3rd Sunday of Easter <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liturgical Colour: White.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Entrance Antiphon
Cf. Ps 65: 1-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cry out with joy to God, all the earth;
O sing to the glory of his name.
O render him glorious praise, alleluia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Collect<\/p>\n\n\n\n
May your people exult for ever, O God,
in renewed youthfulness of spirit,
so that, rejoicing now in the restored glory of our adoption,
we may look forward in confident hope
to the rejoicing of the day of resurrection.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First reading
Acts 5:27-32,40-41 \u00b7
We are witnesses to all this: we and the Holy Spirit<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The high priest demanded an explanation of the Apostles. \u2018We gave you a formal warning\u2019 he said \u2018not to preach in this name, and what have you done? You have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and seem determined to fix the guilt of this man\u2019s death on us.\u2019 In reply Peter and the apostles said, \u2018Obedience to God comes before obedience to men; it was the God of our ancestors who raised up Jesus, but it was you who had him executed by hanging on a tree. By his own right hand God has now raised him up to be leader and saviour, to give repentance and forgiveness of sins through him to Israel. We are witnesses to all this, we and the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.\u2019 They warned the apostles not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them. And so they left the presence of the Sanhedrin glad to have had the honour of suffering humiliation for the sake of the name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 29(30):2,4-6,11-13<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
or
Alleluia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me
and have not let my enemies rejoice over me.
O Lord, you have raised my soul from the dead,
restored me to life from those who sink into the grave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
or
Alleluia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sing psalms to the Lord, you who love him,
give thanks to his holy name.
His anger lasts a moment; his favour all through life.
At night there are tears, but joy comes with dawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
or
Alleluia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Lord listened and had pity.
The Lord came to my help.
For me you have changed my mourning into dancing:
O Lord my God, I will thank you for ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
or
Alleluia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Second reading
Apocalypse 5:11-14 \u00b7
The Lamb that was sacrificed is worthy to be given riches and power<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my vision, I, John, heard the sound of an immense number of angels gathered round the throne and the animals and the elders; there were ten thousand times ten thousand of them and thousands upon thousands, shouting, \u2018The Lamb that was sacrificed is worthy to be given power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory and blessing.\u2019 Then I heard all the living things in creation \u2013 everything that lives in the air, and on the ground, and under the ground, and in the sea, crying, \u2018To the One who is sitting on the throne and to the Lamb, be all praise, honour, glory and power, for ever and ever.\u2019 And the four animals said, \u2018Amen\u2019; and the elders prostrated themselves to worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gospel Acclamation
cf Luke 24:32<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alleluia, alleluia!
Lord Jesus, make your word plain to us:
make our hearts burn with love when you speak.
Alleluia!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alleluia, alleluia!
Christ is risen, the Lord of all creation;
He has shown pity on all people.
Alleluia!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gospel
John 21:1-19
Jesus stepped forward, took the bread and gave it to them, and the same with the fish<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jesus showed himself again to the disciples. It was by the Sea of Tiberias, and it happened like this: Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two more of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said, \u2018I\u2019m going fishing.\u2019 They replied, \u2018We\u2019ll come with you.\u2019 They went out and got into the boat but caught nothing that night.
It was light by now and there stood Jesus on the shore, though the disciples did not realise that it was Jesus. Jesus called out, \u2018Have you caught anything, friends?\u2019 And when they answered, \u2018No\u2019, he said, \u2018Throw the net out to starboard and you\u2019ll find something.\u2019 So they dropped the net, and there were so many fish that they could not haul it in. The disciple Jesus loved said to Peter, \u2018It is the Lord.\u2019 At these words \u2018It is the Lord\u2019, Simon Peter, who had practically nothing on, wrapped his cloak round him and jumped into the water. The other disciples came on in the boat, towing the net and the fish; they were only about a hundred yards from land.
As soon as they came ashore they saw that there was some bread there, and a charcoal fire with fish cooking on it. Jesus said, \u2018Bring some of the fish you have just caught.\u2019 Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net to the shore, full of big fish, one hundred and fifty-three of them; and in spite of there being so many the net was not broken. Jesus said to them, \u2018Come and have breakfast.\u2019 None of the disciples was bold enough to ask, \u2018Who are you?\u2019; they knew quite well it was the Lord. Jesus then stepped forward, took the bread and gave it to them, and the same with the fish. This was the third time that Jesus showed himself to the disciples after rising from the dead.
After the meal Jesus said to Simon Peter, \u2018Simon son of John, do you love me more than these others do?\u2019 He answered, \u2018Yes Lord, you know I love you.\u2019 Jesus said to him, \u2018Feed my lambs.\u2019 A second time he said to him, \u2018Simon son of John, do you love me?\u2019 He replied, \u2018Yes, Lord, you know I love you.\u2019 Jesus said to him, \u2018Look after my sheep.\u2019 Then he said to him a third time, \u2018Simon son of John, do you love me?\u2019 Peter was upset that he asked him the third time, \u2018Do you love me?\u2019 and said, \u2018Lord, you know everything; you know I love you.\u2019 Jesus said to him, \u2018Feed my sheep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018I tell you most solemnly,
when you were young
you put on your own belt
and walked where you liked;
but when you grow old
you will stretch out your hands,
and somebody else will put a belt round you
and take you where you would rather not go.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In these words he indicated the kind of death by which Peter would give glory to God. After this he said, \u2018Follow me.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prayer over the Offerings<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Receive, O Lord, we pray,
these offerings of your exultant Church,
and, as you have given her cause for such great gladness,
grant also that the gifts we bring
may bear fruit in perpetual happiness.
Through Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Communion Antiphon
Lk 24: 35<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The disciples recognized the Lord Jesus
in the breaking of the bread, alleluia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or:
Cf. Jn 21: 12-13<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jesus said to his disciples: Come and eat.
And he took bread and gave it to them, alleluia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prayer after Communion<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Look with kindness upon your people, O Lord,
and grant, we pray,
that those you were pleased to renew by eternal mysteries
may attain in their flesh
the incorruptible glory of the resurrection.
Through Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For practical reasons, the readings at Mass are relatively short while the First Readings in the Office of Readings are longer. Here, for your private study, are passages from the Office of Readings that contain the readings you have just heard at Mass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Acts 5:17-42
The Apostles before the Sanhedrin<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The high priest intervened with all his supporters from the party of the Sadducees. Prompted by jealousy, they arrested the apostles and had them put in the common gaol.
But at night the angel of the Lord opened the prison gates and said as he led them out, \u2018Go and stand in the Temple, and tell the people all about this new Life.\u2019 They did as they were told; they went into the Temple at dawn and began to preach.
When the high priest arrived, he and his supporters convened the Sanhedrin \u2013 this was the full Senate of Israel \u2013 and sent to the gaol for them to be brought. But when the officials arrived at the prison they found they were not inside, so they went back and reported, \u2018We found the gaol securely locked and the warders on duty at the gates, but when we unlocked the door we found no one inside.\u2019 When the captain of the Temple and the chief priests heard this news they wondered what this could mean. Then a man arrived with fresh news. \u2018At this very moment\u2019 he said, \u2018the men you imprisoned are in the Temple. They are standing there preaching to the people.\u2019 The captain went with his men and fetched them. They were afraid to use force in case the people stoned them.
When they had brought them in to face the Sanhedrin, the high priest demanded an explanation. \u2018We gave you a formal warning\u2019 he said \u2018not to preach in this name, and what have you done? You have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and seem determined to fix the guilt of this man\u2019s death on us.\u2019 In reply Peter and the apostles said, \u2018Obedience to God comes before obedience to men; it was the God of our ancestors who raised up Jesus, but it was you who had him executed by hanging on a tree. By his own right hand God has now raised him up to be leader and saviour, to give repentance and forgiveness of sins through him to Israel. We are witnesses to all this, we and the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.\u2019 This so infuriated them that they wanted to put them to death.
One member of the Sanhedrin, however, a Pharisee called Gamaliel, who was a doctor of the Law and respected by the whole people, stood up and asked to have the apostles taken outside for a time. Then he addressed the Sanhedrin, \u2018Men of Israel, be careful how you deal with these people. There was Theudas who became notorious not so long ago. He claimed to be someone important, and he even collected about four hundred followers; but when he was killed, all his followers scattered and that was the end of them. And then there was Judas the Galilean, at the time of the census, who attracted crowds of supporters; but he got killed too, and all his followers dispersed. What I suggest, therefore, is that you leave these men alone and let them go. If this enterprise, this movement of theirs, is of human origin it will break up of its own accord; but if it does in fact come from God you will not only be unable to destroy them, but you might find yourselves fighting against God.\u2019
His advice was accepted; and they had the apostles called in, gave orders for them to be flogged, warned them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them. And so they left the presence of the Sanhedrin glad to have had the honour of suffering humiliation for the sake of the name.
They preached every day both in the Temple and in private houses, and their proclamation of the Good News of Christ Jesus was never interrupted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apocalypse 5:1-14
A vision of the Lamb<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I saw that in the right hand of the One sitting on the throne there was a scroll that had writing on back and front and was sealed with seven seals. Then I saw a powerful angel who called with a loud voice, \u2018Is there anyone worthy to open the scroll and break the seals of it?\u2019 But there was no one, in heaven or on the earth or under the earth, who was able to open the scroll and read it. I wept bitterly because there was nobody fit to open the scroll and read it, but one of the elders said to me, \u2018There is no need to cry: the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed, and he will open the scroll and the seven seals of it.\u2019
Then I saw, standing between the throne with its four animals and the circle of the elders, a Lamb that seemed to have been sacrificed; it had seven horns, and it had seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits God has sent out all over the world. The Lamb came forward to take the scroll from the right hand of the One sitting on the throne, and when he took it, the four animals prostrated themselves before him and with them the twenty-four elders; each one of them was holding a harp and had a golden bowl full of incense made of the prayers of the saints. They sang a new hymn:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018You are worthy to take the scroll
and break the seals of it,
because you were sacrificed, and with your blood
you bought men for God
of every race, language, people and nation
and made them a line of kings and priests,
to serve our God and to rule the world.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my vision, I heard the sound of an immense number of angels gathered round the throne and the animals and the elders; there were ten thousand times ten thousand of them and thousands upon thousands, shouting, \u2018The Lamb that was sacrificed is worthy to be given power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory and blessing.\u2019 Then I heard all the living things in creation \u2013 everything that lives in the air, and on the ground, and under the ground, and in the sea, crying, \u2018To the One who is sitting on the throne and to the Lamb, be all praise, honour, glory and power, for ever and ever.\u2019 And the four animals said, \u2018Amen\u2019; and the elders prostrated themselves to worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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3rd Sunday of Easter Liturgical Colour: White. Entrance AntiphonCf. Ps 65: 1-2 Cry out with joy to God, all the earth;O sing to the glory of his name.O render him glorious praise, alleluia. Collect May your people exult for ever, O God,in renewed youthfulness of spirit,so that, rejoicing now in the restored glory of our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomaspatrick.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomaspatrick.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomaspatrick.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomaspatrick.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomaspatrick.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thomaspatrick.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2608,"href":"https:\/\/thomaspatrick.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607\/revisions\/2608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomaspatrick.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomaspatrick.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomaspatrick.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}