Seventh Sunday of EASTER - Year B
5:30 pm Novena to Our Lady
6:00 pm Mass in English
The Solemnity of the Ascension of the LORD was celebrated on Thursday, May 17, 2012.
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First Reading
ACTS 1:15-17, 20-26
Matthias Chosen
15 One day Peter stood up to speak to the brothers --
there were about a hundred and twenty people in the congregation,
16 'Brothers,' he said, 'the passage of scripture had to
be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit, speaking through David, foretells the
fate of Judas, who acted as guide to the men who arrested Jesus-
17 after being one of our number and sharing our ministry.
20 Now in the Book of Psalms it says: Reduce his
encampment to ruin and leave his tent unoccupied. And again: Let someone else
take over his office.
21 'Out of the men who have been with us the whole time
that the Lord Jesus was living with us,
22 from the time when John was baptising until the day
when he was taken up from us, one must be appointed to serve with us as a
witness to his resurrection.'
23 Having nominated two candidates, Joseph known as
Barsabbas, whose surname was Justus, and Matthias,
24 they prayed, 'Lord, you can read everyone's heart;
show us therefore which of these two you have chosen
25 to take over this ministry and apostolate, which Judas
abandoned to go to his proper place.'
26 They then drew lots for them, and as the lot fell to
Matthias, he was listed as one of the twelve apostles.
"The Word of the Lord"
PSALMS 102:1-2, 11-12, 19-20
The LORD's Eternal Love
1 [Prayer of someone afflicted, who in misfortune pours
out sorrows before Yahweh] Yahweh, hear my prayer, let my cry for help reach
you.
2 Do not turn away your face from me when I am in
trouble; bend down and listen to me, when I call, be quick to answer me!
11 my days are like a fading shadow, I am withering up
like grass.
12 But you, Yahweh, are enthroned for ever, each
generation in turn remembers you.
19 Yahweh has leaned down from the heights of his
sanctuary, has looked down from heaven to earth,
20 to listen to the sighing of the captive, and set free
those condemned to death,
Second Reading
1 JOHN 4:11-16
Seeing God Through Love
12 No one has ever seen God, but as long as we love one
another God remains in us and his love comes to its perfection in us.
13 This is the proof that we remain in him and he in us,
that he has given us a share in his Spirit.
14 We ourselves have seen and testify that the Father
sent his Son as Saviour of the world.
15 Anyone who acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,
God remains in him and he in God.
16 We have recognised for ourselves, and put our faith
in, the love God has for us. God is love, and whoever remains in love remains
in God and God in him.
"The Word of the Lord"
Gospel Reading
JOHN 17:11-19
JESUS' Exaltation
11 I am no longer in the world, but they are in the
world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep those you have given me true
to your name, so that they may be one like us.
12 While I was with them, I kept those you had given me
true to your name. I have watched over them and not one is lost except one who
was destined to be lost, and this was to fulfil the scriptures.
13 But now I am coming to you and I say these things in
the world to share my joy with them to the full.
14 I passed your word on to them, and the world hated
them, because they belong to the world no more than I belong to the world.
15 I am not asking you to remove them from the world, but
to protect them from the Evil One.
16 They do not belong to the world any more than I belong
to the world.
17 Consecrate them in the truth; your word is truth.
18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into
the world,
19 and for their sake I consecrate myself so that they
too may be consecrated in truth.
"The Gospel of the Lord"
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