I shall not be with you much longer
First Reading Isaiah 49:1-6
I will make you
the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the
earth
Islands, listen
to me, pay attention, remotest peoples. The Lord called me before I was born, from
my mother’s womb he pronounced my name. He made my mouth a sharp sword, and hid
me in the shadow of his hand. He made me into a sharpened arrow, and concealed
me in his quiver. He said to me, ‘You are my servant (Israel) in whom I shall
be glorified’; while I was thinking, ‘I have toiled in vain, I have exhausted
myself for nothing’; and all the while my cause was with the Lord, my reward
with my God.
I was honoured
in the eyes of the Lord, my God was my strength. And now the Lord has spoken, he
who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him, to
gather Israel to him: ‘It is not enough for you to be my servant, to restore
the tribes of Jacob and bring back the survivors of Israel; I will make you the
light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.’
Responsorial Psalm: My lips will tell of your help
Gospel John 13:21-33,36-38 'What you are
going to do, do quickly'
While at supperwith his disciples, Jesus was troubled in spirit and declared, ‘I tell you most
solemnly, one of you will betray me.’ The disciples looked at one another,
wondering which he meant. The disciple Jesus loved was reclining next to Jesus;
Simon Peter signed to him and said, ‘Ask who it is he means’, so leaning back
on Jesus’ breast he said, ‘Who is it, Lord?’ ‘It is the one’ replied Jesus ‘to
whom I give the piece of bread that I shall dip in the dish.’ He dipped the
piece of bread and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot. At that instant,
after Judas had taken the bread, Satan entered him. Jesus then said, ‘What you
are going to do, do quickly.’ None of the others at table understood the reason
he said this. Since Judas had charge of the common fund, some of them thought
Jesus was telling him, ‘Buy what we need for the festival’, or telling him to
give something to the poor. As soon as Judas had taken the piece of bread he
went out. Night had fallen. When he had
gone Jesus said: ‘Now has the Son of Man been glorified, and in him God has
been glorified. If God has been glorified in him, God will in turn glorify him
in himself, and will glorify him very soon. ‘My little children, I shall not be
with you much longer. You will look for me, And, as I told the Jews, where I am
going, you cannot come.’
Simon Peter
said, ‘Lord, where are you going?’ Jesus replied, ‘Where I am going you cannot
follow me now; you will follow me later.’ Peter said to him, ‘Why can’t I
follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.’ ‘Lay down your life for me?’
answered Jesus. ‘I tell you most solemnly, before the cock crows you will have
disowned me three times.’
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