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Sixth Week of Easter - Saturday

May 18th, 2007

Sixth Week of Easter - Saturday

First Reading Acts 18:21-28

Apollos established from the Scriptures that the Christ
is Jesus.

A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles

After staying in Antioch some time, Paul left and traveled in
orderly sequence through the Galatian country and Phrygia,
bringing strength to all the disciples.

A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent
speaker, arrived in Ephesus. He was an authority on the
Scriptures. He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord and,
with ardent spirit, spoke and taught accurately about Jesus,
although he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak
boldly in the synagogue; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard
him, they took him aside and explained to him the Way of God
more accurately. And when he wanted to cross to Achaia, the
brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to
welcome him. After his arrival he gave great assistance to
those who had come to believe through grace. He vigorously
refuted the Jews in public, establishing from the Scriptures
that the Christ is Jesus.

The Word of the Lord.

Alleluia, alleluia Jn 16:28 - I came from the Father
and have come into the world; now I am leaving the world and
going back to the Father. Alleluia, alleluia

Gospel Jn 16:23b-28

My Father loves you because you have loved me and
believed in me.

A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John

Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you,
whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
Until now you have not asked anything in my name; ask and
you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

“I have told you this in figures of speech. The hour is
coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures but
I will tell you clearly about the Father. On that day you will
ask in my name, and I do not tell you that I will ask the
Father for you. For the Father himself loves you, because you
have loved me and have come to believe that I came from God.
I came from the Father and have come into the world. Now I
am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

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