Mass Readings - Sunday, 5th May 2019

Liturgical Readings for:
Sunday, 5th May, 2019
Today's Readings
Léachtaí Gaeilge

FIRST READING
Acts of the Apostles 5.27-32. 40-41
We are witnesses to all this, we and the Holy Spirit. 

The high priest demanded an explanation of the apostles. ’We gave you a formal warning’ he said ‘not to preach in this name, and what have you done?
You have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and seem determined to fix the
guilt of this man’s death on us.’ In reply Peter and the apostles said, ‘Obedience
to God comes before obedience to men; it was the God of our ancestors who raised up Jesus, but it was you who had him executed by hanging on a tree. By his own right hand God has now raised him up to be leader and saviour, to give repentance and forgiveness of sins through him to Israel. We are witnesses to all this, we and the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.’ and they had the apostles called in, gave orders for them to be flogged, warned
them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them. And so they left the presence of the Sanhedrin glad to have had the honour of suffering humiliation
for the sake of the name.

The Word of the Lord 


Responsorial Psalm     Ps 29

Response I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me.
or Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 

1. I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me and have not let my enemies rejoice over me.
O Lord, you have raised my soul from the dead, restored me to life from those who sink into the grave.                         Response

2. Sing psalms to the Lord, you who love him, give thanks to his holy name.
His anger lasts but a moment; his favour through life. 
At night there are tears, but joy comes with dawn.                                                 Response 

3. The Lord listened and had pity. 
The Lord came to my help. 
For me you have changed my mourning into dancing; O Lord my God, I will thank you for ever.                                     Response


SECOND READING.   Apocalypse 5:11-14 
The Lamb that was sacrificed is worthy to be given power and riches. 

In my vision, I heard the sound of an immense number of angels gathered round
the throne and the animals and the elders; there were ten thousand times ten
thousand of them and thousands upon thousands, shouting, ‘The Lamb that was
sacrificed is worthy to be given power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory
and blessing.’ Then I heard all the living things in creation – everything that lives
in the air, and on the ground, and under the ground, and in the sea, crying, ‘To the One who is sitting on the throne and to the Lamb, be all praise, honour, glory and power, for ever and ever.’ And the four animals said, ‘Amen’; and the elders prostrated themselves to worship.

The Word of the Lord 


Gospel Acclamation       Lk 24:32

Alleluia, alleluia!
Lord Jesus, explain the scriptures to us.
Make our hearts burn within us as you talk to us
Alleluia!
Or
Alleluia, alleluia!
Christ has risen: he who created all things

and has granted his mercy to men.
Alleluia



THE GOSPEL.       John 21:1-19 
Jesus then stepped forward, took the bread and gave it to them, and the same 
with the fish. 

Jesus showed himself again to the disciples. It was by the Sea of Tiberias, and it
happened like this: Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael from Cana
in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two more of his disciples were together.
Simon Peter said, ‘I’m going fishing.’ They replied, ‘We’ll come with you.’ They
went out and got into the boat but caught nothing that night.
It was light by now and there stood Jesus on the shore, though the disciples did
not realise that it was Jesus. Jesus called out, ‘Have you caught anything,
friends?’ And when they answered, ‘No’, he said, ‘Throw the net out to starboard and you’ll find something.’ So they dropped the net, and there were so many fish that they could not haul it in. The disciple Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’ At these words ‘It is the Lord’, Simon Peter, who had practically nothing on, wrapped his cloak round him and jumped into the water. The other disciples came on in the boat, towing the net and the fish; they were only about
a hundred yards from land.
As soon as they came ashore they saw that there was some bread there, and a
charcoal fire with fish cooking on it. Jesus said, ‘Bring some of the fish you have
just caught.’ Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net to the shore, full of
big fish, one hundred and fifty-three of them; and in spite of there being so
many the net was not broken. Jesus said to them, ‘Come and have breakfast.’
None of the disciples was bold enough to ask, ‘Who are you?’ they knew quite
well it was the Lord. Jesus then stepped forward, took the bread and gave it to
them, and the same with the fish. This was the third time that Jesus showed
himself to the disciples after rising from the dead.
After the meal Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me
more than these others do?’ He answered, ‘Yes Lord, you know I love you.’ Jesus
said to him, ‘Feed my lambs.’ A second time he said to him, ‘Simon son of John,
do you love me?’ He replied, ‘Yes, Lord, you know I love you.’ Jesus said to him,
‘Look after my sheep.’ Then he said to him a third time, ‘Simon son of John, do
you love me?’ Peter was upset that he asked him the third time, ‘Do you love
me?’ and said, ‘Lord, you know everything; you know I love you,’ Jesus said to
him, ‘Feed my sheep.
‘I tell you most solemnly,

when you were young you put on your own belt and walked where you liked;
but when you grow old you will stretch out your hands, and somebody else will put a belt round you and take you where you would rather not go.’
In these words he indicated the kind of death by which Peter would give glory
to God. After this he said, ‘Follow me.’

The Gospel of the Lord.