JOHN TESTIMONY
Prayer before Mass: Almighty and ever-living God, I approach the sacrament of Your only- begottenSon, Our Lord Jesus Christ. I come sick to the doctor of life, unclean to the fountain of mercy, blind to the radiance of eternal light, and poor and needy to the Lord of heaven and earth. Lord, in Your great generosity, heal my sickness, wash away my defilement, enlighten my blindness, enrich my poverty, and clothe my nakedness.
May I receive the Bread of Angels, the King of kings and Lord of lords, with humble reverence, with the purity and faith, the repentance and love, and the determined purpose that will help to bring me to salvation.
May I receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Body and Blood, and its reality and power. Kind God, may I receive the Body of Your only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, born from the womb of the Virgin Mary, and so be received into His mystical body and numbered among His members.
Loving Father, as on my earthly pilgrimage I now receive Your beloved Son under the veil of a sacrament, may I one day see Him face to face in glory, who lives and reigns with You forever. Amen. By Knights of the HolyEucharist. Mass Readings Lectures Reflection
First Reading Acts 5:27-33
We are witnesses toall these, we and the Holy Spirit
When the officials had brought the apostles in to face the Sanhedrin, the high priest demanded an explanation. ‘We gave you a formal warning’ he said ‘not 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’s death on us.’ In reply Peter and the apostles said, ‘Obedience 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.’
This so infuriated them that they wanted to put them to death.
Responsorial Psalm
This poor man called and the Lord heard him
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
‘You believe, Thomas, because you can see me.
Happy are those who have not seen and yet
believe.
Alleluia! John
20 :29
Gospel John 3:31-36
The Father loves the Son and
has entrusted everything to him
John the Baptist said to his disciples:
‘He who comes from above is
above all others; he who is born of the earth is
earthly himself and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven bears witness to the things he
has seen and heard, even if his testimony is not
accepted; though all who do accept his
testimony are attesting the truthfulness
of God, since he whom God has sent speaks God’s own words: God gives him the Spirit
without reserve. The Father loves the Son and has entrusted everything
to him. Anyone who believes in the Son
has eternal life, but anyone who refuses to
believe in the Son will never see life: the anger of God stays on
him.’
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