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Today's Readings
Reading I
Acts 1:12-14
After Jesus had been taken up to heaven the apostles returned to
Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a
sabbath day’s journey away. When they entered the city they
went to the upper room where they were staying, Peter and John and
James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James
son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. All these
devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some
women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 27:1, 4, 7-8
R. (13) I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in
the land of the living. or: R. Alleluia. The LORD is my
light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The LORD is my
life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid? R. I believe that I
shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.
or: R. Alleluia. One thing I ask of the LORD; this I seek: To
dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, That I may
gaze on the loveliness of the LORD and contemplate his temple. R.
I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land
of the living. or: R. Alleluia. Hear, O Lord, the sound
of my call; have pity on me, and answer me. Of you my heart speaks;
you my glance seeks. R. I believe that I shall see the good
things of the Lord in the land of the living. or: R.
Alleluia.
Reading II
1 Pt 4:13-16
Beloved: Rejoice to the extent that you share in the sufferings of
Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice
exultantly. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, blessed are
you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. But let no
one among you be made to suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer,
or as an intriguer. But whoever is made to suffer as a Christian
should not be ashamed but glorify God because of the name.
Gospel
Jn 17:1-11a
Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has
come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you, just
as you gave him authority over all people, so that your son may give
eternal life to all you gave him. Now this is eternal life, that
they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent,
Jesus Christ. I glorified you on earth by accomplishing the work
that you gave me to do. Now glorify me, Father, with you, with the
glory that I had with you before the world began. “I revealed
your name to those whom you gave me out of the world. They belonged
to you, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now
they know that everything you gave me is from you, because the words
you gave to me I have given to them, and they accepted them and
truly understood that I came from you, and they have believed that
you sent me. I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for
the ones you have given me, because they are yours, and everything
of mine is yours and everything of yours is mine, and I have been
glorified in them. And now I will no longer be in the world, but
they are in the world, while I am coming to you.
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