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Today's Readings
Reading I
Acts 8:5-8, 14-17
Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to
them. With one accord, the crowds paid attention to what was said by
Philip when they heard it and saw the signs he was doing. For
unclean spirits, crying out in a loud voice, came out of many
possessed people, and many paralyzed or crippled people were cured.
There was great joy in that city. Now when the apostles in
Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent
them Peter and John, who went down and prayed for them, that they
might receive the Holy Spirit, for it had not yet fallen upon any of
them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Then they laid hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20
R. (1) Let all the earth cry out to God with joy. or: R.
Alleluia. Shout joyfully to God, all the earth, sing praise to
the glory of his name; proclaim his glorious praise. Say to God,
“How tremendous are your deeds!” R. Let all the earth cry out to
God with joy. or: R. Alleluia. “Let all on earth worship
and sing praise to you, sing praise to your name!” Come and see the
works of God, his tremendous deeds among the children of Adam. R.
Let all the earth cry out to God with joy. or: R. Alleluia.
He has changed the sea into dry land; through the river they
passed on foot; therefore let us rejoice in him. He rules by his
might forever. R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
or: R. Alleluia. Hear now, all you who fear God, while I
declare what he has done for me. Blessed be God who refused me not
my prayer or his kindness! R. Let all the earth cry out to God
with joy. or: R. Alleluia.
Reading II
1 Pt 3:15-18
Beloved: Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to
give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your
hope, but do it with gentleness and reverence, keeping your
conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who defame
your good conduct in Christ may themselves be put to shame. For it
is better to suffer for doing good, if that be the will of God, than
for doing evil. For Christ also suffered for sins once, the
righteous for the sake of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to
God. Put to death in the flesh, he was brought to life in the
Spirit.
Gospel
Jn 14:15-21
Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my
commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you
another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom
the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows him. But
you know him, because he remains with you, and will be in you. I
will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. In a little while
the world will no longer see me, but you will see me, because I live
and you will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my
Father and you are in me and I in you. Whoever has my commandments
and observes them is the one who loves me. And whoever loves me will
be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to
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