Sunday, 25 May 2025
Sunday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Antiphons on page 536 and Readings on p 540 of the Daily Missal and p 844 of the Sunday Missal
First Reading: Acts 15:1-2.22-29
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 67:2-3.5.6 & 8 (R.4)
R/. Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you!.
O God, be gracious and bless us
and let your face shed its light upon us.
So will your ways be known upon earth
and all nations learn your salvation.
Let the nations be glad and shout for joy,
with uprightness you rule the peoples;
you guide the nations on earth.
Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.
May God still give us his blessing
that all the ends of the earth may revere him.
R/. Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you!
Second Reading: Revelation 21:10-14.22-23
In the Spirit the angel carried me away
to a great, high mountain,
and showed me the holy city Jerusalem
coming down out of heaven from God,
having the glory of God,
its radiance like a most rare jewel,
like a jasper, clear as crystal.
It had a great, high wall,
with twelve gates
and at the gates, twelve angels,
and on the gates
the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel
were inscribed;
on the east three gates,
on the north three gates,
on the south three gates,
and on the west three gates.
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations,
and on them the twelve names
of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
And I saw no temple in the city,
for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine upon it,
for the glory of God is its light,
and its lamp is the Lamb.
Gospel: John 14:23-29
At that time:
Jesus said to his disciples,
“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word,
and my Father will love him,
and we will come to him and make our home with him.
The one who does not love me does not keep my words,
and the word which you hear is not mine
but the Father’s who sent me.
“These things I have spoken to you,
while I am still with you.
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in my name,
he will teach you all things,
and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
Peace I leave with you;
my peace I give to you;
not as the world gives do I give to you.
Let not your hearts be troubled,
neither let them be afraid.
You heard me say to you,
‘I go away, and I will come to you.’
If you loved me, you would have rejoiced,
because I go to the Father;
for the Father is greater than I.
And now I have told you before it takes place,
so that when it does take place,
you may believe.
