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Today's Readings
Reading I
Acts 1:15-17, 20-26
Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers and sisters (there was a
group of about one hundred and twenty persons in the one place). He
said, “My brothers and sisters, the Scripture had to be fulfilled
which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand through the mouth of David,
concerning Judas, who was the guide for those who arrested Jesus.
Judas was numbered among us and was allotted a share in this
ministry. For it is written in the Book of Psalms: Let his
encampment become desolate, and may no one dwell in it. and:
May another take his office. Therefore, it is necessary that
one of the men who accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus came
and went among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day
on which he was taken up from us, become with us a witness to his
resurrection.” So they proposed two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who
was also known as Justus, and Matthias. Then they prayed, “You,
Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you
have chosen to take the place in this apostolic ministry from which
Judas turned away to go to his own place.” Then they gave lots to
them, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was counted with the
Eleven Apostles.
Responsorial Psalm
113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
R. (8) The Lord will give him a seat with the leaders of his
people. or: R. Alleluia. Praise, you servants of the
LORD, praise the name of the LORD. Blessed be the name of the
LORD both now and forever. R. The Lord will give him a seat with
the leaders of his people. or: R. Alleluia. From the
rising to the setting of the sun is the name of the LORD to be
praised. High above all nations is the LORD; above the heavens is
his glory. R. The Lord will give him a seat with the leaders of
his people. or: R. Alleluia. Who is like the LORD, our
God, who is enthroned on high and looks upon the heavens and the
earth below? R. The Lord will give him a seat with the leaders of
his people. or: R. Alleluia. He raises up the lowly from
the dust; from the dunghill he lifts up the poor To seat them with
princes, with the princes of his own people. R. The Lord
will give him a seat with the leaders of his people. or: R.
Alleluia.
Gospel
Jn 15:9-17
Jesus said to his disciples: “As the Father loves me, so I
also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments,
you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s
commandments and remain in his love. “I have told you this so
that my joy might be in you and your joy might be complete. This is
my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater
love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my
friends if you do what I command you. I no longer call you slaves,
because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have
called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard
from my Father. It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and
appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that
whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. This I
command you: love one another.”
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