May 19, 2013
PENTECOST SUNDAY (Solemnity) - RED
The descent of the Holy Spirit among Mary and the apostles. This day also marks the end of the Easter Season and the church will now enter the Ordinary Season
First Reading: Acts 2:1-11
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.
And when the days of Pentecost were completed, they were all together in the same place. And suddenly, there came a sound from heaven, like that of a wind approaching violently, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them separate tongues, as of fire, which settled upon each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. And they began to speak in various languages, just as the Holy Spirit bestowed eloquence to them.
Now there were Jews staying in Jerusalem, pious men from every nation that is under heaven. And when this sound occured, the multitude came together and was confused in mind, because each one was listening to them speaking in his own language.Then all were astonished, and they wondered, saying: "Behold, are not all of these Gallileans? And how is it that we have each heard them in our own language, into which we were born? Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia. Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya which are around Cyrene, and new arrivals of the Romans, likewise Jews and new converts, Cretans and Arabs: we hav heard them speaking in our own languages and mighty deeds of God."
The Word of the Lord
Psalm Response: Ps.104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34
R: (cf. 30) Lord, send out your Spirit and renew the face of the earth.
or:
Alleluia!
V: Bless the LORD, O my soul!
O LORD, my God, you are great indeed!
How manifold are your works, O LORD!
the earth is full of your creatures; (R)
V: May the glory of the LORD endure forever;
may the LORD be glad in His works!
Pleasing to Him be my theme;
I will be glad in the LORD. (R)
V: If you take away their breath, they perish
and return to their dust
When you send forth your Spirit, they are created,
and you renew the face of the earth. (R)
Second Reading: 1 Cor 12:3B-7, 12-13
A reading from the First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians.Brothers and Sisters:
No one can say "Jesus is Lord," except in the Holy Spirit.
Truly, there are diverse graces, but the same Spirit. And there are diverse ministries, but the same LORD. And there are diverse works, but the same God, who works everything in everyone. However, the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one toward what is beneficial.
For just as the body is one, and yet has many parts, so all the parts of the body, though they are many, are only one body. So also is Christ. And indeed, in one Spirit, we are all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether servant or free. And we all drank in the one Spirit.
The Word of the Lord.
or: Rom. 8:8-17
A reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Romans
Brothers and sisters:
Those who are in the flesh are not able to please God. And you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if it is true that the Spirit of God lives within you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him. But if Christ is within you, then the body is indeed dead, concerning sin, but the spirit truly lives, because of justification. But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus Christ from the dead lives within you, then he who raised up Jesus Christ from the dead shall also enliven your mortal bodies, by means of his Spirit living within you. Therefore brothers, we are not debtors of the flesh, so as to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die. But if, by the Spirit, you mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall live.
For all those who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God. And you have not received, again, a spirit of servitude in fear, but you have received the Spirit of the adoption of sons, in whom we cry out: Abba, Father! For the Spirit himself renders testimony to our spirit that we are the sons of God. But if we are sons, then we are also heirs: certainly heirs of God, but co-heirs with Christ, yet in such a way that, if we suffer with him, we shall alsi be glorified with him.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel: Jn. 20:19-23
The Gospel of the Lord according to John (Jn. 20:19-23)
Then when it was late on the same day, on the first of the Sabbaths, and the doors were closed where the disciples were gathered, for for fear of Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and he said to them: "Peace to you."
And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and side. And the disciples were gladdened when they saw the Lord.
Therefore, he said to them again: "Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you."
When he had said this, he breathed on them. And he said to them: "Receive the Holy Spirit. Those whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them, and those whose sins you shall retain, they are retained."
The Gospel of the Lord.
or Jn. 14:15-16, 23B-26
The Gospel of the Lord according to John.
Jesus said to his disciples:
"If you love me, keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give another Advocate to you, so that he may abide you for eternity.
"If anyone loves me, he shall keep my word. And my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and we will make our dwelling place with him. Whoever does not love me, does not keep my words. And the word that you have heard is not of me, but it is of the Father who sent me.
"But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will suggest to you everything whatsoever that I have said to you."
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