ABIDE IN JESUS CHRIST
PRAYER BEFORE MASS Go before us O Lord, in this our sacrifice of Prayer and Praise, and grant that we say and sing with our lips we may believe in our hearts, and practice and show forth in our daily lives. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER AFTER MASS
Bless, O Lord, our hearts and minds, and grant that as we leave Your house, we may continue to be aware of Your presence. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. by Saint John Berchmans, Patron Saint of Altar Boys
First Reading Acts 15:1-6
They were to go to Jerusalem and discuss the problem with the apostles and elders
Some men came down from Judaea and taught the brothers, ‘Unless you have yourselves circumcised in the tradition of Moses you cannot be saved.’ This led to disagreement, and after Paul and Barnabas had had a long argument with these men it was arranged that Paul and Barnabas and others of the church should go up to Jerusalem and discuss the problem with the apostles and elders.
All the members of the church saw them off, and as they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria they told how the pagans had been converted, and this news was received with the greatest satisfaction by the brothers. When they arrived in Jerusalem they were welcomed by the church and by the apostles and elders, and gave an account of all that God had done with them.
But certain members of the Pharisees’ party who had become believers objected, insisting that the pagans should be circumcised and instructed to keep the Law of Moses. The apostles and elders met to look into the matter.
Responsorial Psalm
I rejoiced when I heard them say: ‘Let us go to God’s house
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
Make your home in me, as I make mine in you,
says the Lord;
whoever remains in me bears fruit in plenty.
Alleluia! John 15:4,5
Gospel
John 15:1-8
I am the vine, you are the
branches
‘I am the true vine, and my
Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that bears no fruit he cuts away,
and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes to make it bear even more. You
are pruned already, by means of the word that I have spoken to you. Make your
home in me, as I make mine in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself,
but must remain part of the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.
I am the vine, you are the
branches. Whoever remains in me, with me in him, bears fruit in plenty; for cut
off from me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me is like a
branch that has been thrown away – he withers; these branches are
collected and thrown on the fire, and they are burnt. If you remain in me and
my words remain in you, you may ask what you will and you shall get it. It is
to the glory of my Father that you should bear much fruit, and then you will be
my disciples.’
I know my Lord that without you I am nothing, I can do nothing, with you I am a fulfill creature. I want to remain in you that I am may not be cast out, and thrown into eternal fire.
May I abide in your WORD Lord. Thank you Jesus for loving me, Lord Jesus Christ I trust in you.
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