Saturday, May 23,
2015
Pentecost Sunday –
Year B
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass in English
First Reading
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
2:1-11
1 When Pentecost day
came round, they had all met together,
2 when suddenly there
came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind which filled the entire house in
which they were sitting;
3 and there appeared to
them tongues as of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each
of them.
4 They were all filled
with the Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages as the Spirit gave
them power to express themselves.
5 Now there were devout
men living in Jerusalem from every nation under heaven,
6 and at this sound
they all assembled, and each one was bewildered to hear these men speaking his
own language.
7 They were amazed and
astonished. 'Surely,' they said, 'all these men speaking are Galileans?
8 How does it happen
that each of us hears them in his own native language?
9 Parthians, Medes and
Elamites; people from Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
10 Phrygia and
Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya round Cyrene; residents of Rome-
11 Jews and proselytes
alike -- Cretans and Arabs, we hear them preaching in our own language about
the marvels of God.'
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 104:1, 24,
29-30, 31, 34
1 Bless Yahweh, my
soul, Yahweh, my God, how great you are! Clothed in majesty and splendour,
24 How countless are
your works, Yahweh, all of them made so wisely! The earth is full of your
creatures.
29 Turn away your face
and they panic; take back their breath and they die and revert to dust.
30 Send out your breath
and life begins; you renew the face of the earth.
31 Glory to Yahweh for
ever! May Yahweh find joy in his creatures!
34 May my musings be
pleasing to him, for Yahweh gives me joy.
Second Reading
First Corinthians
12:3-7, 12-13
3 Because of that, I
want to make it quite clear to you that no one who says 'A curse on Jesus' can
be speaking in the Spirit of God, and nobody is able to say, 'Jesus is Lord'
except in the Holy Spirit.
4 There are many
different gifts, but it is always the same Spirit;
5 there are many
different ways of serving, but it is always the same Lord.
6 There are many
different forms of activity, but in everybody it is the same God who is at work
in them all.
7 The particular
manifestation of the Spirit granted to each one is to be used for the general
good.
12 For as with the human
body which is a unity although it has many parts -- all the parts of the body,
though many, still making up one single body -- so it is with Christ.
13 We were baptised into
one body in a single Spirit, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as free
men, and we were all given the same Spirit to drink.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
JOHN 20: 20:19-23
19 In the evening of that
same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where
the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He
said to them, 'Peace be with you,'
20 and, after saying
this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy
at seeing the Lord,
21 and he said to them
again, 'Peace be with you. 'As the Father sent me, so am I sending you.'
22 After saying this he
breathed on them and said: Receive the Holy Spirit.
23 If you forgive anyone's
sins, they are forgiven; if you retain anyone's sins, they are retained.
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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