Liturgy Planning
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Liturgy Planning
Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 5, 2024
Year B - Lectionary [56]
First Reading
The pagans have received the Holy Spirit just as much as we have | Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48
As Peter reached the house Cornelius went out to meet him, knelt at his feet and prostrated himself. But Peter helped him up. ‘Stand up,’ he said ‘I am only a man after all!’
Then Peter addressed them: ‘The truth I have now come to realise’ he said ‘is that God does not have favourites, but that anybody of any nationality who fears God and does what is right is acceptable to him.’
While Peter was still speaking the Holy Spirit came down on all the listeners. Jewish believers who had accompanied Peter were all astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit should be poured out on the pagans too, since they could hear them speaking strange languages and proclaiming the greatness of God. Peter himself then said, ‘Could anyone refuse the water of baptism to these people, now they have received the Holy Spirit just as much as we have?’ He then gave orders for them to be baptised in the name of Jesus Christ. Afterwards they begged him to stay on for some days.
Responsorial
The Lord has shown his salvation to the nations. or Alleluia! | Psalm 97(98):1-4
Sing a new song to the Lord
for he has worked wonders.
His right hand and his holy arm
have brought salvation.
The Lord has shown his salvation to the nations.
or
Alleluia!
The Lord has made known his salvation;
has shown his justice to the nations.
He has remembered his truth and love
for the house of Israel.
The Lord has shown his salvation to the nations.
or
Alleluia!
All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation of our God.
Shout to the Lord, all the earth,
ring out your joy.
The Lord has shown his salvation to the nations.
or
Alleluia!
Second Reading
Anyone who lives in love lives in God, and God lives in him | 1 John 4:11-16
My dear people,
since God has loved us so much,
we too should love one another.
No one has ever seen God;
but as long as we love one another
God will live in us
and his love will be complete in us.
We can know that we are living in him
and he is living in us
because he lets us share his Spirit.
We ourselves saw and we testify
that the Father sent his Son
as saviour of the world.
If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,
God lives in him, and he in God.
We ourselves have known and put our faith in
God’s love towards ourselves.
God is love
and anyone who lives in love lives in God,
and God lives in him.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
Jesus said: ‘If anyone loves me he will keep my word,
and my Father will love him,
and we shall come to him.’
Alleluia!
John 14:23
Gospel
You are my friends if you do what I command you | John 15:9-17
Jesus said to his disciples:
‘As the Father has loved me,
so I have loved you.
Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments
you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father’s commandments
and remain in his love.
I have told you this
so that my own joy may be in you
and your joy be complete.
This is my commandment:
love one another, as I have loved you.
A man can have no greater love
than to lay down his life for his friends.
You are my friends,
if you do what I command you.
I shall not call you servants any more,
because a servant does not know
his master’s business;
I call you friends,
because I have made known to you
everything I have learnt from my Father.
You did not choose me:
no, I chose you;
and I commissioned you
to go out and to bear fruit,
fruit that will last;
and then the Father will give you
anything you ask him in my name.
What I command you
is to love one another.’
Psalms
Psalm 118: Let Us Rejoice
Composer: Haugen, Marty
Psalm 98: All the Ends of the Earth (Haugen)
Composer: Haas, David / Haugen, Marty / Kodner, Diana
Publisher: GIA
Psalm 98: Sing a New Song unto the Lord
Composer: Warner, Steven C.
Publisher: WLP
Hymns & Songs
All Creatures of Our God and King
Text: Francis of Assisi
Alleluia! Alleluia! Let the Holy Anthem
Publisher: PD
Amen Siakudumisa
Composer: South African traditional
Text: South African traditional
Publisher: GIA
Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise
Text: Wesley, Charles
I Have Loved You
Composer: Joncas, Michael
Text: Joncas, Michael
Publisher: New Dawn Music
Isaiah 12: 2-3, 4, 6
Composer: Haugen, Marty
Text: Haugen, Marty
Publisher: GIA
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Text: Wesley, Charles
No Greater Love
Composer: Joncas, Michael
Text: Joncas, Michael
Publisher: GIA
Out of Darkness
Composer: Walker, Christopher
Text: Walker, Christopher
Publisher: OCP
Psalm 98: Sing a New Song unto the Lord
Composer: Warner, Steven C.
Publisher: WLP
Set Your Heart on the Higher Gifts
Composer: Warner, Steven C.
Text: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13
Publisher: WLP
Sing of the Lord's Goodness
Composer: Sands, Ernest
Text: Sands, Ernest
Publisher: OCP
Take and Eat
Composer: Joncas, Michael
Text: Quinn SJ, James / Joncas, Michael
Publisher: GIA
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
Composer: Irish Traditional
Text: Baker, Henry W.
We Walk by Faith
Composer: Haugen, Marty
Text: Alford, Henry
Publisher: GIA