore, who believe, he is precious, but for those who do not believe, “The very stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” and “A stone that will make people stumble, a rock that will make them fall”; for they stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. The Word of the Lord. Alleluia, Alleluia. I am the way and the truth and the life, says the Lord; no one comes to the Father, but by me. Alleluia. Gospel: John 14: 1-12 A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John. In those days: Jesus said to his disciples, “Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I g