Sunday of the Sixth Week of Easter

Send us Fan MailSunday, 25 May 2025Sunday of the Sixth Week of EasterAntiphons on page 536 and Readings on p 540 of the Daily Missal and p 844 of the Sunday MissalFirst Reading: Acts 15:1-2.22-29Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 67:2-3.5.6 & 8 (R.4)R/. Let the peoples praise you, O God;       let all the peoples praise you!.O God, be gracious and bless us and let your face shed its light upon us. So will your ways be known upon earth and all nations learn your salvation.Let the nations be glad and shout for joy, with uprightness you rule the peoples; you guide the nations on earth.Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you. May God still give us his blessing that all the ends of the earth may revere him.R/. Let the peoples praise you, O God;       let all the peoples praise you!Second Reading: Revelation 21:10-14.22-23In the Spirit the angel carried me away  to a great, high mountain,  and showed me the holy city Jerusalem  coming down out of heaven from God,  having the glory of God,  its radiance like a most rare jewel,  like a jasper, clear as crystal.  It had a great, high wall,  with twelve gates  and at the gates, twelve angels,  and on the gates  the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel  were inscribed;  on the east three gates,  on the north three gates,  on the south three gates,  and on the west three gates.  And the wall of the city had twelve foundations,  and on them the twelve names  of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. And I saw no temple in the city,  for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.  And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine upon it,  for the glory of God is its light,  and its lamp is the Lamb.Gospel: John 14:23-29At that time:  Jesus said to his disciples,  “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word,  and my Father will love him,  and we will come to him and make our home with him.  The one who does not love me does not keep my words,  and the word which you hear is not mine  but the Father’s who sent me. “These things I have spoken to you,  while I am still with you.  But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit,  whom the Father will send in my name,  he will teach you all things,  and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.  Peace I leave with you;  my peace I give to you;  not as the world gives do I give to you.  Let not your hearts be troubled,  neither let them be afraid.  You heard me say to you,  ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’  If you loved me, you would have rejoiced,  because I go to the Father;  for the Father is greater than I.  And now I have told you before it takes place,  so that when it does take place,  you may believe.