World Mission Sunday - Reach out and Spread the joy!
FIRST READING
A reading from the book of Isaiah 45:1. 4-6
I have taken Cyrus, by his right hand to subdue nations before him.
Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,
whom he has taken by his right hand
to subdue nations before him
and strip the loins of kings,
to force gateways before him
that their gates be closed no more:
It is for the sake of my servant Jacob,
of Israel my chosen one,
that I have called you by your name,
conferring a title though you do not know me.
I am the Lord, unrivalled;
there is no other God besides me.
Though you do not know me, I arm you
that men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun
that, apart from me, all is nothing.
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 95
Response: Give the Lord glory and power.
l. O sing a new song to the Lord,
sing to the Lord all the earth.
Tell among the nations his glory
and his wonders among all the peoples.
2. The Lord is great and worthy of praise,
to be feared above all gods;
the gods of the heathens are naught.
It was the Lord who made the heavens.
3. Give the Lord, you families of peoples,
give the Lord glory and power,
give the Lord the glory of his name.
Bring an offering and enter his courts.
4. Worship the Lord in his temple.
O earth, tremble before him.
Proclaim to the nations: ‘God is king.’
He will judge the peoples in fairness.
SECOND READING
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Thessalonians 1:1-5
We constantly remember your faith in action, your love and your hope.
From Paul, Silvanus and Timothy, to the Church in Thessalonika which
is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; wishing you grace and
peace.
We always mention you in our prayers and thank God for you all,
and constantly remember before God our Father how you have
shown your faith in action, worked for love and persevered through
hope, in our Lord Jesus Christ.
We know, brothers, that God loves you and that you have been
chosen, because when we brought the Good News to you, it came
to you not only as words, but as power and as the Holy Spirit and as
utter conviction.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation Jn 17: 17
Alleluia, alleluia!
Your word is truth, O Lord,
consecrate us in the truth.
Alleluia!
Or Phil 2: 15-16
Alleluia, alleluia!
You will shine in the world like bright stars
because you are offering it the word of life.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL (For Mission Sunday)
A reading from the Gospel according to John 17:11, 17-23
With me in them and they in me, may they be completely one that
the world may realise that it was you who sent me and that I have
loved them as much as you loved me.’
Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said:
I am no longer in the world,
but they are in the world
and I am coming to you.
Consecrate them in the truth
your word is truth.
As you sent me into the world
I have sent them into the world
and for their sake I consecrate myself
so that they too may be consecrated in truth:
I pray not only for those
but also for those
who through their teaching will come to believe in me.
May they all be one,
Just as, Father, you are in me and I in you
so that they also may be in us,
so that the world may believe it was you who sent me.
I have given them the glory you gave to me,
that they may be one as we are one.
With me in them and you in me,
may they be so perfected in unity
that the world will recognise that it was you who sent me
and that you have loved them as you loved me.
The Gospel of the Lord
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GOSPEL (of the 29th Sunday in Ordinary time year A)
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 22:15-21
Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar – and to God what
belongs to God.
The Pharisees went away to work out between them how to trap
Jesus in what he said. And they sent their disciples to him, together
with the Herodians, to say,
‘Master, we know that you are an honest man and teach the way of
God in an honest way,
and that you are not afraid of anyone, because a man’s rank
means nothing to you.
Tell us your opinion, then. Is it permissible to pay taxes to Caesar or
not?
But Jesus was aware of their malice and replied,
‘You hypocrites! Why do you set this trap for me? Let me see the
money you pay the tax with.’
They handed him a denarius and he said, ‘Whose head is this?
Whose name?’ ‘Caesar’s’ they replied.
He then said to them, ‘Very well, give back to Caesar what belongs
to Caesar – and to God what belongs to God.’
The Gospel of the Lord
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