Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter

Official Translation

Reading 1 Acts 14:5-18

When, in Iconium, some,
both of the Gentiles and of the Jews,
along with their rulers,
made a violent attempt
to mistreat and stone Paul and Barnabas,
they became aware of it
and fled to the cities of Lycaonia:
Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region.
There they preached the Gospel.

At Lystra a certain man sat,
crippled in his feet,
a cripple from his mother’s womb,
who had never walked.
He was listening to Paul speaking,
who, fastening eyes on him
and seeing that he had
faith to be made whole,
said with a loud voice,
“Stand upright on your feet!”
He leaped up and walked.

When the crowds saw what Paul had done,
they lifted up their voice,
saying in the language of Lycaonia,
“The gods have come down to us
in the likeness of humans!”
They called Barnabas “Zeus”,
and Paul “Hermes”,
because he was the chief speaker.
The priest of Zeus,
whose temple was in front of their city,
brought oxen and garlands to the gates,
and would have made a sacrifice
along with the crowds.

But when the Apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it,
they tore their clothes,
and sprang into the crowd, crying out,
“Men, why are you doing these things?
We also are humans of similar nature with you,
and bring you the Gospel,
that you should turn
from these vain things to the living God,
who made the sky and the earth and the sea,
and all that is in them;
who in the generations gone by
allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.
Yet he did not leave himself without witness,
in that he did good
and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons,
filling our hearts with food and gladness.”

Even saying these things,
they hardly stopped the crowds
from making a sacrifice to them.

Responsorial – Psalm 115.1-2, 3-4, 15-16 Resp. 1ab

R. Not to us, Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory. or R. Alleluia!

Not to us, Lord, not to us,
but to your name give glory,
for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.
Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God, now?”

R. Not to us, Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory. or R. Alleluia!

But our God is in the heavens.
He does whatever he pleases.
Their idols are silver and gold,
the work of men’s hands.

R. Not to us, Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory. or R. Alleluia!

Blessed are you by the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
The heavens are the heavens of the Lord;
but the earth has he given to the children of men.

R. Not to us, Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory. or R. Alleluia!

Gospel – John 14.21-26

Jesus said to his disciples:
Whoever has my commandments
and keeps them,
is the one who loves me.
Whoever loves me
will be loved by my Father,
and I will love him
and reveal myself to him.”

Judas (not Iscariot) said to him,
“Lord, what has happened
that you are about to reveal yourself to us
and not to the world?”

Jesus answered and said to him,
“If anyone loves me,
they will keep my word.
My Father will love them,
and we will come to them,
and make our home with them.
Whoever does not love me,
does not keep my words.
The word which you hear is not mine,
but the Father’s who sent me.
I have said these things to you,
while I am with you.
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in my name,
he will teach you all things,
and will remind you of all that I said to you.”