LORD YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU

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.

Readings Lectures Reflection  Saint Christopher Magallanes

First Acts 25:13-21

I ordered Paul to be remanded until I could send him to Ceaser

King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea and paid their respects to Festus. Their visit lasted several days, and Festus put Paul’s case before the king. ‘There is a man here’ he said ‘whom Felix left behind in custody, and while I was in Jerusalem the chief priests and elders of the Jews laid information against him, demanding his condemnation. But I told them that Romans are not in the habit of surrendering any man, until the accused confronts his accusers and is given an opportunity to defend himself against the charge. So they came here with me, and I wasted no time but took my seat on the tribunal the very next day and had the man brought in. When confronted with him, his accusers did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected; but they had some argument or other with him about their own religion and about a dead man called Jesus whom Paul alleged to be alive. Not feeling qualified to deal with questions of this sort, I asked him if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem to be tried there on this issue. But Paul put in an appeal for his case to be reserved for the judgement of the august emperor, so I ordered him to be remanded until I could send him to Caesar.’

Responsorial Psalm

The Lord has set his sway in heaven

Gospel Acclamation

Alleluah, Alleluah

The Holy Spirit will teach you everything

and remind you all I have said to you.

Alleluah   John  John 14:26

Gospel John 21:15-19

Feed my lamb, feed my sheep

Jesus showed himself to his disciples, and after they had eaten he said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me more than these others do?’ He answered, ‘Yes Lord, you know I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my lambs.’ A second time he said to him, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me?’ He replied, ‘Yes, Lord, you know I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Look after my sheep.’ Then he said to him a third time, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me?’ Peter was upset that he asked him the third time, ‘Do you love me?’ and said, ‘Lord, you know everything; you know I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my sheep.

‘I 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.

In these words he indicated the kind of death by which Peter would give glory to God. After this he said, ‘Follow me.’

 

My loving Saviour, help me understand the mystery of suffering. You came to show us the way that through suffering and sacrifice of oneself we can attain spiritual perfection. My loving master it is difficult to comprehend and accept. Lord I ask for grace to accept some discomforts and challenges I am facing, that will come my way. Give the grace Lord to commit my challenges into your loving hand as you did into the hand of God our heavenly Father at the Cross before your last breath. 

Thank you Lord Jesus Christ for loving me. Lord I trust in you.  Virgin Mary Mother of Christ, you understood the pains of your Son Christ Jesus, and offered them to God. Loving mother pray for me.