Mass Readings - Sunday, 12th May 2019

Liturgical Readings
Today's Readings
Léachtaí Gaeilge

FIRST READING    Acts of the Apostles 13:14. 43-52
We must turn to the pagans.

Paul and Barnabas carried on from Perga till they reached Antioch in Pisidia. Here they
went to synagogue on the sabbath and took their seats.
When the meeting broke up many Jews and devout converts joined Paul and Barnabas
and in their talks with them Paul and Barnabas urged them to remain faithful to the
grace God had given them.
The next sabbath almost the whole town assembled to hear the word of God. When
they saw the crowds, the Jews, prompted by jealousy, used blasphemies and
contradicted everything Paul said. Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly. ‘We had
to proclaim the word of God to you first, but since you have rejected it, since you do not
think yourselves worthy of eternal life, we must turn to the pagans. For this is what the
Lord commanded us to do when he said:
“I have made you a light for the nations,
so that my salvation may reach the ends of the earth.”
It made the pagans very happy to hear this and they thanked the Lord for his message;
all who were destined for eternal life became believers. Thus the word of the Lord
spread through the whole countryside.
But the Jews worked upon some of the devout women of the upper classes and the
leading men of the city and persuaded them to turn against Paul and Barnabas and
expel them from their territory. So they shook the dust from their feet in defiance and
went off to Iconium; but the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.

The Word of the Lord


RESPONSORIAL    PSALM PS 99

Response We are his people, the sheep of his flock.
or Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

1. Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Serve the Lord with gladness.
Come before him, singing for joy.                      Response

2. Know that he, the Lord, is God.
He made us, we belong to him,
we are his people, the sheep of his flock.            Response

3. Indeed, how good is the Lord,
eternal his merciful love.

He is faithful from age to age.                              Response


SECOND READING    Apocalypse 7:9.14-17
The Lamb will be their shepherd and will lead them to springs of living water.

I, John saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe
and language; they were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb,
dressed in white robes and holding palms in their hands. They shouted aloud, I
answered him, ‘You can tell me, my lord.’ Then he said, ‘These are the people who
have been through the great persecution, and because they have washed their robes
white again in the blood of the Lamb, they now stand in front of God’s throne and serve
him day and night in his sanctuary; and the One who sits on the throne will spread his
tent over them. They will never hunger or thirst again; neither the sun nor scorching
wind will ever plague them, because the Lamb who is at the throne will be their
shepherd and will lead them to springs of living water; and God will wipe away all tears
from their eyes.’


The Word of the Lord


Gospel Acclamation    Jn 10: 14

Alleluia, alleluia!
I am the good shepherd;
I know my own and my own know me
Alleluia!



THE GOSPEL    John 10:27-30
I give eternal life to the sheep that belong to me.

Jesus said:
‘The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice;
I know them and they follow me.
I give them eternal life;
they will never be lost
and no one will ever steal them from me.
The Father who gave them to me is greater than anyone,
and no one can steal from the Father.
The Father and I are one.’


The Gospel of the Lord.