Lectionary Readings for the 7th Sunday of Easter Year A
Readings, Responsorial Psalm and Gospel
Reading I, Acts 1, 12-14
A Reading from the Book of the Acts of the Apostles
All of them were joined together in the upper room, continuously praying.
After Jesus was taken up into the heavens, the apostles returned to Jerusalem
from the mount called Olivet near Jerusalem, a mere sabbath's journey away.
Entering the city, they went to the upstairs room where they were staying:
Peter and John and James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and
Matthew; James son of Alphaeus; Simon, the Zealot party member, and Judas
son of James. Together they devoted themselves to constant prayer. There
were some women in their company and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his
brothers.
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm, Ps 27, 1. 4. 7-8. R. v. 13
R. I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land
of the living.
Alternative R. Alleluia.
1. The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is my life's refuge;
of whom should I be afraid?R.
2. One thing I ask of the Lord; this I seek;
To dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
That I may gaze on the loveliness of the Lord
and contemplate his temple.R.
3. Hear, O Lord, the sound of my call;
have pity on me, and answer me.
Of you my heart speaks; you my glance seeks.R.
Reading II, 1 Pt 4, 13-16
A Reading from the First Letter of Peter
It is a blessing for you when they insult you for bearing the name of Christ
Rejoice, insofar as you share Christ's sufferings. When his glory is revealed
you will rejoice exultantly. Happy are you when you are insulted for the sake
of Christ, for then God's Spirit in its glory has come to rest on you. See
to it that none of you suffers for being a murderer, a thief, a malefactor,
or a destroyer of another's rights. If anyone suffers for being a Christian,
however, he ought not be ashamed. He should rather glorify God in virtue
of that name.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel, Jn 17, 1-11
Alleluia, Jn 14, 18
R. Alleluia. The Lord said: I will not leave you orphans.
I
will come back to you, and your hearts will rejoice.
R. Alleluia.
A Reading from the Holy Gospel, According to John
Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said: Father, glorify your Son.
Jesus looked up to heaven and said:
"Father, the hour has come! Give glory to your Son that your Son may give
glory to you, inasmuch as you have given him authority over all mankind,
that he may bestow eternal life on those who gave him. (Eternal life is
this: to know you, the only true God, and him whom you have sent, Jesus
Christ.) I have given you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave
me to do. Do you now, Father, give me glory at your side, a glory I had
with you before the world began. I have made your name known to those you
gave me out of the world. These men you gave me were yours; they have kept
your word. Now they realize that all that you gave me comes from you. I
entrusted to them the message you entrusted to me, and they received it.
They have known that in truth I came from you, they have believed it was
you who sent me. "For these I pray - not for the world but for these
you have given me, for they are really yours. (Just as all that belongs
to me is yours, so all that belongs to you is mine.) It is in them that
I have been glorified. I am in the world no more, but these are in the
world as I come to you."
The gospel of the Lord.
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