Catholic Sunday Mass Online 16th May 2021 – 7th Sunday of Easter
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Daily Reading for Sunday May 16, 2021
Reading 1, Acts 1:15-17, 20-26
Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20
Gospel, John 17:11-19
Reading 2, First John 4:11-16
It is a seemingly small point, but one that is important to remember as we reflect on ministry during these days preceding the descent of the Spirit, to notice that the place of Judas among the apostles was refilled because of his betrayal, not because of his death. He was, according to Peter, “allotted a share in this ministry.” It is, then, betrayal of the mission and not merely death that leaves a void in the fabric of the church’s mission. We forget that in the minds of the other apostles, Judas still would have been numbered in the company of the Twelve when Jesus prayed the prayer we hear today: praying that, as they were sent into the world, they would be consecrated in the truth. It is difficult for us to comprehend that Jesus knelt to wash the feet of Judas. These are powerful and significant lessons for us to call to mind and keep in our hearts as we ponder the place of our particular ministry in the Church and the world, if we are remaining faithful to it, consecrated to the truth.
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TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — May another take his office
(Acts 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26).
Psalm — The Lord has set his throne in heaven
(Psalm 103).
Second Reading — If we love one another, God remains in us (1 John 4:11-16).
Gospel — As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world (John 17:11b-19).
The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
